The Evolution Of Revolution
Mr. D. H. Perry, in wrlting the story of Waterloo for Cahsell's "Battles of the Nineteenth Century," gives an lnterestlng series ot quotations from the Monlteur, announcing the escape of Napoleon from his first exile in Elba, and hia ad vanee on París. The evolut.ion of phrases is amusing from "cannibal" to "usurper," from "usurper" to "hls Imperial majesty:" The cannibal has left his den. The Cortican wolf has landed in the Bay of San Juan. The tiger has arrived at Gay. The wretch spent the night at Gronoble. The tyrant has arrived t Lyons. The usurper has been seen within fifty miles of Paris. Buonaparte Ís advancing wlth great rapldity, but he will not set his foot Inside the walls of París. To-morrow Napoleon will be at our gates! The emperor has arrived. at Fountainebleau. His Imperial Majesty Napoleon entered París yesterday, sururounded by his loyal subjeets.
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