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CONTENTS.
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| TAINE'S PORTRAIT | 1 | |
| I. | Napoleon an Italian | 1 |
| II. | His Italian temperament | 3 |
| III. | In déshabille | 6 |
| IV. | His Italian loquacity | 8 |
| V. | And his sensibility | 9 |
| VI. | His moments of cowardice | 11 |
| VII. | Napoleon's family | 14 |
| VIII. | Napoleon's beginnings | 17 |
| IX. | His power of command | 20 |
| X. | An early portrait | 22 |
| XI. | His power of work | 24 |
| XII. | The power of taking pains | 26 |
| XIII. | His mastery of detail | 28 |
| XIV. | His grasp of character | 32 |
| XV. | What his memory held | 35 |
| XVI. | His imaginativeness | 38 |
| XVII. | Dreams of a new religion | 40 |
| XVIII. | His Court | 43 |
| XIX. | His rudeness | 47 |
| XX. | His aggressiveness | 49 |
| XXI. | His treatment of his Ministers | 50 |
| XXII. | The dependence of the Marshals | 52 |
| XXIII. | His hatred of independence | 54 |
| XXIV. | His estimate of humanity | 57 |
| XXV. | His judgments on himself | 60 |
| XXVI. | The causes of his fall | 62 |
| XXVII. | The instability of his rule | 64 |
| XXVIII. | His obstinate egotism | 66 |
