Year: 1868

Prince Napoleon Eugene Louis John Jo-
seph was born on the 10th of March, 1856,
and is the only offspring of the marriage of
Napoleon III. with the Empress Eugene,
and the presupposed future heir to the
mighty French throne. When he was
twelve years of age, he received the holy
sacrament for the first time, in the chapel
Of the Tuileries, in the presence of his par
ents. BY this solemn religious act, the
public interest in the young Prince increas-
ed. And at this tender age, when the mind
begins to form and grow, the French peo-
pie are anXiously watching the next heir to
the throne, on whom the intellectual
strength and future glory of the great ma
ton depends. In the meantime the French
people must live in expectation, and time
will decide. To all appearance, he pos
scsses unusual abilities; and is of quiet
cheerful disposition, with the best of hearts.
His constitution is delicate, and for this
reason tutor was selected for him, in the
person of General Frossard; but the eff
terminate boy began to greve at this change,
and an accident occurring at this time
which increased the evil, he was obliged to
give up study for time, and, in the sum
mer of 1867, he sought the baths Bagneres
dc Luchon, and Barritz. The royal par
ents were very anxious about this little ILL
ness and Napoleon III. left the most
pressing business to hasten TO st. Cloud,
where the Prince had taken up his summer
quarters. After his return, his health be-
ing improved, he studied diligently, and
far out stripped his classmates; and the
military tactics given him by his tutor,
were observed carefully, and with the most
sincere good will. When the Emperor
Napoleon intrusted his son to the care of
General Frossard he said to him-"I had
hoped that no third person would come bo-
tween me and my son-but ! must leave
him to your instruction. Step in my place,
and be father to him, even as | would
wish to be-" These were the only instruc-
tions of the royal parent to the tutor of his
son. General Frossard was capable in
structor in military discipline; and formed
the plan of making an entire man of his
pupil. Prince Napoleon possesses an ex-
cellent memory, self command, and sos





shows quite a talent for drawing and litera-
ture, in which he makes great progress.
General Frossard tries to strengthen his
character, to guard him against courtly
fiattery and other pernicious influences to
which young person in his high position
is so much exposed. The great love of the
parents for their son was made manifest at
the first communion. The cold features of
Louis Napoleon were much softened, as he
gazed, not without pride, on the heir to the
Crown the true fatherly feeling was visi-
BILE in his face, and the mother shed tears
as she gazed ON her child.


The finely formed intelligent face of the
child is well known, and dearly loved by
the people of France. We hope by this
short sketch, to arouse the interest which
all people, in all civilized countries, have
for the heir to the French crown. The iu-
ture of the "Child of France" is an enig-
ma; the solving of which we hope to see.
We trust that he may be spared the hard
school of life, and that like his father, he
may follow the motto; Per dsperu dd as
ira At Home and 1brOdd.