| Show william II 11 toad man the bouse of possesses a family talisman since the timo of the elector jobu cicero who flourished toward the cud of abo fifteenth century each ruler has when possible before dissolution banded to his successor a sealed packet this contains a ring in which is bet a black itono stono eaid to have been dropped by a huge toad ou the coverlet of a princess of the family enst a she had given birth to a eon frederick tho great found the ring in an envelope which also a memorandum written by frederick I 1 stating its value and its mode of der abo librarian of william I 1 declares that he saw the packet handed by geiling the treasurer to bis royal master accession and farther asserts that he read hie account of tho talisman to the emperor who fully confirmed it st james gazette |