The Mentor: Napoleon Bonaparte, Serial No. 38

by Ida M. Tarbell

Transcriber’s Note

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THE MENTOR
SERIAL NUMBER 38

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

BY
IDA M. TARBELL

Author of “Short Life of Napoleon Bonaparte,” “He Knew Lincoln,” etc.

EMPEROR NAPOLEON · BRIDGE AT ARCOLE · FRIEDLAND—1807 · RETREAT FROM MOSCOW · ABOARD THE BELLEROPHON · ST. HELENA

Nobody who has lived in modern times has so stirred up the world as Napoleon Bonaparte. Nobody has upset so many old things, and started so many new ones. No man ever lived who had more faith in his own powers—and less respect for those of other men. Napoleon had, too, an unusual combination of those personal qualities which excite and interest men. It is nearly a hundred years since he dropped out of active life; but his story is more rather than less thrilling as time goes on.