afford to relinquish. On the other hand, Maria Louisa is said to have
expressed her surprise at her husband's dispensing with the use of arms
and attendance of guards, and at his moving about with the freedom of
an individual; although this could be no great novelty to a member of
the imperial family of Austria, most of whom, and especially the Emperor
Francis, are in the habit of mixing familiarly with the people of
Vienna, at public places, and in the public walks.

From this date may be traced the declination of Napoleon's greatness. In
the field he was generally unsuccessful, and occasionally murmurs of
discontent were whispered by citizen and soldier. The plot thickens in
the eight volume, and his abdication of the throne of France, and
subsequent journey to Elba, are feelingly narrated by our author.


RETURN OF MARIA LOUISA TO HER FATHER, AND DEATH OF JOSEPHINE.

Maria Louisa made more than one effort to join her husband, but they
were discouraged on the part of Napoleon himself, who, while he
continued to ruminate on renewing the war, could not desire to have the
empress along with him in such an adventure. Shortly afterwards, the
emperor of Austria visited his daughter and her son, then at
Rambouillet, and gave her to understand that she was, for some time at
least, to remain separate from her husband, and that her son and she
were to return to Vienna along with him. She returned, therefore, to her
father's protection.

It must be also here mentioned, as an extraordinary addition to this
tale of calamity, that Josephine, the former wife of Bonaparte, did not
long survive his downfall. It seemed as if the Obi-woman of Martinico