AN HISTORICAL RETROSPECT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1998, 28 April 1885, Page 4

AN HISTORICAL RETROSPECT.

A BOOK has jusfc been l^ued under tlie title uf "Joiiinal iViiiip Olheiei d'Oidoi - nancu, " which will lie received with umeisal mteiest Its authoi h th« i Comti- d'Heiiiaon, who in KS?O wax attie-lw-d to th" staff of the l'2th Col ps ofd'Aimi.', and subsequently to the Stall if the At my of Defence umilci (iciuril Piocliii. Owing to liia proficiency as a linguist, Comtr d'Housson wasomoioi il i) <mmoih employed ,'s ,\ ti-n'ittvut'itf , u Jilt li y.ive liii.i oppoi tumtiea of OWI vmg do* ly all tlie cireumstanet s of detail coniu'ited with m.my events of the most piuiniiuut fii»iiies a'-soeiatul with it \t one time Count dilation was hi almost duly inteieotu&i* with (li-neial rrochu, M Juks Favie, M 'ulcs F.mij, Pi nut- U'smuuU, and <3i-nci.il Moltlie B sUes this he eoiitii''Ut(d to fan lmt< tlu efoaije of ttic I'm iuh, lvij"!iic, and toDk an .i- ting p.n t l 1"l 1 " ji ('>miii'i» tor h"., aftoi t'\e co,i|u "cir of the most treasured peisonil ulijinS of the I'.ilace .it the Ttuleii'-s It, Mill l>o nndeiat'.od wlnt r.ch m.iti-nnl Mich i iiLiiin^fcinces afforded for a book. o f inteu'-tuig .meedotes and lunations, and tliis what the \olumo referred to ically is A history it does not pietend to be. A long chapter is devoted to th" eneuinstanees connected with the tlight of the Empress, and contains ni.iny details of that oft lccounteied event which liave not hitherto been pnbliihed. Tlie aeciet departuic on Sept. 4 fiom I'aus ; the ditliuultics of tins thuty-bix horns' journey across country in an old landau with jaded hoi sea ; the embaikation at Deuuwlle in Sir John Bui^oyne's yacht ; tlio stormy passage and the landing at Ryde, are graphic illy and minutely recounted. A det.nh il description is given of the rooms of the E'ppresa at the Tuilenes, which tin Count had occasion to explore foi the collection of the pot sonal ob jects for the einpres«. Amoiu r otlu-ir dtspatclies found in the linjuii.il Library was the following, which had been iccently written to the Kirpeior : - " Do not think of returning heic, unlesi you would let loose a teinble levolution. This in the advice of Ronher and of Chevrcan, whom I have seen this moiiimg. It would be said here that >ou were flying from danger. Do not foigtt how Prince Napoleon's departure horn the army of the Ciimea has weigned upon his life." The Comte d'Herisson latirnates the value of the objects he was able to tend alter the Empress, before the investment of Paris, at four million francs. These, he states, were tians ported at his own cost. After a lap»e of ten years he sent in an account of Ins disbursement, vluch the Empress simply paid without further acknowledgment. Many hitherto untold incidents aie narrated in connection with the siege of Paris, and the daj s of tlie <Jo vcinmcnt for the National Defence Among these is given an extraordinary proclamation of General Trochn, dated Jan, 4, 1871, in which, by way of keepup the courage of the inhabitant's, the General says : — "lama believe!, and I havepiayedtoSt<ji6nevicve, whodelivered Paris in the time of the invasion of th<> I barbarians, to cover Paris onco more with her piotection. She has willed tint at this \ery moment my desire shall be granted. She has prov ldcntally inspired the enemy with the idea of a bombud ment which dishonours civilisation, and which makeo touclungly manifest the foititude of the people of Paris." The entiro book is full of unpublished matter. It may be added (siys the Standard cortespondent) that Comte d'Heussou is the •amc man who a shoit time ago wrote a book on Chinese affairs which was suppressed by the Ciov eminent.

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