Some Royal Presents

Queen Mary, popularly known as 'Bloody Mary," has not been pleasanty drawu for us by history, but certain eeordd ;f the time -when she waa a ornig priucess, oecupying the dangeras posición of doubtfnl heir to the hrone of England, indícate that she -waa uot without humau kiudness. Mr. Kichrd Davey, in his history of Mary Tn,or, qnoies from the priocess' "privy mrse expenses. " Mary had been forbidleu to cali the Priucess Elizabeth by my title, but it is pleasaut to note that he refers to her aiïectiouately as "my ittle sister." She seiids her brother, afterward Edvard VI, a frock which she had embroidered for him and gave her sister ilizabeth a cramoisie satin kirtle. Again, she sends a box with silver needlework iu it for her "Sister Elizajeth, ': aud also worked a cap for her aaby brother and ruade his mirse, 'Mother Jaokson," a present of a bonnet and froutlets which cost 20 shilliugs. Most singular amoog tiie gifts of the period, however, is that preseuted by Lady Lisie to Duke Pb-i of Bavaria after the duke had visite Lord Lisie at Calais. "My lord," she writes to her spou.se from Calais af ter Lisie and Duke Philip had set out for Englnnd, "I send you my toothpicker. I thought to have giveu it to the duke while he was here, but it was not tben at my haud. I send it to him because when he was here I did see him wear a pin to piek his teeth withal. And I pray yon to show him that it has been mine these seveu years. " A proprietorship in a toothpick of seveu years' date would hardly be a recommendation uowadays.