The initial letters of the Latin names of the kings of Bonaparte's family form the Latin word Nihil, (nothing;) and this used to be called the genealogical acrostic:
L udovicus.
I osephus.
H ieronymus.
I oachim.
N apoleo.
T.B.
THE SUBTERFUGE.
"I vow, my dear Strephon," said Chloe one day,