FREDERICK THE GREAT By Thomas Carlyle
Contents
Chapter I. PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION.
FRIEDRICH WILL MAKE MEN HAPPY: CORN-MAGAZINES.
ABOLITION OF LEGAL TORTURE.
WILL HAVE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT HIM, AND A REAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
AND EVERY ONE SHALL GET TO HEAVEN IN HIS OWN WAY.
FREE PRESS, AND NEWSPAPERS THE BEST INSTRUCTORS.
INTENDS TO BE PRACTICAL WITHAL, AND EVERY INCH A KING.
BEHAVIOR TO HIS MOTHER; TO HIS WIFE.
NO CHANGE IN HIS FATHER'S METHODS OR MINISTRIES.
Chapter II. THE HOMAGINGS.
FRIEDRICH ACCEPTS THE HOMAGES, PERSONALLY, IN THREE PLACES.
Chapter III. FRIEDRICH MAKES AN EXCURSION, NOT OF DIRECT SORT INTO THE CLEVE COUNTRIES.
FRIEDRICH STRIKES OFF TO THE LEFT, AND HAS A VIEW OF STRASBURG FOR TWO DAYS.
FRIEDRICH FINDS M. DE MAUPERTUIS; NOT YET M. DE VOLTAIRE.
Chapter IV. VOLTAIRE'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH FRIEDRICH.
PARTICULARS OF FIRST INTERVIEW, ON SEVERE SCRUTINY.
WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARDS
WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW AT THE TIME.
Chapter V. AFFAIR OF HERSTAL.
HOW THE HERSTALLERS HAD BEHAVED TO FRIEDRICH WILHELM.
FRIEDRICH TAKES THE ROD OUT OF PICKLE.
WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF HERSTAL.
Chapter VI. RETURNS BY HANOVER; DOES NOT CALL ON HIS ROYAL UNCLE THERE.
Chapter VII. WITHDRAWS TO REINSBERG, HOPING A PEACEABLE WINTER.
WILHELMINA'S RETURN-VISIT.
UNEXPECTED NEWS AT REINSBERG.
Chapter VIII. THE KAISER'S DEATH.
Chapter IX. RESOLUTION FORMED AT REINSBERG IN CONSEQUENCE.
MYSTERY IN BERLIN, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, WHILE THE PREPARATIONS GO
VIEW OF FRIEDRICH BEHIND THE VEIL.
EXCELLENCY BOTTA HAS AUDIENCE; THEN EXCELLENCY DICKENS, AND OTHERS: DECEMBER 6th, THE MYSTERY IS OUT.
MASKED BALL, AT BERLIN, 12th-13th DECEMBER.
