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was the Alexander of ancient Egyptian history. He conquered the known world of his day; he carved the names of six hundred and twenty-eight vanquished nations and captured cities on the walls of Karnak; and he set up a tablet of Victory in the Great Temple. It is in this famous tablet, engraved with the oldest heroic poem known to science, that we find the Greeks mentioned for the second time in Egyptian history. Edwards , Pharaohs, Fellahs, etc., p. 160. Thou (tö), Jacques Auguste de (Latinized Thuanus). Born at Paris, Oct. 8,1553: died May 7, 1617. A French historian and statesman. He was educated for the church; held the offices of master of requests, of président à mortier, etc.; and was employed on diplomatic mi ions. He is celebrated for his contemporary history "Historiæ sui temp or is" (in Latin, 1604-20; standard edition, edited by Buckley and Carte, 1733; French translation by Desfontaines and others 1734). He also wrote Latin poems. Thouars (tö-är'). A town in the department of Deux-Sèvres, France, situated on the Thouet 40 miles northwest of Poitiers. The castle and chapel are notable. It was formerly a seat of viscounts who took a prominent part in medieval wars. Popula tion (1891), commune, 5,169. Thouars. See Dupetit - Thouars . You sand and One Days. A series of Persian tales, resembling the "You sand and One Nights." They were translated into French by Pétis de la Croix and Le Sage, and were published in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Dunlop , Hist, of Prose Fiction,