[551] Ib., p. 180.
[552] Siborne, vol. 1, p. 278.
[553] Maurice, pp. 533-538: Sept., 1890; and pp. 330 et seq., January, 1891.
[554] Vol. 2, p. 313. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte. By J. G. Lockhart. 3d ed., 2 vols. John Murray: 1835. See also the same work, p. 594; London: William Tegg: 1867.
[555] Ellesmere, p. 157; Quarterly Review, vol. 70, p. 464.
[556] A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian: With extracts from his son’s journal. By Julian Charles Young, M. A., Rector of Ilmington. London and New York: Macmillan & Co.: 1871; pp. 158 et seq.
[557] Maurice, p. 337: January, 1891.
[558] Mere improbability, however, is not a sufficient reason for rejecting a story supported by credible evidence. It is always impossible to place one’s self precisely in the position of those of whom the story is told. And some, at any rate, of the improbable features may be mere accretions on the original story.
[559] Corresp., vol. 31, p. 258.
[560] Clausewitz, ch. 39, pp. 99, 100.