Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III)

by comte de Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné Las Cases

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Contents

1. The Bill Respecting Our Exile.—Beaumarchais.—The Works of Cherbourg
2. Long Audience Given to the Governor.—Remarkable Conversation
3. On the Beautiful Women of Italy.—Madame Grassini—Madame V—— And Berthier
4. Faubourg Saint Germain.—Aristocracy; Democracy.—The Emperor’s Intention to Marry a French Woman
5. Our House on Fire.—-Etiquette at Longwood
6. Establishments for Mendicity in France.—Napoleon’s Projects Relative to Illyria.—Hospitals.—The Foundling.—Prisoners of State.—Ideas of the Emperor
7. Egypt.—St. Jean D’Acre.—The Desert.—Anecdotes
8. Paternal Advice—Remarkable Conversation—Cagliostro; Mesmer, Gall, Lavater, &C
9. Singular Series of Vexations, &C
10. Madame De B—— —Anecdotes Respecting the Emigrants
11. The Emperor Receives Letters from His Family.—Conversation with the Admiral.—The Commissioners of the Allied Powers
12. The Emperor’s Court.—Expenses, Savings, Hunting and Shooting Establishment, Mews, Pages, Service of Honour, &C
13. Fresh Instance of the Governor’s Malignity, &c.—Desperate Project of Santini, the Corsican
14. La Harpe’s Mélanie.—Nuns.—Convents.—Monks of La Trappe.—The French Clergy
15. Maria Antoinette.—The Manners of Versailles.—Anecdote.—Beverley.—Diderot’s Pére De Famille
16. Historical Sketch of the Emigration to Coblentz.—Anecdotes, &C
17. Napoleon’s Sentimental Journey.—Public Spirit of the Time.—Events of the 10Th of August
18. Masked Balls.—Madame De Mégrigny.—Piedmont and the Piedmontese.—Canals of France.—Plans Respecting Paris.—Versailles.—Fontainebleau, &C
19. Plan of a History of Europe.—Selim III.—Forces of a Turkish Sultan.—The Mamelukes.—On the Regency
20. Campaigns of Italy, &C.—Epoch of 1815, &C.—Gustavus III.—Gustavus IV.—Bernadotte.—Paul I
21. Napoleon’s Patrimonial Vineyard, &C.—His Nurse—His Paternal Home.—Tears of Josephine During Wurmser’s Skirmishes in the Environs of Mantua
22. Catherine II.—Imperial Guards.—Paul I. &C.—Projects on India, &C
23. The Emperor Bishop, &C
24. Campaign of 1809, &C
25. On the War with Russia.—Fatalities, &C.—M. De Talleyrand, &C.—Madame De Stael’s Corinne.—M. Necker, &C
26. Shooting Party at St. Helena, &c.—Eve of the 15Th of August, &C
27. The Emperor’s Birth-Day
28. Polytechnic School Suppressed, &c.—Indecency of the English Journals.—Ice Machine
29. Religious Ideas of Napoleon.—Bishop of Nantes (De Voisins).—The Pope.—Liberties of the Gallican Church.—Anecdotes.—Concordat of Fontainebleau
30. Warm Conversation with the Governor, in the Admiral’s Presence
31. The Conversation with the Governor Again Noticed, &C.—Effect of the Libels Against Napoleon.—Treaty of Fontainebleau.—The Work of General S——N.
32. The Baroness De S——, &C
33. Corvisart.—Anecdotes of the Saloons of Paris
34. The Emperor Continues Ill.—Remarkable Official Document, Addressed to Sir Hudson Lowe
35. Official Document
36. My English Family.—Just Debt of Gratitude to the English on the Part of the Emigrants, &C.—General Joubert.—Petersburg.—Moscow; The Conflagration.—Projects of Napoleon, Had He Returned Victorious
37. On the Coronation, &C.—Decrees of Berlin and Milan.—The Grand Cause of the Hatred of the English
38. Account of the Campaign of Waterloo Dictated by Napoleon
39. Plan for a Political Defence of Napoleon; Sketched by Himself
40. Catinat; Turenne; Condé.—Questions Respecting the Greatest Battle Fought by the Emperor; The Best Troops, &C
41. Madame De Cottin’s Mathilde, &C.—All Frenchmen Interested in Napoleon.—Desaix and Napoleon at Marengo.—Sir Sidney Smith.—Cause of General Bonaparte’s Return to France.—Account of His Voyage.—Instances
42. Historical Doubts.—The Regency of the Duke of Orleans.—Madame De Maintenon.—Her Marriage with Louis XIV
43. The French Ministers, &C.—Anecdote of M. Daru.—Faded Finery at St. Helena
44. The Campaign of Saxony in 1813.—Reflections.—Analysis.—Battles of Lutzen and Wurtzen.—Negotiations.—Battles of Dresden, Leipsic, Hanau, &c
45. Congress of Prague on the 29Th of July.—
46. Fatalities
47. Perfidies
48. Benevolent Actions Performed by the Emperor.—His Visit to Amsterdam.—Observations on the Dutch, &C.—The Massacres of the Third of September.—Remarks on Revolutions in General.—Unhappy Fate of Louis XV
49. The Body-Guard of the King of France.—A Deserter in the Emperor’s Suite
50. Napoleon’s Reproofs, &C. The Governor Bargains for Our Existence
51. Confidential Conversation.—The Letters of Madame De Maintenon and Sevigné
52. Errors of the English Ministers.—Means of Which England Might Have Availed Herself for the Liquidation of Her Debt.—The Governor’s Reductions
53. The Emperor’s Court at the Tuileries.—The Presentation of the Ladies.—On Women’s Ages.—Manuscript of the Island of Elba
54. Chap. I.—In the sixteenth century, the Pope, Spain, and the
55. Chap. II.—The republic sanctioned by the will of the people, by
56. Chap. III.—The Revolution rendered France a new nation:—it
57. Chap. IV.—The French people establish the Imperial throne, to
58. Chap. V.—The blood of the Imperial dynasty mingled with that
59. Chap. VI.—Containing some account of the campaign of Saxony,
60. My Domestic Affairs.—The Emperor’s Views in His Munificence
61. Removal of the Emperor’s Bed.—Anecdote of a Gascon Soldier.—The Guards of the Eagle
62. The Emperor Continues Unwell.—Horrible Provisions, Execrable Wine, &C
63. Criticism on Prince Lucien’s Poem of Charlemagne.—Homer
64. Scarcity of Provisions.—Ridiculous Allowance of Wine.—Napoleon’s Return from Elba
65. Poem of Charlemagne.—The Brothers and Sisters of the Emperor Who Have Become Authors
66. Want of Provisions.—Gay Sophistry.—On Impossibilities.Impossibilities
67. Statistical Calculation.—Population of the Israelites in Egypt
68. The Emperor Alters Visibly, and Loses His Strength.—Sale of His Plate
69. Fresh Vexation from the Governor.—Topography of Italy
70. The Celebrated Bills of St. Domingo.—Inspectors of the Reviews, &C.—Plans of Administration, &C.—Gaudin, Mollien, Defermont, Lacuee, &C.—Minister of the Treasury.—Minister Secretary of State.—Importan
71. Revision of the Chapters on the Army of Italy
72. On Sensibility.—On the Inhabitants of the East and West; Differences Observable Between Them, &C
73. On Holland and King Louis.—Complaints of the Emperor Against the Members of His Family.—Matters of High Police, &C.—Letter to King Louis, the Emperor’s Brother
74. Zeal for Working.—Ideas and Plans of Napoleon Respecting Our History, &C.—On the Works Published, &C.—M. Ménéval; Curious Particulars
75. Observations of the Emperor Concerning My Wife.—Dictation of the Emperor for Another Portion of His Memoirs
76. On a Hole in the Garden
77. Eloquent Dictations of the Emperor.—Characteristic Details, and Particulars
78. My Atlas.—Predestination, &C.—The Governor Makes Fruitless Attempts to Be Received by the Emperor
79. Jurisprudence; The Code; Merlin, &C.—Monuments in Egypt.—Plan of an Egyptian Temple in Paris
80. Resources During the Emigration: Anecdotes, &C.—Official Communications.—New Offences
81. The Emperor Reads My Journal, and Dictates to Me.—Conference Between the Grand Marshal and the Governor
82. Peculiar Circumstance Connected with My Journal.—The Empire of Opinion.—Talma, Crescentini, &C
83. The Odyssey—Combat Between Ulysses and Irus
84. The Pole Arrested by the Governor.—The Emperor’s Reflections on His Son and on Austria.—New Vexations.—Remarks on Lord Bathurst.—Observations Dictated by Napoleon
85. Text of the Restrictions
86. Anxiety Occasioned by the New Restrictions.—Anecdotes of Campo-Formio.—Mm. De Cobentzel, Gallo, and Clarke.—The Count D’Antraigues
87. The Emperor’s Dream
88. Privations to Which the Emperor Is Subjected.—His Claims on Prince Eugene
89. The Required Declaration Is Sent to the Governor.—The Emperor Remarks That Many Modern Books Are Merely Booksellers‘ Speculations.—False Notions Created by Party Spirit.—General Maison
90. Difficulties Started by the Governor Respecting Our Declarations.—The Emperor’s Sentiments on That Subject.—The Governor’s Conversation with Each Individual of the Emperor’s Suite.—Napoleon’s Remark.—
91. Anecdotes of Sieyes.—The Emperor Frequently Attended Popular Festivities in Disguise.—His Visits to the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, After His Return from Moscow and from the Island of Elba.—Manners During
92. Louis XVI.—Marie Antoinette.—Madame Campan.—Leonard.—The Princess De Lamballe

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