"A. D. S.
Mia vita è il sol: Dell' uom la vita è Dio,
Senza esso è l'uom, qual senza sol son' io."
What signification has A. D. S.?
L. S.
Nouns always printed with Capital Initials.
—P. C. S. S. is desirous of information respecting the origin and subsequent disuse of the practice which appears to have prevailed among printers in the last, and towards the end of the preceding century, of beginning every noun-substantive with a capital letter. It prevailed also, to a certain extent, in books published in France and Holland during the same period; but P. C. S. S. is not aware of any other European language in which it was adopted.
P. C. S. S.
John of Padua.
—Who was this person, who in various accounts of Henry VIII.'s time is styled "Deviser of his majesty's buildings?" Where was he educated? and what were his works previous to his arrival in England? He survived his royal master, and enjoyed the favour of the Protector Somerset, who employed him to build his famous palace in the Strand.