If this glimpse of the boy Napoleon shall lead young readers to the study of the later career of this marvellous man, unbiased by partisanship, and swayed neither by hatred nor hero worship, the publishers will feel that this presentation of the opening chapters of his life will not have been in vain. CONTENTS. CHAPTER ONE. _In Napoleon's Grotto_ CHAPTER TWO. _The Canon's Pears_ CHAPTER THREE. _The Accusation_ CHAPTER FOUR. _Bread and Water_ CHAPTER FIVE _A Wrong Righted_ CHAPTER SIX. _The Battle with the Shepherd Boys_ CHAPTER SEVEN. _Good-bye to Corsica_ CHAPTER EIGHT. _At the Preparatory School_ CHAPTER NINE. _The Lonely School-Boy_ CHAPTER TEN. _In Napoleon's Garden_ CHAPTER ELEVEN. _Friends and Foes_ CHAPTER TWELVE. _The Great Snow-tall Fight at Brienne School_ CHAPTER THIRTEEN _Recommended for Promotion_ CHAPTER FOURTEEN _Napoleon goes to Parts_ CHAPTER FIFTEEN. _A Trouble over Pocket Money_ CHAPTER SIXTEEN. _Lieutenant Puss-in-Boots_ CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. _Dark Days_ CHAPTER EIGHTEEN _By the Wall of the Soldiers' Home_ CHAPTER NINETEEN. _The Little Corporal_ CHAPTER TWENTY. "_Long Live the Emperor!_" THE BOY LIFE OF NAPOLEON..