THE COMEDY AND TRAGEDY OF
THE SECOND EMPIRE
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NAPOLEON III.
BY ALBERT BRUCE-JOY.
From the cast taken by the Sculptor, by permission of H.I.M. the Empress EugÉnie, immediately after the Emperor’s death, January 9, 1873.
Mr. Bruce-Joy’s bust has never been exhibited, and was specially photographed for this book in June, 1911.
Copyright in all Countries. Reproduction prohibited.
THE COMEDY & TRAGEDY
OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
PARIS SOCIETY IN THE SIXTIESINCLUDING LETTERS OF NAPOLEON III.,
M. PIETRI, AND COMTE DE LA CHAPELLE, AND
PORTRAITS OF THE PERIOD
By EDWARD LEGGE, AUTHOR OF “THE EMPRESS
EUGÉNIE: 1870-1910”
LONDON AND NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS
45, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1911
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
ON HIS EIGHTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY
TO THE
EMINENT STATESMAN AND HISTORIAN OF
L’EMPIRE LIBÉRAL
ÉMILE OLLIVIER
PRIME MINISTER IN 1870
LOYAL FRIEND OF NAPOLEON III.
AND
GRAND OLD MAN OF FRANCE
———
Ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret.
