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Title: The Boy Life of Napoleon
Afterwards Emperor Of The French

Author: Eugenie Foa

Release Date: September 7, 2004 [EBook #9479]

Language: English

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BOY LIFE OF NAPOLEON

Afterwards Emperor Of The French

_Adapted And Extended For American Boys And Girls From The French Of_

Madame Eugenie Foa

Author Of "Little Princes And Princesses Young Warriors,"

"Little Robinson," Etc.

Illustrated By Vesper L George

1895

PREFACE.

The name of Madame Eugenie Foa has been a familiar one in French homes
for more than a generation. Forty years ago she was the most popular
writer of historical stories and sketches, especially designed for the
boys and girls of France. Her tone is pure, her morals are high, her
teachings are direct and effective. She has, besides, historical
accuracy and dramatic action; and her twenty books for children have
found welcome and entrance into the most exclusive of French homes. The
publishers of this American adaptation take pleasure in introducing
Madame Foa's work to American boys and girls, and in this Napoleonic
renaissance are particularly favored in being able to reproduce her
excellent story of the boy Napoleon.

The French original has been adapted and enlarged in the light of recent
research, and all possible sources have been drawn upon to make a
complete and rounded story of Napoleon's boyhood upon the basis
furnished by Madame Foa's sketch. If this glimpse of the boy Napoleon
shall lead young readers to the study of the later career of this
marvellous man, unbiased by partisanship, and swayed neither by hatred
nor hero worship, the publishers will feel that this presentation of the
opening chapters of his life will not have been in vain.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER ONE.

_In Napoleon's Grotto_

CHAPTER TWO.

_The Canon's Pears_

CHAPTER THREE.

_The Accusation_

CHAPTER FOUR.

_Bread and Water_

CHAPTER FIVE