This volume will soon be followed by another, ["The History of Queen Hortense,"] the daughter of Josephine, the wife of King Louis, the mother of Napoleon III.

John S. C. Abbott.

Fair Haven, Conn.,
May, 1869.


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.SCENES IN EARLY LIFE[13]
II.DIPLOMATIC LABORS[36]
III.JOSEPH THE PEACE-MAKER[67]
IV.JOSEPH KING OF NAPLES[93]
V.THE CROWN A BURDEN[135]
VI.THE SPANISH PRINCES[166]
VII.JOSEPH KING OF SPAIN[199]
VIII.THE SPANISH CAMPAIGN OF NAPOLEON[229]
IX.THE WAR IN SPAIN CONTINUED[264]
X.THE EXPULSION FROM SPAIN[291]
XI.LIFE IN EXILE[319]
XII.LAST DAYS AND DEATH[365]

ENGRAVINGS.

Page
JOSEPH AND NAPOLEON—TOUR IN CORSICA[28]
JOSEPH GIVING HIS CLOAK TO HIS BROTHER LOUIS[41]
CORNWALLIS AND JOSEPH[88]
JOSEPH AT MALMAISON[98]
JOSEPH ON HIS NEAPOLITAN TOUR[155]
QUEEN JULIE LEAVING NAPLES[187]
JOSEPH RECEIVING THE ADDRESSES OF THE SPANISH
SENATE
[198]
JOSEPH ENTERING MALAGA[261]
SACK OF CIUDAD RODRIGO[286]
ANGUISH OF MARIA LOUISA[314]
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT[363]