Jane, like Mary, was remarkable for her great beauty, her brilliant court, her voluptuousness, and the men of genius she drew around her; and, like Mary, she was also noted for her deplorable administration. ⁂ La Harpe wrote a tragedy called _Jeanne de Naples_ (1765). Schiller made an adaptation of it (1821). =Stuarts’ Fatal Number= (_The_). This number is 88. James III. was killed in flight near Bannockburn, 1488. Mary Stuart was beheaded, 1588 (New Style). James II. of England was dethroned, 1688. Charles Edward died, 1788. ⁂ James Stuart, the “Old Pretender,” was born, 1688, the very year that his father abdicated. James Stuart, the famous architect, died, 1788. (Some affirm that Robert II., the first Stuart king, died 1388, the year of the great battle of Otterbum; but the death of this king is more usually fixed in the spring of 1390.) =Stuart= (_Jack_), frank, brave, unintellectual lover of Constance Varley, and one of the travelling-party in the Holy Land. Through a fatal combination of misunderstandings, the man she has loved for years leaves her without uttering the words that burned upon his tongue, and the lonely-hearted girl turns for comfort to the assured, patient affection of the honest fellow who makes no secret of his devotion. Constance Varley marries Jack Stuart.--Julia Constance Fletcher, _Mirage_ (1878). =Stubble= (_Reuben_), bailiff to Farmer Cornflower, rough in manner, severe in discipline, a stickler for duty, “a plain, upright, and downright man,” true to his master and to himself.--C. Dibdin, _The Farmer’s Wife_ (1780). =Stubbs=, the beadle at Willingham. The Rev. Mr. Staunton was the rector.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.). _Stubbs_ (_Miss Sissly or Cecilia_), daughter of Squire Stubbs, one of Waverley’s neighbors.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time, George II.). =Stuffy= (_Matthew_), an applicant to Velinspeck, a country manager, for a situation as prompter, for which he says he is peculiarly qualified by that affection of the eyes vulgarly called a squint, which enables him to keep one eye on the performance and the other on the book at the same time.--Charles Mathews, _At Home_ (1818). Stuffy is one of the richest bits of humor we ever witnessed. His endless eulogies upon the state of things in the immortal Garrick’s time are highly ludicrous.--_Contemporary Paper._ =Stuke´ly= (2 _syl._), a detestable man. “’Twould be as easy to make him honest as brave” (act i. 2). He pretends to be the friend of Beverley, but cheats him. He aspires to the hand of Miss Beverley, who is in love with Lewson.--Edward Moore, _The Gamester_ (1753). _Stukeley_ (_Will_), the companion of Little John. In the morris-dance on May-day, Little John used to occupy the right hand side of Robin Hood, and Will Stukely the left. (See STUTLY.) _Stukely_ (_Captain Harry_), nephew of Sir Gilbert Pumpkin of Strawberry Hall.--I. Jackman, _All the World’s a Stage_.