Transcriber’s Note

Certain conventions of the text have been modified. For instance, a series of dots (....) were employed where a name was elided. These have been replaced with long dashes (———) in order to avoid awkward line breaks.

Given the publication date, spelling has been generally allowed to stand as printed. For instance, the words ‘somnabule’ and ‘somnabulism’, on p. [43], are apparently in error, but are consistent with one another. However, errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted below.

There were a number of instances in the text where quoted words were missing either an opening or closing quotation mark. The proper placement is not always obvious, but the most plausible choice has been made, based on the context and voice. Among the most challenging is the author’s recounting of Napolean’s recollection of an interchange with the Pope on p. [130].

The issues tabulated below should be noted, along with the resolutions. The references below are to the page and line in the original.

[25.25]“In obta[in]ing possession of IllyriaAdded.
[43.25][somnabule], who, at night runs along the roofsic
[43.29]on his [somnabulism],sic
[52.32]The Emperor rema[r]kedAdded.
[63.15]that adulation w[sa/as] not pushed so farTransposed.
[66.35]a suitable match for your Princess.[’]Added.
[72.20][“/‘]You will see me again shortlyReplaced.
[77.33]while we[re / re]tained possession of it.Moved space.
[81.19][‘]How’, exclaimed he,Added.
[90.33]the 13th Vend[e/é]miaireReplaced.
[95.38]under which [b/h]e suffersReplaced.
[102.5]and altogether useless.[”]Added.
[105.18]even when that great E[x/m]press seated on her throneReplaced.
[107.41]unless it was agreeable to me[,/.]Replaced.
[108.30]might have incited him in his blindness.[”]Added.
[108.31][“]At the end of thisRemoved.
[116.40]or a pain in my stomach.[’/”]Replaced.
[120.7]will be guilty of my destruction[’]”Added.
[121.15]she exclaimed, [‘]but a single moment left;Added.
[121.24]he published a pamph[l]etAdded.
[130.16]if it be feasible.’[”] It was, however,Added.
[130.26][“]‘I shall never,’ he remarked,Added.
[131.2]whatever I wished.[”]Added.
[140.28][“]Sire,” I answered,Added.
[147.17][‘]Thousand and One Nights’Added.
[151.30]as do all the principles of sound[,] morality.Removed.
[154.38]at Lodi, at Castiglione, a[t] Rivoli, at ArcoleAdded.
[155.32]the[ir/re] existed on this rockReplaced.
[155.37][“]Permission could not be obtained to subscribeAdded.
[155.40]In conse[se]quence of the demandRemoved
[159.6]Those, who, who> fail in respect to Napoleon,Removed.
[159.38]said he, [“]is a very happy connexion.Added.
[163.11]with the nations situated in their rear.[”]Added.
[166.32][“]My leisure and my old age would have been devoted,Removed.
[168.1]The army marched, with difficulty, over that tract tract[.]Added.
[171.22]supplies the whole of the establis[h]ment with waterAdded.
[174.17]to some houses of the Franks[,/’] quarterReplaced.
[189.36]four[-]and-twenty hoursAdded.
[199.15]only not all at the same[,] timeRemoved.
[230.34]ar[r]angements for the battles of LeipsicAdded.
[232.31]co[ /a]lesced PowersRestored.
[239.28]ra[t]her congratulate yourselvesAdded.
[259.39]when I happene[n]d to be alone with himRemoved.
[260.35]The Holy League which[ which] had been formed against Henry III.Removed/
[261.15]But these parli[a]ments drew upAdded.
[214.1]beat 107,000 Russians or Prussians[’]Removed.
[219.25]insuring the independ[a/e]nce of FranceReplaced.
[265.30]by the treaty of Campo-FormioRemoved.
[267.38]a Burgundy, a Champa[n]gneRemoved.
[279.26]from the States of the House of Austria[.]Restored.
[284.15]in one of the small Versailles[,] diligencesRemoved.
[292.29]as far as Avi[n]gnon, he had heard nothing but regretRemoved.
[292.39]he several times called after him.[”/:]Replaced.
[294.12][“]depended on my speed.Added.
[294.17]was quitting the Tuileries.[”]Added.
[298.19]all public bodies, all classes[,] of the citizensRemoved.
[300.36]the safest, and the best[.]Added.
[301.41]with expressions of the [f]eelingsAdded.
[302.39]the Bourbons ab[o/a]ndoning a monarchyReplaced.
[304.9]ON IMPOS[S]IBILITIES.Added.
[305.22][“]Accordingly,” continued Bertrand,Removed.
[312.15]the Mississippi Company[,]Added.
[315.13]in a very short time a Mayor of the Palace.[”]Added.
[319.13][“]The Orientals, on the other hand, differAdded.
[321.37][“]On my return from ElbaAdded.
[332.30]M[âi/aî]tre des RequêtesReplaced.
[337.1]the[ the] Council of StateRemoved.
[346.22]and I am soon asleep.[”]Removed.
[357.26]observed he, [“]of amalgamating all kinds of meritAdded.
[371.36]in less than three months[: “]/:”] and so saying,Replaced.
[375.19]th[e/a]n he had when he was merely the MinisterReplaced.
[376.34]who had sacrificed his troops to facili[t]ate the operationsAdded.
[376.39][D/d]’Antraigues>, finding that all his secretsReplaced.
[383.9]I will remain her[e] alone.Added.
[386.1]“I was not aware of that[,]” replied I;Added.
[386.27]yet I d[l/i]d not mean to question his rightReplaced.
[388.21]“Tell him,” said [“]Napoleon, [“]that his instructionsMoved.
[390.8]He had bee[d/n] readingReplaced.
[399.10]on my arrival at Aix-la[-]ChappelleRestored.
[400.5]my friends proposed that I should[a’/ a]ccompany herReplaced.
[400.9]but at the moment of her departure,Removed.