CHAPTER
I.PARENTAGE AND BIRTH[15]
II.MARRIAGE OF JOSEPHINE AND
GENERAL BONAPARTE
[49]
III.HORTENSE AND DUROC[80]
IV.THE MARRIAGE OF HORTENSE[110]
V.THE BIRTH OF LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE DIVORCE
OF JOSEPHINE
[148]
VI.THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE[179]
VII.THE SORROWS OF EXILE[211]
VIII.PEACEFUL DAYS, YET SAD[239]
IX.LIFE AT ARENEMBERG[293]
X.LETTER FROM LOUIS NAPOLEON TO HIS MOTHER[322]
XI. DEATH OF HORTENSE, AND THE ENTHRONEMENT
OF HER SON
[358]

ENGRAVINGS.

PAGE
HORTENSE[Frontispiece.]
JOSEPHINE TAKING LEAVE OF HER CHILDREN[38]
THE RECONCILIATION[76]
THE LOVE-LETTER[104]
THE LITTLE PRINCE NAPOLEON[129]
THE DIVORCE ANNOUNCED[165]
THE DEATH OF MADAME BROC[194]
HORTENSE AND HER CHILDREN[218]
HORTENSE AT ARENEMBERG[248]
INTERVIEW IN THE COLISEUM[271]
THE STUDY OF LOUIS NAPOLEON [307]
THE ARREST[336]

HORTENSE.

Chapter I.

Parentage and Birth.