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Show THE GRnATNE89 OF NAPOLEON Extraordinary Fascination EJKorotood by Famous Corslcan. Tho pubIlcatlonot further memoirs of St, Helena brings beforo us tho extraordinary fascination exorcised by Napoleon ovor four generations of statesmen, generals and biographers. Tho records now bolng published by the Dally Mall have the merits of originality- and impartiality; but, llko all contemporary recordB, thoy suitor from tho fact that no ono at tho tlmo was ablo to appreciate tho grcatnoss of Napoleon. Tho man who lives In tho history of tho world long after his contemporaries havo beon lorgotten, and whoso stntocraft and warcref t are invoked persistently by politicians and soldiers, is Uapoloon. Westminster Westmin-ster Observer. |