The Poley Frog

More than half a century ago, I was present when this singular appendage was the subject of conversation in a large literary party, but being then a schoolboy I made "no note of it." My recollection now is, that after some jokes on the name of Poley as that of a frog, allusion was made to an old court story of King James II. throwing a frog into the neck of William, third Earl of Pembroke. The story, with its consequences, may be found in the *Tixall Letters*, vol. i. p. 5.; Wood's *Athenæ Ox.*, vol. i. p. 546.; Park's *Royal and Noble Authors*, vol. ii. p. 249. I have never seen a head of any…