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[498]. Thoms, “Anecdotes and Traditions,” London, 1839, p. 103 (Camden Soc. Pub.).

[499]. See plate in the present writer’s “Curious Lore of Precious Stones,” J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913, opp. p. 356.

[500]. Mlle. Marie König, “Poupées et légendes de France,” Paris, n. d., pp. 77–80.

[501]. St. Louis Democrat, 1905.