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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 602, 2 May 1891, Page 2

The memoirs of Prince Napoleon, who died recently, will (says the Press) throw a curious light upon the secret story of the second Empire. As the Spectator remarks, “ he knew everything about the most corrupt of courts, and used vitriol fo r ink.” Prince Napoleon possessed large natural gifts, but owing to lack of firmness and decision of character, he never succeeded in using them to advantage. He spent his live in futile railings, or in vain efforts to achieve greatness. He remarked a few hours before he expired, “ I have succeeded in nothing ; not even in dying.” He did not even succeed in making any friends, owing to his utter lack of principle and inherent ingratitude. During his life, he furnished material for numerous sensational paragraphs in the newspapers as to what he intended to do or to avoid doing, but after all, he never did anything worthy of the name he bore.