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Excerpt from The Surrender of Napoleon: Being the Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte; and of His Residence on Board H. M.S. Bellerophon; With a Detail of the Principal Events That Occurred in That Ship Between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815The text and notes of the edition of 1826 have been reprinted verbatim.Sir Walter Scott's notes on the ms. Of the Narrative are among the papers at Lindores. They consist chiefly of verbal criticisms on Sir Frederick's original rough draft. Unfortunately it is no longer in existence; and most of Sir Walter's notes cannot be followed without it. A few of his comments are printed as footnotes; in square brackets; and a portion of his ms. Is reproduced in facsimile at page 230.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work; preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases; an imperfection in the original; such as a blemish or missing page; may be replicated in our edition. We do; however; repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.