I suppose it to be originally written by Buonaparte or his agents .-- It is very curious--his life, in which each event is given in almost a word--a battle described in a short sentence.
I call it therefore simply _Manuscrit venu de Ste.

Helene d'une maniere inconnue_.

[Footnote: This work attracted a considerable amount of attention in London, but still more in Paris, as purporting to be a chapter of autobiography by Napoleon, then a prisoner in St.Helena.

It was in all probability the work of some of the deposed Emperor's friends and adherents in Paris, issued for the purpose of keeping his name prominently before the world.

M.de Meneval, author of several books on Napoleon's career, has left it on record that the "M.S.