The name of Madame Eugenie Foa has been a familiar one in French homes for more than a generation.

Forty years ago she was the most popular writer of historical stories and sketches, especially designed for the boys and girls of France.

Her tone is pure, her morals are high, her teachings are direct and effective.

She has, besides, historical accuracy and dramatic action; and her twenty books for children have found welcome and entrance into the most exclusive of French homes.

The publishers of this American adaptation take pleasure in introducing Madame Foa's work to American boys and girls, and in this Napoleonic renaissance are particularly favored in being able to reproduce her excellent story of the boy Napoleon.
The French original has been adapted and enlarged in the light of recent research, and all possible sources have been drawn upon to make a complete and rounded story of Napoleon's boyhood upon the basis furnished by Madame Foa's sketch.