23 FEBRUARY 1901, Page 14

NAPOLEON'S EYE.

[TO THE EDITOR OP TEE' SPECTATOR."] " •

Sin,—At the time of the Crimean War there was an old sergeant at the recruiting office, Bristol, who had been-as a I prisoner of war face to face with Napoleon. He used to say

that he looked at you like a ferret.—I am, Sir, &c., • L. E. E.