le on the
subject of "The Prevalence of Toothache amongst Fish: its Cause and
Treatment"; while the great attraction of the number was an historical
article by the Wallypug on the subject of "Julius Caesar," illustrated
by his Majesty himself. As a special favour, the original drawing was
presented to me by his Majesty, and I am thus enabled to reproduce it
for your benefit. His Majesty confided to me that parts of it were
traced from a picture which appeared in the _Boys' Own Paper_ some
time ago, but of course we did not tell everybody that.

[Illustration: FROM "THE WALLYPUG'S OWN"]

The essay itself was quite original, and was worded somehow like this:

"_Julius Caesar was a man, and he lived in Rome. He came over to
conquer Britain because he heard there was a lot of tin here, and
when he arrived he said in Latin_, 'Veni, vidi, vici,' _which
means, 'I have come, and thou wilt have to skedaddle', which has
been the British motto ever since. But the Ancient Britons who
lived here then, didn't understand Latin, and so they went for
Julius Caesar, and shook their fists in his face, and tried to
drive him and his followers away. But Julius Caesar and the Romans
were civilized, and had daggers and things, and shields, and wore
firemen's helmets, and kilts like Scotchmen, so they soon overcame
the Ancient Britons; and they built London Wall, and made a lot of
combs, and glass tear-bottles, and brooches, and sarcophaguses,
that you can see in the Museum at the Guildhall; and then they went
back to Rome, and Julius Caesar was stabbed by his friend Brutus,
to show how much he liked him; and Caesar, when he found out he was
stabbed, cried out in Latin_, 'Et tu, Brute,' _which means 'Oh, you
brute,' and lived happy ever after. I have drawn the picture of
Julius Caesar landing in Britain--that's him waving things, and
calling to the others to come on._"

The Doctor-in-Law was editor, and arranged a number of competitions,
and in order to enter for them you had only to send two shillings in
stamps, while the prizes were advertised as follows: First prize,
L1000 a year for life; second prize, thirty-six grand pianos and
fourteen bicycles; third prize, a sewing machine and six cakes of
scented soap. The prizes were to be awarded for the first correct
answers received by post, but the Doctor-in-Law took good care to
write three sets