EMPRESS JOSEPHINE 
Martinique : : 
, that island which em i : 
fae tibia ag the Caribbean Gat cues ei meray 
. e whole land to oR ; eridian sun 
island where smile in perennial verd i 
gorgeous flowers and lusci : ure, 1s an 
zone adorn upland and prairie i uscious fruits of the torrid 
eigubsain’  deiact nd prairie in boundless profusion; h , 
‘hid ‘alien, tal y wooded, rear their summits subli a ere 
beautiful than it valleys charm the eye with pi ad ae 
: : : pictures m 
eet ee eer This is the place, 4am 
“bade and of Martinique, where Em e place, the 
pra the ea af her Beth beg 176, her father beg Canta 
de San ois. gerie, mother, Mademoiselle Rose de i. 
_ Until ten years of ; 
ria : ; age, Joseph s 
sae Be a been her ists a hae afiiciieee a = age Ppa 
sent to the c estate, where- 
most young C he convent of Fort Royal 
t reole ladies of : Royal, a place where 
pd receive a suitable en social position were presumed 
ucation. on. Hence, let us consider her 
_tier remarks, | 
dicati , letters, and co : 
sat Oe td tay panied os false a 
early education, ; y severe discipline; ion, which 
n, it would ; yet, from all of h 
acc s 
=o a ata of music, rote a op the exception or 
other hand fA oreo her oe abana ‘On eo 
cheng baypvsy constitution, antich t tar blessed with nae 
wag brought within bys knowledge =r age it hag her own 
the hour of h ithin her reach. Thus, f OKS or conver- 
caref er death, she is, from childhood unti 
with pobre and stadioas tending gen se ait mind = 
read wi » Sang with i ' e played the 
aYaaut . farrectaons of siscasion bef 9 ce melody, cr 
or flowers sr profound admiration. Her. of feeling that 
botany. A pepe her to take a deep i Her passionate love 
Seay pss Rete 3 she also became ie pei in the study of 
education of ment that was d y. Seite} "in embroide 
Josephi of every lady. eemed an essential part of ia 
continually ” Ms y_ conversation, observati “ 
the vario eset ing, J her mind with vation, and reading, 
.various journeys th ith valuable inf ee Wee 
panied by persons at she took, she ormation; in 
mowieaiitcd pak Shee ittiveace” Salk ees, Ce 
Irected h ith the country. He said person bein 1 
tes er conversation al ; ence, while tr ing well 
ough which the almost exclusivel aveling, she 
carefully treasure fx he passing, éverythh ARS gy the scenes 
an incident con in her memory ing of interest bei 
nected wi » whereupon, if in 
ith the » if she lea 
past fortunes of th THe 
14 e families 
