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prefix tllustrious belonged only to
those who had made n splendid reputa-

prefix tllustrious belonged only to
those who had made n splendid reputa-
ton I'm arms or in letters.
In Spain the affectation Of titles
grew to such a degree that Philip III.
published an act which forbade servilc
and ridiculous attributes, reducing
them to the simple "the king our lord
Ferdinand and Isabella were high
nesses only. Francis l., who styled
himself the first gentleman In his king
dom, saluted Henry VIII. "a your maj
esty.
Ancient Portuguese writers give fan
tastic accounts OF the kingdom of Mo-
n%omotapa, "a native African kingdom
famous for Its gold mines, lying in
the lower Zambezi basin and chiefly
in the present Mashonaland. The king
of this region is surrounded by mu-
sicians and poets, who thrive in his
atmosphere and who adulate him by
such refined batteries as the lord Of
the sun and moon, great magician and
great thief.
"The king Of Persia Is called branch
Of honor, mirror Of virtue, rose Of de-
light His majesty OF Ava is called
God and In his correspondence with
royalty styles himself king Of kings
and insists upon being obeyed, rs he
attends to the preservation Of animals
an ambiguous conclusion, to which
foreign royalty might reasonably OBJ
ject. He is also regulator Of the sea-
sons, h absolute master Of the ebb
and flow Of the sea, brother to the
sun and king of the our and twenty
umbrellas. To mark his dignity tho
four and twenty useful and often pie
beian articles are always carried be-
fore the august monarch.
THE most striking titles Of the king
Of Achem are sovereign of the uni
verse, whose body Is as luminous as
the sun, whom God created to be rs
accomplished as the moon at her plen-
ttude, whose eye glitters like the north
ern star; a king as spiritual as q bali
Is round, who when he rises shades all
his people,"
In the age Of Augustulus "your eter-
nifty" and your perpetuity" were not
unusual titles. A law Of Theodore the
Great begins, "1f any magistrate, after
having concluded a public work, put
Aio hohio iulhSt tldh tudI VI our per-
petulty,' let him be adjudged guilty Of
high treason" When Caesar had con-
quered Rome and was put to dine with
the gods he had the good taste to in
Bist on the removal Of his new title,
"demigod," from his statue at the
capital.
Some Notes on "Oriains."
"Humpty Dumpty Sat on n WALL"
ETC., has come down to us from the
days Of King John. "The Babes In
the Woods" dates from the fifteenth CEN
tury, being founded upon facts, an old
house near Wayland Wood, Norfolk,
having the whole story in carvings on
n manteipiece. Little Jack Homer"
Little Miss. Muffet, "Old Mother Hub.
bard,' Mother Goosey" and "Goosey,
Goosey Gander" are each traceable to
the sixteenth century.
PUSSY Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have
You Beenf" belongs to the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth" Three Blind Mice
first appeared in a music book dated
1905. "A Froggie Would a-Wooing
Go" was licensed to be sung as far
back as 1909. Boys and Girls Come
Out to Play and Lucy Locket Lost
Her Pocket" both hail from the period
of Charles III. And, last OF all, "Cin.
derella," Jack the Giant KILLER"
"Bluebesrd" and tom Thumb" were
published by their author, Charles Per-
rault, In the year 1697.-London Notes
q Queries.