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diff --git a/57666-8.txt b/57666-0.txt index 4db7938..0aea59a 100644 --- a/57666-8.txt +++ b/57666-0.txt @@ -1,30 +1,7 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Famous leaders among men, by Sarah Knowles Bolton +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 57666 *** -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license -Title: Famous leaders among men - -Author: Sarah Knowles Bolton - -Release Date: August 10, 2018 [EBook #57666] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FAMOUS LEADERS AMONG MEN *** - - - - -Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive/American Libraries.) @@ -38,7 +15,7 @@ Internet Archive/American Libraries.) | | +-------------------------------------------------+ -[Illustration: NAPOLÉON.] +[Illustration: NAPOLÉON.] FAMOUS @@ -164,12 +141,12 @@ NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. "The series of Napoleon's successes is absolutely the most marvellous in history. No one can question that he leaves far behind the Turennes, Marlboroughs, and Fredericks; but when we bring him up for comparison an -Alexander, a Hannibal, a Cæsar, a Charles, we find in the single point +Alexander, a Hannibal, a Cæsar, a Charles, we find in the single point of marvellousness Napoleon surpassing them all.... "Every one of those heroes was born to a position of exceptional advantage. Two of them inherited thrones; Hannibal inherited a position -royal in all but the name; Cæsar inherited an eminent position in a +royal in all but the name; Cæsar inherited an eminent position in a great empire. But Napoleon, who rose as high as any of them, began life as an obscure provincial, almost as a man without a country. It is this marvellousness which paralyzes our judgment. We seem to see at once a @@ -184,7 +161,7 @@ Napoleon has been more praised and villified, probably, than any man in history. Lanfrey, though careful as to facts, and Taine, are bitter, always ready to impute sinister motives. John S. C. Abbott is adulatory; Walter Scott cannot be impartial; and Bourrienne, the discarded private -secretary, Madame de Rémusat, and the Duchess d'Abrantès, must be read +secretary, Madame de Rémusat, and the Duchess d'Abrantès, must be read with allowance for prejudice. Thiers, in his twenty volumes on "The Consulate and the Empire," gives a most valuable picture of the times, friendly to the great leader; John Codman Ropes's "First Napoleon" is @@ -227,7 +204,7 @@ war. He wrote Paoli, in 1789, when he was twenty years old, "I was born when my country was sinking; the cries of the dying, the groans of the oppressed, and the tears of despair surrounded my cradle from my birth." -The Duchess d'Abrantès tells this story of Napoleon's boyhood. When he +The Duchess d'Abrantès tells this story of Napoleon's boyhood. When he was seven years old, being accused by one of his sisters of eating a basket of grapes and figs, although he denied the offence, he was whipped and kept on bread and cheese for three days. @@ -245,7 +222,7 @@ for Ajaccio. Through Marboeuf's influence three of the Bonaparte children were placed in fine schools,--Joseph, Marianna, and Napoleon, the last at the military school of Brienne, near Paris. Here he remained for five years. He was a quiet, studious lad, devoted to -Plutarch's Lives and Cæsar's Commentaries. He was always trying to find +Plutarch's Lives and Cæsar's Commentaries. He was always trying to find out what made certain men great. He was easily at the head of his class in mathematics. His industry and perseverance were astonishing. @@ -283,7 +260,7 @@ M. de l'Eguille, said: "A Corsican by birth and character, he will do something great if circumstances favor him." After a year at this school, he was made second lieutenant of artillery -in the regiment of La Fère, in 1785. The next five years he passed at +in the regiment of La Fère, in 1785. The next five years he passed at different military stations in France. He was always studying. He pored over maps and plans of fortresses. He read with avidity books on law, philosophy, theology, political economy, and various forms of @@ -417,7 +394,7 @@ hundreds in the city who could not escape were deliberately shot in the streets and in their homes, so desperate had become the hate between Royalists and Republicans, or really Jacobins. -Fouché, afterwards prominent under the Empire, wrote to a friend, Dec. +Fouché, afterwards prominent under the Empire, wrote to a friend, Dec. 23: "We have only one way of celebrating victory. This evening we shoot two hundred and thirteen rebels. Adieu, my friend; tears of joy run down my cheeks, and my heart is overflowing." @@ -457,7 +434,7 @@ nothing but the idea that it may be of use to the country gives me courage to bear its weight." Soon after this, to scatter such officers as himself, who were supposed -to be Jacobin in tendency, Napoleon was ordered to La Vendée to put down +to be Jacobin in tendency, Napoleon was ordered to La Vendée to put down civil dissensions. He rebelled against being separated from the army of Italy. "You are too young," said Aubrey, the Girondist deputy, "to be commander-in-chief of artillery." @@ -469,14 +446,14 @@ For refusing to proceed to his post, Napoleon's name was struck off the army lists, and again he was in Paris, out of employment. When he and Bourrienne took a stroll at evening on the Boulevards, and saw the rich young men on horseback, apparently living a life of ease and luxury, -"dandies with their whiskers," says Madame Junot (Duchess d'Abrantès), +"dandies with their whiskers," says Madame Junot (Duchess d'Abrantès), Napoleon would exclaim bitterly, "And it is on such beings as these that Fortune confers her favors. How contemptible is human nature!" He told Count Montholon, when in exile at St. Helena, that at this time he came near committing suicide by throwing himself into the river. With head down, and meditating upon his determination, he ran against a -plainly dressed man, who proved to be Démasis, a former comrade in the +plainly dressed man, who proved to be Démasis, a former comrade in the artillery. "What is the matter?" he said to Napoleon. "You do not listen to me! You @@ -484,16 +461,16 @@ do not seem glad to see me! What misfortune threatens you? You look to me like a madman about to kill himself." Napoleon told him his needs, and his mother's poverty. "Is that all?" -said Démasis. "Here are six thousand dollars in gold, which I can spare +said Démasis. "Here are six thousand dollars in gold, which I can spare without any inconvenience. Take them, and relieve your mother." Hardly aware of what he was doing, Napoleon grasped the money, and sent -it to his mother. Afterwards he could find nothing of Démasis. Fifteen +it to his mother. Afterwards he could find nothing of Démasis. Fifteen years later, when the Empire was near its fall, Napoleon met him, made him accept sixty thousand dollars to repay the loan of six thousand, and appointed him director-general of the crown gardens, at a salary of six thousand dollars a year, and the honors of an officer in the household. -He also provided a good situation for Démasis' brother. +He also provided a good situation for Démasis' brother. He never forgot a kindness. A humble shoemaker, who worked for him in these days of poverty, and waited for his pay, was always employed by @@ -536,7 +513,7 @@ themselves if the necessity arose, and he took care to leave a way of retreat open to St. Cloud. The National Guards appeared on the morning of Oct. 5, 1795 (13th -Vendémiaire, as the month was called by the Revolutionary Calendar), in +Vendémiaire, as the month was called by the Revolutionary Calendar), in front of Napoleon's troops. All day the two armies were within fifteen paces of each other. At four o'clock in the afternoon, General Danican of the National Guards gave the signal for attack. Napoleon mounted his @@ -552,7 +529,7 @@ never-failing courage, he had been equal to the emergency. Napoleon was made General of the Interior, with the command of Paris. The days of poverty were over. He found places for several of his family, and was much sought after by those in high position. He was -especially good to the poor, and the Duchess d'Abrantès tells how he +especially good to the poor, and the Duchess d'Abrantès tells how he climbed to attics and went down into cellars to feed the hungry. As he was stepping out of his carriage one day at the home of the Duchess, a woman held her dead child before him. It had died from want. She had @@ -569,7 +546,7 @@ Republic, and had been put to death by the Jacobins, because he was a Girondist, or moderate Republican. "I was so touched by this affectionate request," said Napoleon, "that I -ordered it to be given to him. This boy was Eugène Beauharnais. On +ordered it to be given to him. This boy was Eugène Beauharnais. On seeing the sword he burst into tears. I felt so affected by his conduct, that I noticed and praised him much. A few days afterwards his mother came to return me a visit of thanks. I was struck with her appearance, @@ -582,7 +559,7 @@ child of French parents, had been born in the Island of Martinique, Jan. major in the army, who introduced her to the court of Marie Antoinette, but who, with all his wealth and position, did not make her life a happy one. After four years of marriage and the birth of two children, -Hortense and Eugène, to whom she was most tenderly attached, she and +Hortense and Eugène, to whom she was most tenderly attached, she and Beauharnais separated, and she returned to Martinique, but at his persistent request she came back to him after three years. @@ -674,7 +651,7 @@ thanks!" Murat, his aide-de-camp, who afterwards married Napoleon's sister Caroline, and became King of Naples, was sent to Paris with the armistice proposed by the King of Sardinia, and Junot with the flags, -which caused the greatest rejoicing. _Fêtes_ were celebrated at the +which caused the greatest rejoicing. _Fêtes_ were celebrated at the Champ de Mars, and Napoleon's name was honored as the conqueror of Italy. @@ -768,13 +745,13 @@ Late in June, Josephine reached Milan, and for a brief period they were happy; but Napoleon was obliged very soon to be at the front. The war now centred about Mantua, which was strongly fortified. Seven or eight thousand French troops were besieging it, when it was ascertained that -Würmser, the Austrian general, was marching against the French with +Würmser, the Austrian general, was marching against the French with seventy thousand men, in three armies, while Napoleon had but about forty-five thousand. At once the siege of Mantua was raised, the gun-carriages burned, the powder thrown into the river, the cannon spiked, and the French forces -were led against Würmser. +were led against Würmser. Napoleon, with his usual celerity and tact,--he used to say, "War, like government, is mainly decided by tact,"--managed to defeat each of the @@ -799,7 +776,7 @@ wounded, fifteen thousand taken prisoners, with seventy pieces of artillery, and twenty-two stands of colors. The latter were sent to Paris. -Early in September, Napoleon again defeated Würmser at Bassano. After +Early in September, Napoleon again defeated Würmser at Bassano. After the battle, at midnight Napoleon rode over the battle-field by moonlight, the quiet broken only by the moans of the wounded and dying. Suddenly a dog sprang from beneath the cloak of his dead master, rushed @@ -863,7 +840,7 @@ again. Death is no longer before me, and glory and honor are still in my breast.... Soon Mantua will be ours, and then thy husband will fold thee in his arms, and give thee a thousand proofs of his ardent affection. I shall proceed to Milan as soon as I can; I am a little fatigued. I have -received letters from Eugène and Hortense. I am delighted with the +received letters from Eugène and Hortense. I am delighted with the children.... Adieu, my adorable Josephine. Think of me often. Death alone can break the union which sympathy, love, and sentiment have formed. Let me have news of your health. A thousand and a thousand @@ -886,7 +863,7 @@ endure great reverses. She has given me a mind of marble. Thunder cannot ruffle it. The shaft merely glides along." Austria made another desperate effort to overcome Napoleon and save -Würmser, shut up in Mantua. At four o'clock in the morning, Jan. 14, +Würmser, shut up in Mantua. At four o'clock in the morning, Jan. 14, 1797, the battle of Rivoli began. For twelve hours Napoleon was in the hottest of the fight. Three horses were shot under him. @@ -903,23 +880,23 @@ nights. No wonder the Austrians said, "The French do not march, they fly." Napoleon wrote, "The Roman legions used to make twenty-four miles a day; our men make thirty, and fight in the intervals." ... -Würmser surrendered Mantua Feb. 3, 1797. Twenty-seven thousand men had +Würmser surrendered Mantua Feb. 3, 1797. Twenty-seven thousand men had died of wounds or sickness since the commencement of the siege. The horses had all been eaten, and the city could sustain itself no longer. -Würmser had declared that he could hold out for a year. But Napoleon -knew that so brave a marshal as Würmser would not surrender unless +Würmser had declared that he could hold out for a year. But Napoleon +knew that so brave a marshal as Würmser would not surrender unless reduced to the last extremity. -He therefore allowed Würmser to retire with all his staff and two +He therefore allowed Würmser to retire with all his staff and two thousand cavalry. He surrendered to France eighteen thousand prisoners. -Würmser wished to salute the young conqueror of twenty-seven; but +Würmser wished to salute the young conqueror of twenty-seven; but Napoleon had gone to Bologna, not liking to subject the marshal of seventy to humiliation. Lanfrey thinks this was done for effect, but there seems no good reason for always imputing bad motives to Napoleon. A man so worshipped by his soldiers, and, indeed, by the nation, had much that was noble and refined in his nature. -Würmser, out of gratitude to Napoleon, saved his life at Bologna, by +Würmser, out of gratitude to Napoleon, saved his life at Bologna, by making known to him a plot to poison him. Napoleon now turned his attention towards the Papal States. The Pope had @@ -986,7 +963,7 @@ happiness at the Serbelloni Palace. Josephine won every heart by her grace and her kindness. Napoleon said, "I conquer provinces, but Josephine wins hearts." -Madame de Rémusat wrote: "Love seemed to come every day to place at her +Madame de Rémusat wrote: "Love seemed to come every day to place at her feet a new conquest over a people entranced with its conqueror." The people waited to see Napoleon pass in and out of his palace. They @@ -1000,7 +977,7 @@ incident to show Josephine's power over her husband. "He was absolutely faithful to her," says Saint-Amand, "and this at a time when there was not a beauty in Milan who was not setting her cap for him." -Josephine owned a pug dog, Fortuné, which, when she was imprisoned in +Josephine owned a pug dog, Fortuné, which, when she was imprisoned in the Reign of Terror, was brought to her cell with a letter concealed in his collar. Ever since she had been extremely fond of him. They were all at the Castle of Montebello, a few leagues from Milan, during the @@ -1011,8 +988,8 @@ was given to understand that I might go away myself or share it with him. I was annoyed; but it was to take or to leave, and I yielded. The favorite was not so accommodating, and he left his mark on my leg." -Fortuné barked at everything, and used to bite other dogs. The cook's -dog, a mastiff, returned the bite one day, and killed Fortuné. Josephine +Fortuné barked at everything, and used to bite other dogs. The cook's +dog, a mastiff, returned the bite one day, and killed Fortuné. Josephine was in despair; but the mischief was done, and there was no help for it. Nov. 17 Napoleon left Milan, and, after a continued ovation along the @@ -1137,7 +1114,7 @@ been spared. After the battle at Jaffa the French began the siege of St. Jean d'Acre, where Djezzar, which name signifies butcher, the head of the army, resided. The siege lasted sixty days. Sir Sidney Smith of England, with -two ships of war, assisted the fort, and Phélippeaux, an old schoolmate +two ships of war, assisted the fort, and Phélippeaux, an old schoolmate of Napoleon at Brienne, directed the artillery. Napoleon's battering train, sent forward by sea, had been taken by the English. The siege had to be raised, four thousand of the French being disabled, and the army @@ -1150,7 +1127,7 @@ Smith made me miss my destiny." Napoleon defeated the Turks at Aboukir, July 25, with a loss to them of ten thousand men, and then, learning of the perilous condition of France in her wars with the allied powers, hastened to Paris, leaving General -Kléber in charge in Egypt. Napoleon narrowly missed being captured by +Kléber in charge in Egypt. Napoleon narrowly missed being captured by the English cruisers. France was overjoyed at his return. Bells were rung and bonfires @@ -1164,18 +1141,18 @@ courteous to everybody, which had made him jealous. It probably came from Napoleon's brothers, who disliked her great influence over him. Josephine was nearly heart-broken. She had not seen Napoleon for a year -and a half. Both Eugène and Hortense begged that Napoleon would take +and a half. Both Eugène and Hortense begged that Napoleon would take their mother back into his heart. Finally he opened his door, and with a stern look at Josephine, said to -Eugène, then eighteen, who had just returned with him from Egypt, "As +Eugène, then eighteen, who had just returned with him from Egypt, "As for you, you shall not suffer for your mother's misdeeds; I shall keep you with me." With commendable spirit, the boy, who idolized his mother, replied, "No, General; I bid you farewell on the spot." -Seeing his mistake, he pressed Eugène to his heart, folded Josephine in +Seeing his mistake, he pressed Eugène to his heart, folded Josephine in his arms, and sent for his brother Lucien, to show him how thoroughly he and Josephine were reconciled to each other. @@ -1220,7 +1197,7 @@ Council of the Ancients and made a brief address. Then he went to the Council of the Five Hundred. It was five in the afternoon. At the sight of him they shouted, "Down with the Dictator! Down with the tyrant!" They brandished daggers and threatened his life. His soldiers hastened -to his aid; and one grenadier, Thomé, had his clothes cut by a dagger. +to his aid; and one grenadier, Thomé, had his clothes cut by a dagger. Bourrienne says they were simply torn. Lucien Bonaparte, the president of the Five Hundred, left his seat in disgust at the tumult. He called upon the general and the soldiers "to execute the vote of the Ancients." @@ -1232,7 +1209,7 @@ well as Italy. There is no doubt that a large majority of the people of France were rejoiced at the change in government. "Napoleon," says Alison in his -History of Europe, "rivalled Cæsar in the clemency with which he used +History of Europe, "rivalled Cæsar in the clemency with which he used his victory. No proscriptions or massacres, few arrests or imprisonments, followed the triumph of order over revolution. On the contrary, numerous acts of mercy, as wise as they were magnanimous, @@ -1243,7 +1220,7 @@ lamented the ear of the victor." On the 19th of February, 1800, Napoleon took up his residence in the Tuileries. His salary was five hundred thousand francs a year. Ten days before his removal to the Tuileries, Feb. 9, when the seventy-two flags -taken from the Turks at Aboukir were placed in the Hôtel des Invalides, +taken from the Turks at Aboukir were placed in the Hôtel des Invalides, a funeral oration was pronounced on Washington, who had died Dec. 14, 1799. Napoleon issued this order to his army: "Washington is dead! That great man fought against tyranny. He established the liberty of his @@ -1333,8 +1310,8 @@ of Napoleon." "The institutions now created," says Seeley, "and which form the organization of modern France, are, 1. The Restored Church, resting on the Concordat; 2. the University; 3. the judicial system; 4. the Codes: -_Code Civil_, called _Code Napoléon_ Sept. 3, 1807, _Code de Commerce_, -_Code Pénal_, _Code d'Instruction Criminelle_; 5. the system of local +_Code Civil_, called _Code Napoléon_ Sept. 3, 1807, _Code de Commerce_, +_Code Pénal_, _Code d'Instruction Criminelle_; 5. the system of local government; 6. the Bank of France; 7. the Legion of Honor." "My code will outlive my victories," said Napoleon, truly. He put the @@ -1391,10 +1368,10 @@ Marengo is regarded by many as Napoleon's most masterful battle. Desaix's death was a sad blow to Napoleon. Savary found his body stripped of clothing, wrapped it in a cloak, laid it across a horse, and Napoleon had it carried to Milan to be embalmed. He said, "Victory at -such a price is dear." Kléber was killed in Egypt on the same day. At +such a price is dear." Kléber was killed in Egypt on the same day. At St. Helena, Napoleon said, "Of all the generals I ever had under my -command, Desaix and Kléber possessed the greatest talent--in particular -Desaix.... Kléber and Desaix were irreparable losses to France." +command, Desaix and Kléber possessed the greatest talent--in particular +Desaix.... Kléber and Desaix were irreparable losses to France." Napoleon returned to Milan and went in state to the Cathedral to the _Te Deum_, four days after the battle of Marengo. The people everywhere gave @@ -1416,7 +1393,7 @@ thousand prisoners. The poem of Campbell is well known:-- Finally a treaty of peace between France and Austria was signed at -Lunéville, Feb. 9, 1801, followed March 27, 1802, by the treaty of +Lunéville, Feb. 9, 1801, followed March 27, 1802, by the treaty of Amiens, between France and England. Both countries rejoiced in the cessation of hostilities. Fox came over @@ -1476,7 +1453,7 @@ hand to head the revolt of the people. Georges was arrested and executed with eleven of his companions. The Duke d'Enghien, Louis Antoine, Henri de Bourbon, son of the Duke of -Bourbon, and a descendant of the great Condé who had done so much for +Bourbon, and a descendant of the great Condé who had done so much for France in her wars, was living at Ettenheim, under the protection of the Margrave of Baden, to be near the lady whom he loved, the Princess Charlotte de Rohan, and "to be ready," says Walter Scott, "to put @@ -1529,7 +1506,7 @@ and sent Dec. 14, 1801, General Leclerc, who had married his pretty sister Pauline, with 25,000 men to Saint Domingo to re-establish French sovereignty. He was to send back to France any who rebelled. Toussaint L'Ouverture, who was among them, was imprisoned in the fortress of Joux, -near Besançon, in Normandy, and died in ten months, away from his own +near Besançon, in Normandy, and died in ten months, away from his own people, the victim of the spirit of conquest, which is not dead even in the nineteenth century. The climate destroyed the French army. Only two or three thousand ever returned. General Leclerc died, like the rest, of @@ -1649,7 +1626,7 @@ caressing tone: 'Kiss her, papa, I beg of you;' then he was perfectly happy when his father and mother exchanged a kiss of peace." Hortense, the mother, was so prostrated with grief, that it was feared -she would lose her reason. Madame de Rémusat says of her, "The Queen has +she would lose her reason. Madame de Rémusat says of her, "The Queen has but one thought, the loss she has suffered; she speaks of only one thing, of _him_. Not a tear, but a cold, calm, and almost absolute silence about everything, and when she speaks she wrings every one's @@ -1714,8 +1691,8 @@ scolded and forgave. "He could refuse Josephine nothing," says the same writer, "and she was really the only woman who had any influence over him." -Napoleon made Josephine's son, Eugène, Viceroy of Italy,--he often said, -"Eugène may serve as a model to all the young men of the age,"--returned +Napoleon made Josephine's son, Eugène, Viceroy of Italy,--he often said, +"Eugène may serve as a model to all the young men of the age,"--returned to Paris, and then started for his troops at Boulogne. There he waited for some days for his feet under Villeneuve, who, having been watched by the English, and in part crippled by them, failed to appear. He dared @@ -1743,7 +1720,7 @@ than two hundred cannon. In the military annals there is no such defeat." Napoleon pushed on to Vienna, which he entered Nov. 14, and went to the -palace of Schönbrunn. The Emperor Francis had fled, and joined the Tsar +palace of Schönbrunn. The Emperor Francis had fled, and joined the Tsar and the Russian army at Brunn. Thither Napoleon marched at once. On the night of Dec. 1, 1805, he mounted his horse to reconnoitre the enemy's lines. As he returned, going on foot from one watch-fire to another, he @@ -1780,7 +1757,7 @@ Pitt of England. He looked long on the map of Europe, and said, "Henceforth we may close that map for half a century." He died Jan. 23, 1806. -On Napoleon's return to Paris he erected a column in the Place Vendôme +On Napoleon's return to Paris he erected a column in the Place Vendôme to the Grand Army. It was constructed of cannon taken from the enemy, and has illustrations upon it of the campaigns of Ulm and Austerlitz. W. O'Connor Morris calls Austerlitz "the most perfect of battles on land, @@ -1805,11 +1782,11 @@ fourteen million people. Napoleon was elected Protector of the Confederation. Russia now became an ally of Prussia, and war was declared against -France Oct. 14, 1806. The double battle of Jena and Auerstädt was +France Oct. 14, 1806. The double battle of Jena and Auerstädt was fought, and the Prussians were completely defeated. Alison says, "The loss of the Prussians was prodigious; on the two fields there fell nearly twenty thousand killed and wounded, besides nearly as many -prisoners.... Ten thousand of the killed and wounded fell at Auerstädt." +prisoners.... Ten thousand of the killed and wounded fell at Auerstädt." Napoleon entered Berlin in triumph Oct. 27, 1806, and established himself in the king's palace. He did not like the beautiful Queen @@ -1819,7 +1796,7 @@ bulletins, and Josephine reproached him for "speaking ill of women." Napoleon visited the palace of Sans Souci to see the room where Frederick the Great died, still preserved as he left it, and then went -to the church where he is buried. At the tomb, says General de Ségur, +to the church where he is buried. At the tomb, says General de Ségur, "Napoleon paused at the entrance in a grave and respectful attitude. He gazed into the shadow enclosing the hero's ashes, and stood thus for nearly ten minutes, motionless, silent, as if buried in deep thought." @@ -1828,7 +1805,7 @@ Invalides in Paris, with the flags carried by his guard in the Seven Years' War. Early in November, Prince Hohenlohe surrendered twenty thousand -Prussians to the French; and Blücher, whom Napoleon was to meet again at +Prussians to the French; and Blücher, whom Napoleon was to meet again at Waterloo, surrendered twenty thousand men and over five hundred officers. @@ -1947,13 +1924,13 @@ provinces west of the Elbe were made into the kingdom of Westphalia, and another brother of Napoleon, Jerome, was placed upon a throne. He had married, when nineteen, Miss Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore; but through Napoleon's influence the union was annulled, and he married, at -twenty-three, Aug. 23, 1807, the daughter of the king of Würtemberg. She +twenty-three, Aug. 23, 1807, the daughter of the king of Würtemberg. She proved a noble woman. When her husband was dethroned in 1814, she refused to obtain a divorce, writing to her father: "Having been forced, by reasons of state, to marry the king, my husband, it has been granted me by fate to be the happiest woman in the world." -Napoleon said of her at Saint Helena, "Princess Catherine of Würtemberg +Napoleon said of her at Saint Helena, "Princess Catherine of Würtemberg has, with her own hands, written her name in history." Napoleon returned to Paris after the peace of Tilsit, and was received @@ -2018,10 +1995,10 @@ opportune time to make war on Napoleon. The latter raised another immense army,--Lanfrey says with much truth, "France was bleeding to death,"--marched against Austria, and several bloody battles resulted. -At Eckmühl the Austrians, says Marbot, admitted a loss of five thousand +At Eckmühl the Austrians, says Marbot, admitted a loss of five thousand killed, and fifteen thousand prisoners. Napoleon said at St. Helena, "The greatest military manoeuvres I ever made, and those for which I -give myself most credit, were performed at Eckmühl." +give myself most credit, were performed at Eckmühl." At Ratisbon the Emperor was wounded in the foot, just before the retaking. So wild were the soldiers at the news, that as soon as his @@ -2030,7 +2007,7 @@ anxiety. After some other successes, Napoleon reached Vienna, May 10, the Emperor Francis having fled, as before, to a place of safety. Napoleon went at -once to the royal palace of Schönbrunn. +once to the royal palace of Schönbrunn. The enemy were now on the left bank of the Danube. The spring rains had swollen the great river, and the crossing was most hazardous. In the @@ -2085,7 +2062,7 @@ nearly as many as gun-fire." in crown pieces to each wounded soldier, and more than this to each officer." -Oct. 14, 1809, the peace of Vienna was signed at Schönbrunn, between +Oct. 14, 1809, the peace of Vienna was signed at Schönbrunn, between France and Austria. "I committed a great fault after the battle of Wagram," said Napoleon at St. Helena, "in not reducing the power of Austria still more. She remained too strong for our safety, and to her @@ -2115,7 +2092,7 @@ She became at once insensible; and Napoleon, alarmed, hastily called assistance and bore her to her room. He came to see her in the evening, and wept. -Eugène determined at once to resign his position as Viceroy of Italy, +Eugène determined at once to resign his position as Viceroy of Italy, but his mother begged him to remain the friend of Napoleon. On Dec. 15, at the Tuileries, before the officers of the Empire, the @@ -2123,11 +2100,11 @@ divorce was announced. Josephine was almost overcome by her sobs. "The Emperor will always find in me his best friend," she said, and so it proved. -The next day the divorce was consummated before the Senate. Eugène +The next day the divorce was consummated before the Senate. Eugène announced the divorce, saying, "The tears of the Emperor do honor to my mother." Josephine, in a simple white muslin dress, leaning on the arm of Hortense, entered and signed the fatal decree. Both mother and -daughter were in tears, as well as many of those present. Eugène, who +daughter were in tears, as well as many of those present. Eugène, who idolized his mother, fell fainting to the floor. That evening when Josephine thought her husband had retired, she came to his room, her eyes swollen with weeping, and tottering towards the bed fell upon his @@ -2155,11 +2132,11 @@ love me?" Three months later, Mar. 11, 1810, Napoleon was married by proxy at Vienna, Archduke Charles representing him at the wedding, to Marie Louise, the daughter of Emperor Francis I. of Austria. He met her with -his suite at the palace of Compiègne. She was eighteen, with light hair, +his suite at the palace of Compiègne. She was eighteen, with light hair, and blue eyes, and gentle in manner. Napoleon was forty. The civil marriage was celebrated at St. Cloud, April 1; and the next -day they made their triumphal entry into Paris, by the Arc de l'Étoile, +day they made their triumphal entry into Paris, by the Arc de l'Étoile, to the Tuileries, amid the cheers of three hundred thousand people. The world must have been amazed at such a union of France and Austria,--nations which had been at war for years. No wonder Napoleon, @@ -2297,7 +2274,7 @@ losses were also heavy. Prussia now joined herself to Russia, and declared war against France. Napoleon at once raised another army of nearly two hundred thousand by -conscription, and defeated the enemy at Lützen, or Gross-Beeren, and +conscription, and defeated the enemy at Lützen, or Gross-Beeren, and Bautzen. His young conscripts fought heroically. His beloved Marshal Duroc was killed just after the latter battle. Napoleon wept as he left him dying, saying, "Duroc, there is another life.... We shall one day @@ -2308,7 +2285,7 @@ and Russia. The marriage with Marie Louise had not won Napoleon friends, as he had fondly hoped. The allies now had five hundred thousand men, the Prussians under -Blücher, the Austrians under Schwarzenberg. Upon Aug. 27, 1813, Napoleon +Blücher, the Austrians under Schwarzenberg. Upon Aug. 27, 1813, Napoleon defeated them at Dresden, where they left forty thousand on the field, half of whom were prisoners, but was himself defeated in the dreadful battle of Leipsic, Oct. 16-19. @@ -2360,7 +2337,7 @@ from France of $500,000. He bade the Old Guard an affectionate good-by. heart. Let me at least embrace your general and your eagle." He put his arms around General Petit, and kissed the eagle on its silver beak. Amid the tears and sobs of his brave soldiers, on April 20, Napoleon drove -away from Fontainebleau to Fréjus, and in the British frigate, The +away from Fontainebleau to Fréjus, and in the British frigate, The Undaunted, set sail for Elba, April 27, 1814. He had frequently written to Josephine through these melancholy months. @@ -2429,12 +2406,12 @@ together over 200,000. He decided at once to take the offensive rather than let the allies invade France. He left Paris for Belgium, June 12, 1815, taking with him about 120,000 men. He drove the Prussians out of Charleroi, and on June 16 gained a victory over the Prussian marshal, -Blücher, at Ligny. Jomini, who is usually authentic, says Napoleon had -72,000 in the battle, and Blücher from 80,000 to 90,000. It was a hotly +Blücher, at Ligny. Jomini, who is usually authentic, says Napoleon had +72,000 in the battle, and Blücher from 80,000 to 90,000. It was a hotly contested battle-field in which the Prussians lost from 12,000 to 20,000 men. Thiers says 30,000. -Blücher had his gray charger, given him by the Prince Regent of England, +Blücher had his gray charger, given him by the Prince Regent of England, shot under him, and was nearly killed in the retreat. The same day occurred the desperate battle of Quatre-Bras, in which @@ -2446,7 +2423,7 @@ Thiers, were 70,000 in number; Seeley and Ropes say 72,000. Wellington had about 68,000. The ground was so drenched by rains that the battle was not begun till -a little past eleven. Both sides fought desperately. Blücher, a few +a little past eleven. Both sides fought desperately. Blücher, a few miles to the right of Wellington, at Wavre, had promised to join him. Napoleon had told Marshal Grouchy to follow the Prussians and thus prevent their union with the English. He started too late for Wavre; he @@ -2456,15 +2433,15 @@ at Waterloo. Ropes gives an interesting account of this in the _Atlantic Monthly_, June, 1881, "Who lost Waterloo?" All day long the battle raged. Hand to hand combats were constant. The -battle seemed in favor of the French. Meantime Blücher was coming from +battle seemed in favor of the French. Meantime Blücher was coming from Wavre, with his guns sinking axle-deep in the mud. "We shall never get -on," was heard on all sides. "We _must get on_," said the bluff Blücher; +on," was heard on all sides. "We _must get on_," said the bluff Blücher; "I have given my word to Wellington." Napoleon kept watching for Grouchy. Early in the afternoon about 30,000 Prussians under Bulow had come to Wellington's assistance. Night came on and the firing of musketry was heard. "There's Grouchy!" said the -Emperor. His aide-de-camp, Labédoyère, rushed to announce it to the +Emperor. His aide-de-camp, Labédoyère, rushed to announce it to the army. "Marshal Grouchy is arriving, the Guard is going to charge. Courage! courage! 'tis all over with the English." @@ -2473,7 +2450,7 @@ Chaboulon, ex-secretary of the Emperor; "the wounded who were still capable of taking a few steps returned to the combat, and thousands of voices eagerly repeated, Forward! forward!" -It was not Grouchy, but Blücher with thirty or forty thousand fresh +It was not Grouchy, but Blücher with thirty or forty thousand fresh troops. The Imperial Guard did indeed charge with all their wonted impetuosity. They were mowed down like grain. Ney, with five horses shot under him, marched on foot with his drawn sword. Napoleon watched them, @@ -2558,7 +2535,7 @@ not maintain their position after my death; a reaction in my favor will take place everywhere, even in England." Napoleon II. died at Vienna, July 22, 1832, at the age of twenty-one, of -consumption, at Schönbrunn, the summer home of the Emperor. He expired +consumption, at Schönbrunn, the summer home of the Emperor. He expired upon the same narrow bed on which his father slept when he came as the conqueror of Austria. General Hartmann said, "Having passed my life on battle-fields, I have often seen death, but I never saw a soldier die @@ -2617,8 +2594,8 @@ upon the floor. On the night of May 4 a tornado swept the island, uprooting the trees which the Emperor had planted. During the night, says Count Montholon, -"Twice I thought I distinguished the unconnected words, '_France--armée, -tête d'armée_ (head of the army)--Josephine.'" +"Twice I thought I distinguished the unconnected words, '_France--armée, +tête d'armée_ (head of the army)--Josephine.'" During the whole of May 5 he lay quiet and peaceful, conscious, his right hand out of bed, seemingly absorbed in deep meditation. At eleven @@ -2709,7 +2686,7 @@ several in Italy, and three or four at the siege of Saint Jean d'Acre. When his body was prepared for burial, it was found that there were several scars upon it, some slight, and three very distinct. -He hated selfishness. Madame la Générale Durant, first lady to the +He hated selfishness. Madame la Générale Durant, first lady to the Empress Marie Louise, relates in her book, "Napoleon and Marie Louise," that once, when Marie Louise said everybody was selfish, and that she was also, he replied, "Don't say, my Louise, that you are selfish; I @@ -2766,7 +2743,7 @@ Everything in him astonishes me. His spirit overawes me, and his will confounds me. Between him and whoever else in the world there is no possible term of comparison." -Napoleon compared the reign of Christ with that of Cæsar, Alexander, +Napoleon compared the reign of Christ with that of Cæsar, Alexander, Hannibal, and of himself; "My armies have forgotten me, even while living, as the Carthaginian army forgot Hannibal. Such is our power! A single battle lost crushes us, and adversity scatters our friends.... @@ -2951,10 +2928,10 @@ ready for the great opportunity if it ever came. As he was now on half-pay, he determined to go to France for a time to study the French language. Here he fell in love with Miss Andrews, one of the three daughters of an English clergyman. As his income was only -£130 a year, he wrote his uncle, William Suckling, asking that he might -be allowed £100 a year in addition, that he might be able to marry. This +£130 a year, he wrote his uncle, William Suckling, asking that he might +be allowed £100 a year in addition, that he might be able to marry. This request was granted; but Miss Andrews perhaps did not give her consent, -or Nelson thought that £230 would not support a wife in much luxury, for +or Nelson thought that £230 would not support a wife in much luxury, for she afterwards married a clergyman by the name of Farrer, and later Colonel Warne. Nelson evidently admired her greatly; for he wrote to his brother William, "She has such accomplishments, that, had I a million of @@ -3347,8 +3324,8 @@ in his cabin. Finally, at the request of his friends, it was carried below. He was eventually buried in it. The joy at Napoleon's defeat was inexpressible. England made Nelson a -baron, with a pension of £2,000 a year while he lived, to descend to his -two male successors. The East India Company voted him £10,000, as they +baron, with a pension of £2,000 a year while he lived, to descend to his +two male successors. The East India Company voted him £10,000, as they had thus been saved from French conquest. The Emperor Paul of Russia sent him his portrait set in diamonds, in a gold box. The Sultan of Turkey sent a pelisse of sable fur valued at five thousand dollars, and @@ -3357,7 +3334,7 @@ royal turbans. The Sultan's mother sent a box set in diamonds valued at five thousand dollars; the King of Sardinia a gold box set in diamonds; the King of the Two Sicilies a sword which once belonged to Charles III. of Spain. His friend Alexander Davison sent medals to the officers and -men costing £2,000. These were all greatly prized by the men. +men costing £2,000. These were all greatly prized by the men. Italy was as rejoiced at the defeat of the French as was England. When the news reached Naples, both the queen and Lady Hamilton fainted. Lady @@ -3422,7 +3399,7 @@ shoot himself if the vessel sank. The little Prince Albert was taken ill on the morning of Dec. 25, and died at seven o'clock that evening in Lady Hamilton's arms. -Naples for a time was transformed by the French into the Parthenopæan +Naples for a time was transformed by the French into the Parthenopæan Republic, which later was abolished, and the insurgents put to death by Ferdinand. Nelson has been censured, and justly, for the execution, on board one of his ships, the Foudroyant, of Francesco Caracciolo, who @@ -3433,13 +3410,13 @@ not to interfere. The prisons of Naples were indeed slaughter pens; but wars are never humane, and struggles between despotism and liberty are rarely bloodless. -Ferdinand rewarded Nelson with the Sicilian dukedom of Brontë, with an -estate worth about £3,000 per annum. Nelson at once gave from this -estate an annuity of £500 for life to his father. He had already given -out of the £10,000 voted him by the East India Company, five hundred +Ferdinand rewarded Nelson with the Sicilian dukedom of Brontë, with an +estate worth about £3,000 per annum. Nelson at once gave from this +estate an annuity of £500 for life to his father. He had already given +out of the £10,000 voted him by the East India Company, five hundred pounds each to his father, his brother-in-law, Mr. Bolton, his sister, Mrs. Matcham, and his brothers Maurice and William. When his brother -Maurice died in April, 1801, Nelson gave his blind widow £100 a year +Maurice died in April, 1801, Nelson gave his blind widow £100 a year while he lived, and Lady Hamilton cared for her after his death. He wrote to his wife, "If I were rich I would do more. To my father say everything which is kind. I love, honor, and respect him as a father and @@ -3496,7 +3473,7 @@ sitting. For two months Lord Nelson and his wife lived, as might be supposed, most unhappily, when he determined to leave her forever, settling upon -her £1,600 per year. He wrote to his friend Davison, "Sooner than live +her £1,600 per year. He wrote to his friend Davison, "Sooner than live the life I did when last I came to England, I would stay abroad forever." The last time he saw her, Jan. 13, 1801, before he left for the Baltic, he said at parting, "I call God to witness there is nothing @@ -3552,7 +3529,7 @@ the answer, "I were to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service." Nelson, brave to rashness himself, admired it in others. When, early in -1800, in the Mediterranean, Le Généreux, one of the ships that had +1800, in the Mediterranean, Le Généreux, one of the ships that had escaped at the battle of the Nile, was captured, Nelson patted the head of a little midshipman, who was very pale, and asked him how he relished the music. He told the boy how Charles XII. ran away from the @@ -3598,15 +3575,15 @@ Premier:-- "Whenever it is necessary, I am _your_ admiral. - NELSON AND BRONTË." + NELSON AND BRONTË." April 6, 1803, Sir William Hamilton died, holding his wife's and Nelson's hands, saying, "Protect my dear wife; and may God bless you, and give you victory and protect you in battle!" He bequeathed to Nelson a copy of a picture of his wife by Madame Le Brun in enamel. To her he -gave a legacy of £800, and an annuity of £800 for life. Sir William's -pension of £1,200 a year closed with his death, and, as the government +gave a legacy of £800, and an annuity of £800 for life. Sir William's +pension of £1,200 a year closed with his death, and, as the government did not continue it, in spite of Sir William's dying wishes, Nelson gave the amount to her, in monthly portions, while he lived. @@ -3657,7 +3634,7 @@ Twiss, "Time, Twiss, time is everything. Five minutes makes the difference between a victory and a defeat." He was extremely generous. When one of his men, Captain Parker, died, he -paid his debts and funeral expenses, about £200. He spent very little +paid his debts and funeral expenses, about £200. He spent very little for himself, and much for others. It was thought that there would be a battle on Saturday, Oct. 19; and @@ -3791,7 +3768,7 @@ seen the tears on my cheek and conjectured that I was an Englishman; and several, as they held my hand, themselves burst into tears." Nelson was buried Jan. 9, 1806, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, at a -public expense of £14,000. Ten thousand troops preceded the body of the +public expense of £14,000. Ten thousand troops preceded the body of the hero to the tomb. The streets were lined with thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of weeping spectators. The coffin was drawn uncovered, under a canopy, upon a car, having at its front and back a @@ -3818,19 +3795,19 @@ lions by Landseer are at the base. The government awarded various honors to Nelson's family. An earldom was conferred on Nelson's brother, the Reverend William, with a pension of -£5,000 a year, with £120,000 that he might purchase an estate; £20,000 +£5,000 a year, with £120,000 that he might purchase an estate; £20,000 of this gift were to be divided between Nelson's sisters, Mrs. Bolton -and Mrs. Matcham. Lady Nelson received £2,000 per annum till her death, +and Mrs. Matcham. Lady Nelson received £2,000 per annum till her death, May 4, 1831, twenty-five years after the death of Lord Nelson. Nelson's dying request for Lady Hamilton and their child, Horatia, was -disregarded by the government. Nelson left her by will £2,000, an -annuity for life of £500 charged on the Bronte estate, Merton Place, and -the yearly interest on £4,000 settled on Horatia till she became +disregarded by the government. Nelson left her by will £2,000, an +annuity for life of £500 charged on the Bronte estate, Merton Place, and +the yearly interest on £4,000 settled on Horatia till she became eighteen. Lady Hamilton survived Nelson nine years, dying Jan. 16, 1815, in -apartments in the Rue Française at Calais, at the age of fifty-one. She +apartments in the Rue Française at Calais, at the age of fifty-one. She lost Merton Place, in Surrey, through debts. She was imprisoned for debt at the King's Bench, 12 Temple Place, in 1813, and was discharged after some months, by a city alderman, J. J. Smith, who felt that she had been @@ -4529,7 +4506,7 @@ Norwegian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Lettish, Esthonian, and Russ; in _Eastern Europe_--in Servian, Bulgarian, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Polish; and in _Southern Europe_--in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romaic, or modern Greek. In _Asia_, it may be met with -in Hebrew, Arabic, Modern Syriac, Armeno-Turkish, Græco-Turkish, and +in Hebrew, Arabic, Modern Syriac, Armeno-Turkish, Græco-Turkish, and Armenian. Farther to the south, also, it is seen in Pashtu, or Afghani, and in the great Empire of India it is found in various forms. @@ -4831,7 +4808,7 @@ literature. He wrote a friend concerning his little study "where I have a sofa full of books, as of old, and the two verse books lying about on it, and a volume of Herodotus; and where I sit up and read or write till twelve or -one o'clock." Plato's "Phædo" was a great favorite. He thought it +one o'clock." Plato's "Phædo" was a great favorite. He thought it "nearly the perfection of human language." To another he wrote, "One of my most useful books is dear old Tottle's @@ -6280,7 +6257,7 @@ shot against Fort Sumter has opened the only door out of this hour. There were but two. One was compromise; the other was battle.... The South opened this with cannon shot, and Lincoln shows himself at the door. The war, then, is not aggressive, but in self-defence, and -Washington has become the Thermopylæ of liberty and justice. Rather than +Washington has become the Thermopylæ of liberty and justice. Rather than surrender that capital, cover every square foot of it with a living body; crowd it with a million of men, and empty every bank vault at the North to pay the cost. Teach the world once for all, that North America @@ -7272,7 +7249,7 @@ Bible." Yet when he could be at home he was a diligent reader of other books,--the sermons of Jonathan Edwards, of Isaac Barrow, and of Robert -South. He pored over Loudon's Encyclopædias of Horticulture, +South. He pored over Loudon's Encyclopædias of Horticulture, Agriculture, and Architecture. He became the editor of the _Indiana Farmer and Gardener_. @@ -7356,7 +7333,7 @@ work with all my soul, preaching night and day." The slavery question had now come to be the foremost question among the people. By the Missouri Compromise of 1821, slavery was not to extend -north beyond latitude 36° 30´. When, in 1849, California asked +north beyond latitude 36° 30´. When, in 1849, California asked admittance to the Union as a free State, the South, feeling that the balance of power would be on the side of freedom, bitterly opposed it. Henry Clay, the great compromiser, brought forward his "Omnibus Bill" in @@ -7406,7 +7383,7 @@ rifles, and for Bibles as well. Some of the rifles were sent, it is said, in boxes marked Bibles, though without his knowledge, and were therefore called "Beecher's Bibles." -When John C. Frémont was the first nominee of the Republicans in 1856, +When John C. Frémont was the first nominee of the Republicans in 1856, Mr. Beecher, with the hearty concurrence of his church, spoke for the party two or three times a week all through the State of New York. An amusing incident occurred at Rome, N.Y., which illustrated Beecher's @@ -7415,7 +7392,7 @@ graphic utterance. He said: "My friends, in this great campaign there are but two sides, and we must range ourselves upon one side or the other; there is no middle ground for any of us. On the one side is Buchanan, with the black -shield of slavery, and upon the other is Frémont, with the white banner +shield of slavery, and upon the other is Frémont, with the white banner of liberty, and with one or the other of these two you must take your stand; but who is this that I see crawling under the fence? Oh, that is Millard Fillmore." Immediately a little fellow in the front row jumped @@ -8388,7 +8365,7 @@ tired Kingsley at thirty-two. "Hypatia," one of the novels which will last for centuries, was begun in 1851. He writes to the Rev. Mr. Maurice in January, "If I do not use my pen to the uttermost in earning my daily bread, I shall not get through -this year.... My available income is less than £400. I cannot reduce my +this year.... My available income is less than £400. I cannot reduce my charities, and I am driven either to give up my curate or to write; and either of these alternatives, with the increased parish work, for I have got either lectures or night school every night in the week, and three @@ -8563,12 +8540,12 @@ The earnest preaching, the lectures, the books and correspondence, continued. Many guests came now to Eversley,--Harriet Beecher Stowe and others from America, where his literary work seemed at first more appreciated than at home; Miss Bremer, the Swedish novelist, who after -she went home sent him Tegnèr's "Frithiof's Saga," with this +she went home sent him Tegnèr's "Frithiof's Saga," with this inscription: "To the Viking of the New Age, Charles Kingsley, this story of the Vikings of the Old, from a daughter of the Vikings, his friend and admirer, Fredrika Bremer." -Dean Stanley came; Max Müller also, and spent the first week of his +Dean Stanley came; Max Müller also, and spent the first week of his married life at the rectory--he had married a beloved niece of Kingsley's, the G. to whom he wrote the poem,-- @@ -8679,7 +8656,7 @@ well as from its boldness, to do good service in this good cause." ... After a journey with his daughter to the West Indies, from which came his book, "At Last," he returned to his multifarious duties. As President of the Midland Institute at Birmingham, he spoke on the -Science of Health. As a result, a manufacturer gave £2,500 to found +Science of Health. As a result, a manufacturer gave £2,500 to found classes and lectures on Human Physiology and the Science of Health, believing that physical improvement would be followed by mental and moral improvement. @@ -8790,7 +8767,7 @@ A great crowd of all classes stood around that open grave, and later, little children who had loved the "Water-babies" came often and laid flowers upon the mound. -"Few eyes were dry," says Max Müller, "when he was laid in his own +"Few eyes were dry," says Max Müller, "when he was laid in his own gravel bed, the old trees which he had planted and cared for waving their branches to him for the last time.... He will be mourned for, yearned for, in every place in which he passed some days of his busy @@ -8934,7 +8911,7 @@ with rod and gun. He studied well while at West Point, standing high in drawing, chemistry, mathematics, and philosophy, reaching the sixth place in a class of forty-three at his graduation in 1840. -He was never fond of display, and had no relish for the minutiæ of dress +He was never fond of display, and had no relish for the minutiæ of dress and drill. "Men who have successfully conducted great campaigns, and fought great battles, have not," says Mr. Smalley, "as a rule, taken much interest in the polishing of buttons, or the exact alignment of a @@ -8981,7 +8958,7 @@ They brought a saw-mill and a grist-mill with them to the new country. Living was cheap, as cattle cost but eight dollars and fifty cents for the best, or about two cents a pound. -Sherman soon met Colonel Frémont, afterwards a candidate for the +Sherman soon met Colonel Frémont, afterwards a candidate for the Presidency, General Kearney, and other officers noted in those early days of California. San Francisco was called Yerba Buena, and Sherman felt almost insulted when asked if he wished to invest money in land "in @@ -9988,7 +9965,7 @@ the mud by corduroying them with rails and split trees. The Confederate General Johnston said later, in the hearing of General Cox, concerning this part of the march, "he had made up his mind that -there had been no such army since the days of Julius Cæsar." +there had been no such army since the days of Julius Cæsar." "Whoever will consider," says General Cox, "the effect of dragging the artillery and hundreds of loaded army wagons over mud roads, in such a @@ -10218,7 +10195,7 @@ distinguished generals was Joseph E. Johnston from the South, who was also at the funeral of Grant, and for whom both the Northern generals had great respect and admiration. -As the funeral _cortège_ passed along, appropriate selections were +As the funeral _cortège_ passed along, appropriate selections were played by the bands. Gilmore's band electrified all hearts by the song turned into a dirge, composed for Sherman by Henry C. Work. @@ -10543,7 +10520,7 @@ probation. He would not promise for more than three months. At the end of that time the church had filled so rapidly, that he was called to the pastorate; and before he was twenty, in 1854, was installed over the Baptist -Church, with a salary of £150 a year. He came, as he says, to the great +Church, with a salary of £150 a year. He came, as he says, to the great city of London, "a country lad," "wondering, praying, fearing, hoping, believing, ... all alone, and yet not alone; expectant of Divine help, and inwardly borne down by our sense of the need of it." @@ -10595,7 +10572,7 @@ to preach. After this, services were held only in the morning, attended by the Prime Minister, the nobility, and the poor. Large numbers were converted. Thirty-five years after this time a Surrey Gardens Memorial -Hall was erected near this spot, at a cost of £3,000, as one of the many +Hall was erected near this spot, at a cost of £3,000, as one of the many mission-homes in connection with the Tabernacle work. This commemorates the many conversions in these early days, before the Tabernacle was built. @@ -10623,7 +10600,7 @@ The Tabernacle is one hundred and forty-six feet in length, and eighty-one in width. There are five thousand five hundred sittings, and many more can be accommodated. Besides the audience-room, there are rooms for Sunday-schools, working-meetings, and the like. The cost was a -little over £31,000, all raised by voluntary effort. All denominations +little over £31,000, all raised by voluntary effort. All denominations gave, and all parts of the country responded. Mr. Spurgeon spoke in Scotland, giving half the receipts to some needy pastorate, and reserving half for his new church. The church building has always been @@ -10667,7 +10644,7 @@ any conversions." expect great things from God, you'll get them; if you don't, you won't." "The large sale of my sermons in America, together with my dear wife's -economy," writes Mr. Spurgeon, "enabled me to spend from £600 to £800 a +economy," writes Mr. Spurgeon, "enabled me to spend from £600 to £800 a year in my own favorite work; but on a sudden--owing to my denunciations of the then existing slavery in the States--my entire resources from that 'Brook Cherith' were dried up. I paid as large sums as I could from @@ -10694,19 +10671,19 @@ it for fear I should break it." "I was reduced to the last pound," says Mr. Spurgeon, "when a letter came from a banker in the city, informing me that a lady, whose name I -have never been able to discover, had deposited a sum of £200, to be +have never been able to discover, had deposited a sum of £200, to be used for the education of young men for the ministry.... Some weeks -after, another £100 came in from the same bank, as I was informed, from +after, another £100 came in from the same bank, as I was informed, from another hand.... A supper was given by my liberal publishers, Messrs. Passmore & Alabaster, to celebrate the publishing of my five-hundredth -weekly sermon, at which £500 were raised and presented to the funds. The +weekly sermon, at which £500 were raised and presented to the funds. The college grew every month, and the number of the students rapidly increased from one to forty." A "weekly offering" was soon taken at the church for the Pastor's -College. This in the year 1869 amounted to £1,869. When "seasons of +College. This in the year 1869 amounted to £1,869. When "seasons of straitness" came, as Spurgeon says, the "Lord always interposed." On one -occasion, £1,000 came from an unknown source. +occasion, £1,000 came from an unknown source. Mr. G. Holden Pike says of these weekly offerings, "How high a figure the total reached nobody knew; for, as Sunday is a day of rest, the @@ -10720,13 +10697,13 @@ was as much as one could conveniently raise from the table with one arm." A yearly supper was provided by Mr. Spurgeon, at which guests gave as -they were able or inclined. At this supper in 1891, £3,000 were +they were able or inclined. At this supper in 1891, £3,000 were subscribed. After a time the College buildings were erected near the Tabernacle -property. A lady gave £3,000 as a memorial to her husband; £2,000 were +property. A lady gave £3,000 as a memorial to her husband; £2,000 were left as a legacy by a reader of the sermons. The cost of the buildings, -£15,000, was paid as soon as the work was done. +£15,000, was paid as soon as the work was done. The whole number added to the churches by these men educated at the Pastor's College is, as nearly as can be ascertained, considerably over @@ -10740,45 +10717,45 @@ German, Danish, and other languages. In 1866 another important work was laid upon the busy preacher, whose hands seemed already full. The widow of an Episcopal clergyman, Mrs. -Hillyard, was desirous of giving £20,000 to found an orphanage for boys. +Hillyard, was desirous of giving £20,000 to found an orphanage for boys. She was personally unknown to Mr. Spurgeon, but had read his sermons, and had great faith in his spirituality and sense. -Another lady, her husband having given her £500 on the twenty-fifth +Another lady, her husband having given her £500 on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, made a present of it to the Orphanage. One house was built with it, called "The Silver Wedding House." A -gentleman gave £600 for another house; an unknown donor £1,000 for two -other houses, and soon after £2,000 more. +gentleman gave £600 for another house; an unknown donor £1,000 for two +other houses, and soon after £2,000 more. -In 1868 the Baptist churches of England gave Mr. Spurgeon £1,765 for the +In 1868 the Baptist churches of England gave Mr. Spurgeon £1,765 for the Orphanage. One building is called "The Merchant's House;" another, "The Workmen's House." At the close of 1869, all the buildings or houses for the orphan boys were completed in Stockwell, on the Clapham Road, free from debt, at a -cost of £10,200, Mrs. Hillyard's funds being used for endowment. +cost of £10,200, Mrs. Hillyard's funds being used for endowment. When the funds were low,--for Mr. Spurgeon says, "Our boys persist in eating, and wearing out their clothes,"--money was raised by a bazaar, -by a _fête_ on his birthday, or in some other way. +by a _fête_ on his birthday, or in some other way. The long row of attractive houses for boys did not fill Mr. Spurgeon's heart; there must be similar homes for girls. In September, 1879, Mr. Spurgeon writes, "Our friends know that we -bought a house and grounds called 'The Hawthorns,' for £4,000. This we +bought a house and grounds called 'The Hawthorns,' for £4,000. This we needed to pay for. For various reasons the payment of the purchase-money for 'The Hawthorns' was delayed until July 30; and _on that very morning_ we received a letter telling us that a gentleman had died, and -left £1,500 for the Girls' Orphanage, thus bringing up our total to -within a very small sum of the amount required. The whole £4,000 is now +left £1,500 for the Girls' Orphanage, thus bringing up our total to +within a very small sum of the amount required. The whole £4,000 is now secured, including this legacy, and the property is our own." -Not long after, the £11,000 necessary for the first block of buildings +Not long after, the £11,000 necessary for the first block of buildings was obtained. In January, 1882, a great bazaar was held, which in three days netted -the sum of £2,000 for the Girls' Orphanage. In his opening speech at +the sum of £2,000 for the Girls' Orphanage. In his opening speech at this bazaar Mr. Spurgeon said, "We don't want to sell anything that is not worth the money paid for it; for we think that such should not be the case when the object is to benefit orphan children. When you leave @@ -10849,8 +10826,8 @@ Canon Basil Wilberforce, the son of the Bishop, the Rev. Dr. Newman Hall, and others spoke. The Rev. Dr. O. P. Gifford presented an address from the Baptist ministers of Boston and vicinity. -A Spurgeon Jubilee Fund of £45,000 was given at this time. Five years -previously a larger sum was given him, £3,000 of it being raised by a +A Spurgeon Jubilee Fund of £45,000 was given at this time. Five years +previously a larger sum was given him, £3,000 of it being raised by a bazaar; and a large part of this money was used for seventeen almshouses, in which are the aged members of the Tabernacle. These are near the Elephant and Castle Station. @@ -12568,7 +12545,7 @@ portraits. 12mo. $1.50. FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE. By SARAH K. BOLTON. Short biographical sketches of Galileo, Newton, -Linnæus, Cuvier, Humboldt, Audubon, Agassiz, Darwin, Buckland, and +Linnæus, Cuvier, Humboldt, Audubon, Agassiz, Darwin, Buckland, and others. Illustrated with 15 portraits. 12mo. $1.50. @@ -12793,366 +12770,4 @@ THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., New York and Boston. 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