More wit and humor of Ancient India has come down to us through the caricatures and grotesque drawings than in words. The innumerable pictures of the God Krishna are the most humorous of these. Krishna appears to have been a veritable Don Juan, and his multitude of lady friends numbered up to many thousands. It is narrated that a friend of his, who had no wife, begged for just one from Krishna’s multiplicity. “Court any one you wish,” said the light-hearted god, pleasantly. So the friend went from house to house of Krishna’s various wives, but one and all, they declared themselves quite satisfied with husband, Krishna, and moreover each one was convinced that he was hers alone. The seeker visited sixteen thousand and eight houses, and then gave it up. The endless pictures of Krishna represent him surrounded by lovely ladies, and a curious detail of these drawings is that in many instances the group of girls is wreathed and twisted into the shape or semblance of a bird or a horse or an elephant, presenting an interesting and not unpleasing effect. Now, all we have given so far, seems indeed a meager grist for the first division of our Outline. But one may not find what does not exist. There is no doubt that humor was known and loved from the dawning of independent thought, but as it was not recorded, save for a few drawings, on the enduring rocks, it died with its originators. Humor was the last need of a self-providing race, and even when found it was a luxury rather than a necessity. As a fair example of the earliest tales that have lived in various forms ever since their first recital, is appended the bit of ancient Hindoo folk-lore, called _THE GOOD WIFE AND THE BAD HUSBAND_