Year: 1860

The face, as 1t often does in death, went back
in its outline to the resemblance to the great
Emperor, which when a child in his cradle was
said to have been so remarkable.


"lIe was passionately fond of reading every
thing pertaining to the history of his illustrious
parent, and had read almost every thing that
had been written concerning him. He had ac-
cumulatcd perfect library, in every language
of biographies Of Napoleon, with treatses on
all his important battles. TO Prince Metternich
he is said to have often remarked: "rhe essen
tial object of my life should be, not to make
myself unworthy of the glory of my distin-
guished father. | hope to be able to reach this
point, and must try to appropriate his high
qualities, taking care to avoid the rocks upon
which he was shattered"


"One morning a short time before his DEATH
while was wheeling him about the grounds, he
said to me: "NIax, my good fellow how abom-
mate this wretched body that thus sinks under
my will" As he said this, there was fire in
his eye, and compression about the lips that
reminded me strongly of the first Emperor
The burden Of his conversation while / was
with him was about his father and his campaigns,
and he would converse about them without
showing any signs of weariness, whereas upon
any other subject he soon became listlcss and
fatigued. One morning in speaking of Water
loo, he said: 81 have often wondered my father
did not follow the advice of my uncle and per-
ish there at the head Of his guards what
glorious death this would have been, and what
a magnificent close to his brilliant career All!
those pcrfdious English; why could they not
have treated him with that magnanimity with
which know he would have treated their great
Wellington, had the fortune of war thrown him
into my fathers hands P"


ellis familiarity with every incident in his
fathers life was perfectly marvellous, and it was
to me a constant source of delight to hear him
expatiate upon the great conceptions of Napo-
leon, and listen to his well digested and appre-
cauve criticisms upon some of his military
achievements. lie appeared to be perfectly ia-
miliar with the locality of every battlefield
where his fathers eagles had witnessed triumph
of defeat; while his knowledge of the prom-
nent traits distinguishing each of the Marshals
by whom his father was surrounded, exhibited
what application he had brought to brar upon
this his tavorite study. The last week of his
life that he was able to take exercise in the open
air he appeared contrary to the usual impress
sions produced by this insidious disease, to be
impressed with the belief that he was soon to
die but his only anxiety about future state
seemed to rest upon the doubt that something
haunted him as to whether he should be able to
recognise his father in the other world. lie
INDUCED in curious speculation as to his faith
er's employment in future state, whether he
would find a field for the exercise of his militia
ry genius; and frequently repeated the German
poem that gives permanency to the superstition
of the old soldiers of the empire, that the good
Emperor re-appeared at midnight on the ami
versary of his birth. to hold a review and more
particularly would he repeat, and that with en-
phatic delight, the verses =


And when midnight robes the sky,


The Emperor leaves hi tomb,


And rides a,ong, surrounded by


His shadowy staff, in the gloom.


"a silver star SO bright,


Is gttcrng on his breast;


In a uniform OF blue and white,


And gray camp-coak he is dressed.


1.-The moon-beams shine afar,


On the varinus mur-hneh groups.


As The Man with the glittering silver star


Proceeds to review his troops.


ain files the troops advance,


And then are no longer seen:


The challenging watch-word given is France


The answer is st. Helene"


"The two last verses seemed to be great ia
vories with him, and he repeated them with
spirit and an energy that was delightful to lis
ten to, and would have filled the soul of the
author with rapture"


In alluding 10 Maria Louisa, Max said thai
her attentions were uuremtting during hel
sons illness, and he breathed her last sigh il
her arms; but that she always appeared to hin
as very Indifferent to the memory of her dis
tinguished husband, an Indifference clearly man
iiested by her second marriage with one yer,
inferior to herself in rank, and possessing Nc
attractions of mind or person.