BY THE EARL OF CROMER In his first interview with the Governor of St. Helena, ROSE, Life of Napoleon, vol. i. p. 356. Earum proprie rerum sit historia, quibus rebus gerendis GELLIUS, Noctes Atticae, v. 18. τὰ δ ̓ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ οὐκ ἐκ IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1908 All rights reserved こ PREFACE I AM wholly responsible for the contents of this book. It has no official character what soever. LONDON, December 31, 1907. CROMER. |