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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Royal Picture Alphabet, by Luke Limner
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+
+Title: The Royal Picture Alphabet
+
+Author: Luke Limner
+
+Release Date: November 25, 2007 [EBook #23619]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROYAL PICTURE ALPHABET ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed
+Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
+produced from images generously made available by The
+Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ THE
+ ROYAL
+ PICTURE ALPHABET
+
+ OF HUMOUR AND DROLL MORAL TALES
+ OR WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS
+ ILLUSTRATED
+
+ [Illustration]
+
+ LONDON:
+ WARD AND LOCK,
+ 158, FLEET STREET.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: LAUGH and LEARN]
+
+[Illustration: The Royal Picture Alphabet.]
+
+
+
+
+ POETICAL PREFACE
+ TO THE
+ ROYAL PICTURE ALPHABET.
+
+ TO PRECEPTORS.
+
+
+ With learning may laughter be found,
+ "'Tis good to be merry and wise;"
+ To gaily get over the ground,
+ As higher and higher we rise.
+
+ Some children their letters may learn,
+ While others will surely do more,
+ As the subjects suggestively turn
+ To matters not thought of before.
+
+ Descriptions and pictures combined
+ Are here made attractive and clear;
+ So suited that children may find
+ From error the truth to appear.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A a.
+
+ +-----------------------+
+ | ABLUTION, |
+ |_The Act of Cleansing_.|
+ +-----------------------+
+
+ The little sweep has washed his face,
+ But not as we advise:
+ For black as soot he's made the soap,
+ And rubbed it in his eyes.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+B b.
+
+ +-------------------+
+ |BARTER, _Exchange_.|
+ +-------------------+
+
+ Here's Master Mack presenting fruit,
+ Of which he makes display;
+ He knows he'll soon have Lucy's rope,
+ And with it skip away.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+C c.
+
+ +----------------------------+
+ |CATASTROPHE, _a Final Event_|
+ | (_generally unhappy_). |
+ +----------------------------+
+
+ "Oh here's a sad catastrophe!"
+ Was Mrs. Blossom's cry--
+ Then--"Water! water! bring to me--
+ Or all my fish will die."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+D d.
+
+ +-------------------+
+ | DELIGHTFUL, |
+ |_easant, Charming_.|
+ +-------------------+
+
+ These boys are bathing in the stream
+ When they should be at school:
+ The master's coming round to see
+ Who disregards his rule.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+E e.
+
+ +----------------------------+
+ | ECCENTRICITY, |
+ |_Irregularity, Strangeness_.|
+ +----------------------------+
+
+ We often see things seeming strange;
+ But scarce so strange as this:--
+ Here everything is mis-applied,
+ Here every change amiss.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+F f.
+
+ +---------------------------------+
+ | FRAUD, |
+ |_Deceit, Trick, Artifice, Cheat_.|
+ +---------------------------------+
+
+ Here is Pat Murphy, fast asleep.
+ And there is Neddy Bray:
+ The thief a watchful eye doth keep
+ Until he gets away.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+G g.
+
+ +------------------------+
+ | GENIUS, |
+ |_Mental Power, Faculty_.|
+ +------------------------+
+
+ A little boy with little slate
+ May sometimes make more clear
+ The little thoughts that he would state
+ Than can by words appear.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+H h.
+
+ +----------------+
+ | HORROR, |
+ |_Terror, Dread_.|
+ +----------------+
+
+ This little harmless speckled frog
+ Seems Lady Townsend's dread:
+ I fear she'll run away and cry,
+ And hide her silly head.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+I i. J j.
+
+ +----------------------------+
+ | ICHABOD AT THE JAM. |
+ | |
+ |ICHABOD, _a Christian Name_.|
+ |JAM, _a Conserve of Fruits_.|
+ +----------------------------+
+
+
+ Enough is good, excess is bad:
+ Yet Ichabod you see,
+ Will with the jam his stomach cram,
+ Until they disagree.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+K k.
+
+ +-------------------------+
+ | KNOWING, |
+ |_Conscious, Intelligent_.|
+ +-------------------------+
+
+ Tho' horses know both beans and corn,
+ And snuff them in the wind;
+ They also all know Jemmy Small,
+ And what he holds behind.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+L l.
+
+ +-----------------------------+
+ | LUCKY, |
+ |_Fortunate, Happy by Chance_.|
+ +-----------------------------+
+
+ We must admire, in Lovebook's case.
+ The prompt decision made:
+ As he could not have gained the wood
+ If time had been delayed.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+M m.
+
+ +-----------------------+
+ | MIMIC, |
+ |_Imitative, Burlesque_.|
+ +-----------------------+
+
+ The Gentleman, who struts so fine,
+ Unconscious seems to be
+ Of Imitation by the boy
+ Who has the street-door key.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+N n.
+
+ +-----------------------------+
+ | NEGLIGENCE, |
+ |_Heedlessness, Carelessness_.|
+ +-----------------------------+
+
+ The character Tom Slowboy bears
+ Would much against him tell--
+ For any work that's wanted done,
+ Or even play done well.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+O o.
+
+ +----------------------------+
+ | OBSTINACY, |
+ |_Stubbornness, Waywardness_.|
+ +----------------------------+
+
+ The obstinacy of the pig
+ Is nature--as you see:
+ But boys and girls who have a mind
+ Should never stubborn be.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+P p.
+
+ +-------------------------------+
+ | PETS, |
+ |_Favourites, Spoilt Fondlings_.|
+ +-------------------------------+
+
+ Some people say that Aunty Gray
+ To animals is kind;
+ We think, instead, they are over fed,
+ And kept too much confined.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Q q.
+
+ +------------------------+
+ | QUANDARY, |
+ |_A Doubt, a Difficulty_.|
+ +------------------------+
+
+ Dame Partlet's in difficulty
+ And looks around with doubt:
+ Let's hope, as she some way got in,
+ She may some way get out.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+R r.
+
+ +-------------------------+
+ | RIVALRY, |
+ |_Competition, Emulation_.|
+ +-------------------------+
+
+ In every competition prize
+ This should be kept in view--
+ Whoever wins should be the one
+ Who does deserve it, too.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+S s.
+
+ +---------------------------+
+ | SLUGGARD, |
+ |_An Inactive, Lazy Fellow_.|
+ +---------------------------+
+
+ To lie so many hours in bed
+ You surely must be ill--
+ And need some physic, Master Ned,
+ As birch, or draught, or pill!
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+T t.
+
+ +--------------------------+
+ | TOPSY-TURVY, |
+ |_Upside Down, Bottom Top_.|
+ +--------------------------+
+
+ Here's Topsy-Turvy, upside down,
+ The ceiling seems the base:
+ Reverse the ground and 'twill be found
+ The things are out of place.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+U u. V v.
+
+ +----------------------------------+
+ | UNCOMMON VEGETATION. |
+ | |
+ |UNCOMMON, _Rare, not Frequent_. |
+ |VEGETATION, _the Power of Growth_.|
+ +----------------------------------+
+
+ Th' uncommon vegetation, here,
+ With art has much to do:
+ The trees are nature, but the fruit
+ Uncommon and untrue.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+W w.
+
+ +---------------------------+
+ | WONDER, |
+ |_Admiration, Astonishment_.|
+ +---------------------------+
+
+ The wise may live and wonder still,
+ However much they know,
+ But simple Giles has wonder found
+ Within the penny show.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+X x.
+
+ +----------------------------------------+
+ |NO ENGLISH WORD BEGINS WITH THIS LETTER.|
+ | XANTIPPE, |
+ | _A Greek Matron, Wife of Socrates_. |
+ +----------------------------------------+
+
+ Here's Socrates and Xantippe--
+ Philosopher and wife--
+ For gentleness renowned was he;
+ She, better known for strife.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Y y.
+
+ +--------------------+
+ | YEARN, |
+ |_To Grieve, to Vex_.|
+ +--------------------+
+
+ Miss Cross has tried to reach the grapes,
+ She's tried and tried again--
+ And now she's vexed to think that all
+ Her efforts are in vain.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Z z.
+
+ +----------------------------+
+ | ZANY, |
+ |_A Buffoon, a Merry Andrew_.|
+ +----------------------------+
+
+ Here's Zany reading in a book--
+ With heels above his head--
+ And, judging by his laughing look,
+ Finds fun in what he's read.
+
+
+
+
+MORAL TALES.
+
+
+ABLUTION.--Poor little fellow, you are certainly making comical
+faces: I fear the soap has got into your eyes, and that you will
+make that towel very black indeed. All boys, when they wash
+themselves, should take care to rinse off the soap and dirt before
+using the towel. To make the poor little sweep quite clean would
+take much washing. I should like to see the soap and water a little
+cleaner. Many of us have nice wash-stands and baths of marble, but
+this poor little fellow must make the best of what he can get. See
+how cleverly he has put a brick under the broken leg of the stool to
+prop it. I like to see boys clever and ingenious.
+
+
+BARTER.--Miss Lucy Hart was a nice girl, but rather thoughtless,
+little regarding any time but the present--new things in her eyes
+being the prettiest and the best;--thus, she would cast away old
+toys for new ones, as if she were not likely to want them again.
+See, Master George Mc Gregor is bartering for her skipping-rope;
+offering some fruit in exchange for it. The fruit he has picked off
+the tree without permission. I know Lucy's mamma will be vexed; for
+not only will the fruit soon be gone, and the skip-rope wanted
+again, but it was a present from Papa. The plaything cost far more
+than a little fruit, which will be quickly eaten, and possibly make
+Lucy unwell after so much as she has had to-day.
+
+
+CATASTROPHE.--Poor dear lady! has the cat tried to help himself to a
+gold fish, and overturned the handsome glass vase? Naughty Tom!
+greedy puss! I am sure kind Mrs. Blossom always feeds you well; and
+I think you know that you have done wrong, or you would not run so
+fast over the rails into Admiral Seaworth's garden, where he keeps
+his large dog Neptune, who may bark and send you back in a fright.
+
+Poor fish, see how they gasp!--run and fetch some water, or they
+will die. Men drown in water, but fish cannot live out of it. It is
+the nature of cats to catch mice and birds--so that we should keep
+our little favourites out of their reach.
+
+
+DELIGHTFUL.--These boys, I fear, are bathing without their parents'
+consent, which is very wrong, indeed. It is very pleasant in the
+water on a fine day; but little boys should not go there, as it
+might be deep, and they might become cramped in their limbs, and be
+drowned when no one was near, as many naughty boys have been before
+now.
+
+It is proper that boys should learn to swim, when with Papa or some
+kind friend, but not as these boys have. I feel just sure they have
+played the truant--as I see the village school-master, with his
+little dog, coming over the rustic bridge to catch them.
+
+I think that the letter D might, in this case, stand for Disobedient
+as well as Delightful.
+
+
+ECCENTRICITY.--What have we here?--a very odd, comical picture,
+indeed! What a strange fellow, to put his hat upon the fire, and a
+saucepan on his head. I do declare he has his trowsers and waistcoat
+on wrong side before. See, he has taken the poker for a
+walking-stick, put a greasy candle in the book, and the eggs upon
+the floor. Why a small baby-boy would not do this: the poor fellow
+must be out of his right mind. You may laugh at this odd picture for
+it is very ridiculous, and will hurt no one; but good children
+should never make sport of those who are deformed in mind or body,
+for it is not a fault but a misfortune to be so.
+
+
+FRAUD.--Patrick Murphy--commonly called, for shortness, Pat--was a
+very stupid little man; he reared pigs, and had he been sober, would
+have by this time saved a little property; but, no, Pat liked beer
+and strong drink: so that upon market-days he was far less sensible
+than his own jackass--which did know its way home--and for a long
+time took back foolish tipsy Pat safely; until one day, the roads
+being very bad, the cart came to a stop, and Neddy could pull no
+further. A rogue passing, seeing Pat asleep, unloosed the donkey
+from the cart, leaving Pat to awake, and much wonder what could have
+become of Neddy Bray, the donkey.
+
+It was very wrong of the man to take Pat's donkey, although Pat was
+a drunken fellow.
+
+
+GENIUS.--Bravo! my little Artist. I dare say if you try again you
+will improve upon your first attempt. All people should learn to
+draw, that they may be able to describe a form in a very few lines,
+making things intelligible at sight which could not be described in
+any other way. A little knowledge of drawing will lead to a love of
+pictures and delight in the beautiful works of nature. Giotto, a
+great painter, who lived many hundred years ago, was but a poor
+shepherd-boy, who amused himself by drawing portraits of his sheep
+as he tended them on the hills; from rude attempts he rose to be a
+great artist, whose works are treasured by kings and princes. I dare
+say you may some day see some of the works of Giotto, the great
+Italian painter.
+
+
+HORROR.--This drawing represents little Lady Selina Jemima Townsend
+as she appeared when afraid. Afraid--of what? Why, a poor tiny
+reptile, a harmless frog, that had jumped into her hat full of
+daisies, with a croak, as much as to say--"How do you do? Good
+morning, Lady Townsend; I am glad to see you down in the country."
+But what do you think she did? Why, the little lady scampered away
+as fast as she could to her governess, in whose dress she hid her
+face, crying,--saying she had seen "a nasty horrid thing." For this
+her governess reproved her, saying, "God created nothing in vain."
+Frogs are harmless and beautiful when in the water, through which
+they can swim and dive with wonderful ease.
+
+
+ICHABOD AT THE JAM.--Ichabod is an odd name, but such is the name of
+the little boy in the picture. He was much pampered by his parents,
+and never knew when he had had enough. Ichabod would cry for things
+to eat, then cry again because he could eat no more, and after all
+cry, because eating made him feel sick and ill: but that was not
+all; Ichabod was, I am ashamed to say, a thief. He stole the jam
+when his mother thought he was asleep in bed. See, Betty the maid
+has heard a noise, and caught the rogue in the act. To-morrow and
+for many days Ichabod will be ill in bed, and have to take much
+nasty physic. I wish he had _mis_-taken the mustard for honey, and
+burnt his naughty, fibbing tongue.
+
+
+KNOWING.--Ah! ah! Jemmy Small. I fear the steeds are too knowing for
+you to-day. They appear conscious: they would like the beans and
+corn you have in the sieve, but do not like the halter you are
+hiding behind your back. More than one has kicked up his heels, as
+much as to say--"Catch me if you can!" You seem to think, as you
+bite the straw in your mouth, that they may give you a pretty run. I
+know Bob, the pony, will not be soon caught.
+
+Horses and other animals like play much better than work, but good
+boys and girls ought to love both, and not require sweetmeats to
+induce them to do their duty--for they have intellects of a high
+order, and may become clever men and women.
+
+
+LUCKY.--Master Lovebook was indeed lucky in his escape from the
+Bull--and I will tell you how it happened: In going to school, this
+young gentleman had to go round by the wood and across the meadows,
+when one day he observed a savage bull making towards him; alarmed,
+he did not run crying anywhere, but considered one moment, and made
+back the shortest way to the wood, with all speed for the posts,
+just as the savage animal was going to toss him high in the air.
+
+Master Lovebook was unfortunate in meeting the bull, but fortunate
+in having the posts between him and the infuriated animal.
+
+In danger, brave little boys never cry, but think what is the best
+to be done.
+
+
+MIMIC.--To be vain of anything is not right, and to be proud of fine
+clothes very silly indeed. The young gentleman in the picture, I
+think, is vain. See, he is smoking a cigar, and if we may judge by
+the expression of his face, we may presume that he does not fully
+enjoy it. As he struts along the rude boys ridicule him. See the boy
+behind mimicking his airs and graces--using the handle of the
+door-key for an eye-glass. I fear that lad's mirth will soon be
+changed into sorrow--for the jug must be broken against the post,
+and the beer spilled--so that in turn he will be laughed at.
+
+We cannot help smiling at the little coxcomb, although at the same
+time we pity him.
+
+
+NEGLIGENCE.--Here is Tommy Slowboy, the lowest boy in the
+day-school, too idle to learn or even play. See how vacantly he
+stands gaping at the men clearing the snow from the house-tops, with
+his hand in his pocket because he has lost his glove, having placed
+the hot shoulder of mutton down in the cold snow. No wonder the
+first dog passing helps itself to the joint. Tom will not only be
+chid, but have to go without his dinner. Yet, what cares Tom for
+scolding or anything else, he who is so neglectful of duty?
+
+Mind that you strive to learn early, that you may become wise and
+happy hereafter. Look at the picture of Tommy Slowboy, and avoid
+apathy and indolence.
+
+
+OBSTINACY.--Obstinacy is a sad thing. See the naughty Pig in the
+picture, how he pulls in the opposite direction. Master Pig will be
+obliged to go into the sty, and very likely get the whip for his
+pains; like a wayward child that gets chid for disobedience. I hope
+there are very few disobedient young ladies and gentlemen, like the
+perverse pig. The pig is a stupid animal: but I have heard of a
+learned pig that could tell his letters, pointing to them with his
+snout; but most swine are dirty in their ways, and not at all
+particular--little caring so long as they can eat, grunt, and sleep.
+The pig will often lie in the dirtiest corner of his house, and
+stand in its trough of food.
+
+
+PETS.--Here is a portrait of Aunt Gray feeding her Pets, or
+rather stuffing the poor monkey. Some people say Miss Gray is
+kind to animals, but I do not think so, for she keeps her pets
+prisoners--feeding them too much, and all for her own pleasure,
+until they become like spoilt children, peevish, and always wanting
+sweet things. Kind children love animals, and delight to see them
+free. In the Zoological Gardens animals are not pets; they have
+there plenty of room, and are nicely kept for our instruction. See,
+poor Jacko, the monkey, has grown too fat to leap, as in his native
+woods he used, from bough to bough. The poor gold fish have hardly
+room to turn in their glass prison: how they would enjoy a swim in
+the garden pond!
+
+
+QUANDARY.--Poor Dame Partlet having got into the back yard cannot
+get out again. She is in a Quandary, for she fears the dogs will
+bite her--though their chains are not long enough. Keeper, the
+mastiff, is a noble fellow, and would not hurt women or children;
+neither would Nero, the bull-dog; he would rather face a lion or a
+wild ox: whilst Snap, the terrier, barks and snarls in the company
+of his brave companions.
+
+Little boys and girls should not touch strange dogs, for they
+sometimes snap at those who are not familiar to them. To take food
+from dogs is not prudent, for they growl, bite, and are
+ill-tempered, like a little fellow would be if deprived of his
+dinner, after he had tasted the first morsel.
+
+
+RIVALRY.--To compete for good is famous--such as little boys
+rivalling one another in a race up the Ladder of Learning--that is
+exercise of the mind. Here we have a picture of country boys
+exercising their strength--climbing up a pole covered with grease,
+for a prize of food for the body. The boy that wins the leg of
+mutton will be the hero of the fair, and be carried round the place
+on the shoulders of the men. See how they strive and tear to win the
+prize. I should not wonder if they all slipped down together,
+notwithstanding the encouraging cheers of the crowd. See how the man
+on the housetop swings his hat in the air, and the people applaud. A
+few inches higher, and the prize is won.
+
+
+SLUGGARD.--Heavy-headed, sleepy Ned, awake, arise! You lazy fellow!
+Look at the clock! Eight hours' rest is enough for any little
+boy--and here you have taken nearly fourteen. All Sluggards should
+get their slates, and calculate how much time they waste every
+year--weeks that can never be regained. If you only lie in bed two
+hours later than you should every day, you lose more than one day in
+a week, or sixty-four days in the course of the year: which, at the
+end of seventy years, would be awful indeed! Twelve whole years
+lost! Lazy, idle people, never seem to have time for anything:
+industrious ones, time for anything and everything. I hope when
+little Ned sees his portrait he will be shocked with his appearance,
+and reform his ways.
+
+
+TOPSY-TURVY.--Well, of all the funny pictures in this droll book I
+think this the drollest--a big letter T resting on its top on the
+ceiling, like in an overturned doll's house, or a view taken by an
+artist standing upon his head. Turn it over, and see how comical it
+looks--everything appears to have lost its gravity.
+
+_Gravity_ means the power that holds us to the earth (as Papa's
+loadstone attracts the needle): if it were not for gravity, we could
+not move about. Some day you shall read in that nice book called the
+"Evenings at Home," about gravity, and why an apple falls to the
+ground. A great philosopher, Sir Isaac Newton, discovered why, as he
+lay under a tree. At a future time you will learn about gravity and
+many other things.
+
+
+UNCOMMON VEGETATION.--Uncle Periwinkle was very kind; he loved
+nature and his nephews dearly. He wore green spectacles, a
+dressing-gown all covered with leaves, and a large straw hat; in
+fact he was very fond of gardening, and reared all kinds of odd
+plants--this his nephews knew, and determined to play a joke upon
+him--not a cruel, heartless joke, that would hurt or destroy
+anything: no! they were too kind for that. They only carefully tied
+the carpenter's planes upon the plane-tree, as if it were fruit--and
+some little boxes of all colours upon the box-tree, like blossom; so
+that when the old gentleman beheld it, he exclaimed--"Uncommon
+Vegetation!" upon which John and Walter came laughing out of the
+greenhouse to receive a bunch of fine grapes for their pleasant
+joke.
+
+
+WONDER.--So, Master Ploughboy Giles, you are spending your penny and
+your holiday at the fair. You seem not a little astonished at what
+you have seen in that peep-show. Surely you cannot imagine that they
+are real; it is the magnifying power of the glasses that makes the
+pictures appear so large. The pyramids of Egypt are the largest
+stone buildings in the world, and the oldest; the Behemoth, a huge
+animal that existed thousands of years ago (but I do not think it
+had wings like a butterfly, as in the showman's picture); Daniel
+Lambert was an enormously fat man, who died a long time back. All
+these things must be in miniature if they are to be seen in that
+small box, very little larger than a dog's house.
+
+
+XANTIPPE.--The comical event pictured here occurred more than
+two thousand years ago: Xantippe, the wife of the great and
+good philosopher Socrates, continually tormented him with her
+ill-humour--using him very cruelly--one day emptying a vessel
+of dirty water over her celebrated husband, whom she ought to
+have loved: he only remarked, that "after thunder there generally
+falls rain." Socrates lived in the refined city of Athens; he was
+one of the most eminent philosophers of Greece; he was very plain
+in person, as you perceive by the picture: but a man may be great
+and good, yet ugly, as Socrates was. The philosopher had enemies
+who sought his destruction; he was killed with poison. After his
+death his accusers were despised, as you will read in ancient
+history some day.
+
+
+YEARN.--What have we here? Little Miss Cross vexed, just because she
+cannot get at the grapes. I am sure I should not like to have my
+portrait drawn with such a sullen face. She has been trying to take
+fruit without her aunt's permission, that very likely is unripe and
+improper for her. The walk in a delightful garden ought not to make
+her long to eat all the fruit she sets eyes upon, or wish to pick
+the sweet flowers, that last much longer upon the plants than when
+plucked. I perceive that the peevish young lady in the picture has
+been picking the flowers. See, they are strewn upon the seat beside
+her, under those dirty feet that have trodden down the beds of
+mould. I am afraid Miss Cross cannot be a joyous, happy child,
+because disobedient.
+
+
+ZANY.--Finis is the Latin word for finish, and here it is the last
+droll picture--a Zany laughing at his portrait in this comical book,
+which he seems vastly to enjoy. What a droll fellow, to read with
+his head where his heels should be, like the clown in the pantomime.
+Look at his staff, the cock and bells, with which he dances, making
+a jingling noise. A Zany is not an idiot, but often a funny clever
+fellow, paid to make people laugh. We all like a good laugh
+sometimes. Many years ago kings used to keep jesters to amuse the
+company; King Henry the Eighth had a clever jester, called Will
+Somers, whose portrait was painted by a great artist named Holbein,
+which is now in the palace at Hampton Court, and may be seen by
+those who love pictures.
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