P. 504, c. 1—“Awl.” By this term they designate the leaves which are still rolled up and somewhat sharp. P. 504, c. 1—“_Dramatis personæ._” Characters of the drama. P. 504, c. 2—“Mace.” The Chinese arrange their monetary system on the principle of weight. The names for the chief divisions are “tael,” “mace,” “candareen,” and “cash.” The table runs: ten cash make one candareen, ten candareen one mace, ten mace one tael. The cash is the only native coin now in circulation. P. 504, c. 2—“Dragon’s head tuft.” One of the most common objects in the decorative art of the Chinese is the dragon. It has been taken as the imperial coat of arms, and is reverenced by every devout Chinaman. The throne of the emperor is the dragon’s throne, his face the dragon’s face. Styles of dress and the arrangement of the hair are, of course, named after the dragon. This “tuft” is very simple: the hair is twisted in a large puff, high on the head, and a little to the right, and fastened by two large pins; a tube inserted under the coil receives the stems of flowers—an ornament almost universal with Chinese ladies. P. 505, c. 1—“Phœnix,” fē-niks. Not the phœnix of the Arabian story, but one of the four fabulous animals of the Chinese, the emperor of birds. It is of wonderful beauty, appears only when the kingdom is ruled by a man of perfect justice, or in the time of some sage; has not been seen since the days of Confucius. P. 505, c. 1—“Golden-lilies.” See Text-Book 34, page 36. NOTES ON JAPANESE LITERATURE. P. 505, c. 2—“Izana´gi.” For sound of vowels see foot-note, page 64, Text-Book 34. P. 505, c. 2—“Izana´mi.” P. 505, c. 2—“Awa´jí.” P. 505, c. 2—“So-sa´noö.” P. 505, c. 2—“U-zu´mé.” P. 505, c. 2—“Futoda´ma.” P. 506, c. 1—“Amatera´sŭ.” P. 506, C. 2—“Rai´kō.” P. 506, c. 2—“O´ni.” A demon. P. 506, c. 2—“Gen´ji and Hei´ki.” Names of the rival families Minamoto and Taira. (See page 70 of Text-Book 34.) The emblems of these houses were red and white flags. Some one calls the war “The Japanese War of the Roses.” P. 506, c. 2—“Watana´bé Tsu´na.” A dependent, or servant. P. 506, c. 2—“Shu´ten dō´ji.” P. 506, c. 2—“Sa´ké.” Rice-beer, an exhilarating drink, popular among the Japanese. P. 506, c. 2—“Kan´da Mi´ō Jin.” Illustrious deity of Kanda. The title given to the first ruler, or mikado, of the Taira family, a wicked, tyrannical man who, even after death, haunted the people until they erected a temple and worshiped him as a deity. In 1868 his image was torn from the temple and hacked to pieces by the mikado’s troops. P. 507, c. 1—“Ku´gé.” A court noble.