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Show XATOLBO MAO BOOK. A eony of Herodotna ia French, Irene-lated Irene-lated from the Greek and published in Paris ia ISO, which is said to have been read bv Napoleon Bonaparte while at St. Helena, will ba sold at Aader-soa's Aader-soa's March 9. ft haa Earl Gower's coat of arms on tha aide, aad his book plate is each of tha sine volumea comprising com-prising the work.- On the margins of three pages of volume vol-ume II. of this interesting item are some arithmetical ealculetioaa ia Na poleon's hnndwriting. Thia is vouched for by lyord Oower on the flyleaf of volume II., aa follows: "This copy of Herodote belonged to Napoleon nt 8t. Helenn," and in the second volume nt Eagee ITS, 17S, ISO, ara calculations ia is handwriting on the margins." George Granville Leveson-Gower was a.memher of the house of commons until un-til when he waa called up to the house of lerda ns Baron (rower of Stit-t Stit-t en ham, Yorkshire, the original baroa of his family. In 190. without any previone diplomatic experience, he went ae embassador to Paris, aad only quitted it upon the withdrawal of the embassy in 17Ht. It was while he was ia Pans that he became acquainted with Napoleoa. New York Times. |