[NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.]
[THE STORY OF REYNARD THE FOX.]
[A STORY OF AN ORGAN.]
[THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOs. MORE.]
[THE FLYING ARTIST.]
[SEALS AND WHALES.]
[MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.]
[THE FLOATING ISLAND.]
[SIBERIA, AS A LAND OF POLITICAL EXILE.]
[APPLICATION OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC POWER TO RAILWAY TRANSIT.]
[THE STOLEN ROSE.]
[THOMAS MOORE.]
[THE FAIRY'S CHOICE.]
[A GALLOP FOR LIFE.]
[SKETCHES OF ORIENTAL LIFE.]
[THE SHADOW OF BEN JONSON'S MOTHER.]
[LIGHT AND AIR.]
[THE WIDOW OF COLOGNE.]
[MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE.]
[A SCENE FROM IRISH LIFE.]
[SCOTTISH REVENGE.]
[POSTAL REFORM—CHEAP POSTAGE.]
[SYRIAN SUPERSTITIONS.]
[Monthly Record of Current Events.]
[Editor's Table.]
[Editor's Easy Chair.]
[Editor's Drawer.]
[Literary Notices.]
[A Leaf from Punch.]
[Fashions for November.]
HARPER'S
NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
No. XVIII.—NOVEMBER, 1851.—VOL. III.
[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by Harper and Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.]
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
BY JOHN S.C. ABBOTT.
IV. THE SIEGE OF MANTUA.
Early in July, 1796, the eyes of all Europe were turned to Mantua. Around its walls these decisive battles were to be fought which were to establish the fate of Italy. This bulwark of Lombardy was considered almost impregnable. It was situated upon an island, formed by lakes and by the expansion of the river Mincio. It was approached only by five long and narrow causeways, which were guarded by frowning batteries. To take the place by assault was impossible. Its reduction could only be accomplished by the slow, tedious, and enormously expensive progress of a siege.
