Excerpt from The Table Talk and Opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte It may be as well, however, for the editor of the series, while bearing witness to the industry and judgment of the compiler, to submit a list of the chief works consulted, with a remark that were it ostentatiously paraded, it could be very largely extended. History of Napoleon. By J. Gr. Lockhart. Murray's Family Library. History of Napoleon. Sir Walter Scott.