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characters of historic Kings, meaning in this way to provide explanations of the course of history. The descriptions of characters are not psychological in the modern sense of the word. They rather refer to' the Kings’ be haviour. Often they are couched in cryptic language. Under the present head various texts con taining comments on historical developments have been collected. In addition to the des criptions of characters some authors wrote treatises containing explanations connected with Javanese mysticism. Another author associates well-known tales with eroticism, yet another with opium smoking. The Java nese authors’ faculty of making associations °f all kinds is once more made apparent by these texts. Manuscripts containing information on the subject have been registered in the General Index under the catchwords candra (referring also to physiognomy), character, pambëkan and watêk. 29.010 Characters of Javanese Kings, Pam bëkan 113 para Nata: cod. 6396. 29.020 Japka Marjkunagaran, characters of Princes Maqku Nagara: cod. 8986 no. 2. 29.030 Rasa Jarwa, by Sie Tjien Lok, erotic interpretation of historical tales: cod. 8990 no. 5. 29.040 Pambuka nil} Warana, by Jaya Sukarta, Yogyakarta: cod. 8990 no. 6. 29.050 Wayan Klitik, by Surajin Weda Wiryana, Yogyakarta; opium: cod. 8990 no. 7. 29.200 Various notes on history.

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries several Javanese and Dutch scholars who were interested in history collected notes on various subjects. In some cases the notes were worked up into essays, in other cases they were left as they were found: selected passages from more comprehensive books. Under the present head Javanese notes on history made by nineteenth and twentieth century scholars have been collected. Some Dutch notes on Javanese history have been added. 29.210 Sërat Mariyëm, history of cannon, heirlooms of the Javanese Courts, by Sastra Nagara and Rat}ga Warsita: cod. 6418. 29.220 Surakarta notes on history etc. cod. 7699 (Winter’s secretary), 10.844 (Kraemer), KITLV Or 262 (Rouffaer). 29.230 Wéda Purnama, by Suradipura, 10 essays on history: cod. 6585 (— BCE prtf 157). 29.240 Notes on history, Rinkes collection: cod. 8652 e. 29.250 Notes on historical texts, Brandes, Dutch: cod. 6460. 29.260 Notes on Kartasura history: cod. 6773 e, f. 29.270 Notes on Yogyakarta history: cod. 11.089. 29.400 Histories of foreign countries. Though, of course, Java was first and foremost, the history of other coun tries also drew the attention of some nine teenth century Javanese authors. The story of the end of Napoleon’s career was trans lated from Dutch. Probably the translator was a Dutch student of Javanese literature.