jointure of about six hundred thousand dollars a year. Almost daily letters were exchanged between her and the Emperor, and he frequently visited her. But from motives of delicacy he never saw her alone. We know of nothing more pathetic in history than the gleams we get of these interviews, as revealed in the \"Confidential letters of Napoleon and Josephine,\" whose publication was authorized by Queen Hortense, after the death of her mother. Josephine,
jointure of about six hundred thousand dollars a year. Almost daily letters were exchanged between her and the Emperor, and he frequently visited her. But from motives of delicacy he never saw her alone. We know of nothing more pathetic in history than the gleams we get of these interviews, as revealed in the \"Confidential letters of Napoleon and Josephine,\" whose publication was authorized by Queen Hortense, after the death of her mother. Josephine,
