récupération du title en javascript

jQuery(function($){

  var settings = {
    thumbListId: "thumbs",
    imgViewerId: "viewer",
    activeClass: "active",
    activeTitle: "Photo en cours de visualisation",
    loaderTitle: "Chargement en cours",
    loaderImage: "galerie/images/loader.gif"
  };

  var thumbLinks = $("#"+settings.thumbListId).find("a"),
      firstThumbLink = thumbLinks.eq(0),
      highlight = function(elt){
        thumbLinks.removeClass(settings.activeClass).removeAttr("title");
        elt.addClass(settings.activeClass).attr("title",settings.activeTitle);
      },
      loader = $(document.createElement("img")).attr({
        alt: settings.loaderTitle,
        title: settings.loaderTitle,
        src: settings.loaderImage
      });

  highlight(firstThumbLink);

  $("#"+settings.thumbListId).after(
    $(document.createElement("p"))
      .attr("id",settings.imgViewerId)
      .append(
        $(document.createElement("img")).attr({
          alt: "",
		  title:"",
          src: firstThumbLink.attr("href")
        })
      )
  );

  var imgViewer = $("#"+settings.imgViewerId),
      bigPic = imgViewer.children("img");

  thumbLinks
    .click(function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      var $this = $(this),
          target = $this.attr("href");
      if (bigPic.attr("src") == target) return;
      highlight($this);
      imgViewer.html(loader);
      bigPic
        .load(function(){
          imgViewer.html($(this).fadeIn(250));
        })
        .attr("src",target);
    });

});

var thumbLinks = $("#"+settings.thumbListId).find("a"),
    firstThumbLink = thumbLinks.eq(0),
    highlight = function(elt){
      thumbLinks.removeClass(settings.activeClass).removeAttr("title");
      //-- suppression de cette ligne
      //elt.addClass(settings.activeClass).attr("title",settings.activeTitle);
      },
      loader = $(document.createElement("img")).attr({
        alt: settings.loaderTitle,
        title: settings.loaderTitle,
        src: settings.loaderImage
      });

  thumbLinks
    .click(function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      var $this  = $(this),
          target = $this.attr("href"),
          //-- Recup; du tittle de l'image 
          titre  = $this.children("img").attr("title");
      if (bigPic.attr("src") == target) return;
      highlight($this);
      imgViewer.html(loader);
      bigPic
        .load(function(){
          imgViewer.html($(this).fadeIn(250));
          //-- Ajout dans un SPAN du viewer
          imgViewer.append($(document.createElement("span")).html( titre))
        })
        .attr("src",target);
    });

  $("#"+settings.thumbListId).after(
    $(document.createElement("p"))
      .attr("id",settings.imgViewerId)
      .append(
        $(document.createElement("img")).attr({ alt: "", src: firstThumbLink.attr("href")}),
        //-- Recup du title et ajout dans un SPAN
        $(document.createElement("span")).html( firstThumbLink.children("img").attr("title"))
  ));