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1736. Chapter I. -- PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHRISTINA OF BRUNSWICK-BEVERN. WHO HIS MAJESTY'S CHOICE IS; AND WHAT THE CROWN-PRINCE THINKS OF IT. DUKE OF LORRAINE ARRIVES IN POTSDAM AND IN BERLIN. BETROTHAL OF THE CROWN-PRINCE TO THE BRUNSWICK CHARMER, NIECE OF IMPERIAL MAJESTY, MONDAY EVENING, 10th MARCH, 1732. Chapter II. -- SMALL INCIDENTS AT RUPPIN. Chapter III. -- THE SALZBURGERS. Chapter IV. -- PRUSSIAN MAJESTY VISITS THE KAISER. Chapter V. -- GHOST OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE RISES; TO NO PURPOSE. SESSION OF TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT, 6th DECEMBER, 1732. Chapter VI. -- KING AUGUST MEDITATING GREAT THINGS FOR POLAND. Chapter VII. -- CROWN-PRINCE'S MARRIAGE. Chapter VIII. -- KING AUGUST DIES; AND POLAND TAKES FIRE. POLAND HAS TO FIND A NEW KING. OF THE CANDIDATES; OF THE CONDITIONS. HOW THE ELECTION WENT. POLAND ON FIRE; DANTZIG STANDS SIEGE. Chapter IX. -- KAISER'S SHADOW-HUNT HAS CAUGHT FIRE. SUBSEQUENT COURSE OF THE WAR, IN THE ITALIAN PART OF IT. COURSE OF THE WAR, IN THE GERMAN PART OF IT. Chapter X. -- CROWN-PRINCE GOES TO THE RHINE CAMPAIGN. GLIMPSE OF LIEUTENANT CHASOT, AND OF OTHER ACQUISITIONS. CROWN-PRINCE'S VISIT TO BAIREUTH ON THE WAY HOME. Chapter XI. -- IN PAPA'S SICK-ROOM; PRUSSIAN INSPECTIONS: END OF WAR. BOOK X. -- AT REINSBERG. - 1736-1740. Chapter I. -- MANSION OF REINSBERG. OF MONSIEUR JORDAN AND THE LITERARY SET. Chapter II. -- OF VOLTAIRE AND THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCES. Chapter III. -- CROWN-PRINCE MAKES A MORNING CALL. Chapter IV. -- NEWS OF THE DAY. OF BERG AND JULICH AGAIN; AND OF LUISCIUS WITH THE ONE RAZOR. Chapter V. -- VISIT AT LOO. CROWN-PRINCE BECOMES A FREEMASON; AND IS HARANGUED BY MONSIEUR DE BIELFELD. SECKENDORF GETS LODGED IN GRATZ. THE EAR OF JENKINS RE-EMERGES. Chapter VI. -- LAST YEAR OF REINSBERG; JOURNEY TO PREUSSEN. PINE'S HORACE; AND THE ANTI-MACHIAVEL. FRIEDRICH IN PREUSSEN AGAIN; AT THE STUD OF TRAKEHNEN. A TRAGICALLY GREAT EVENT COMING ON. Chapter VII. -- LAST YEAR OF REINSBERG: TRANSIT OF BALTIMORE AND OTHER PERSONS AND THINGS. BIELFELD, WHAT HE SAW AT REINSBERG AND AROUND. TURK WAR ENDS; SPANISH WAR BEGINS. A WEDDING IN PETERSBURG. Chapter VIII. -- DEATH OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM. BOOK XI. -- FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. -- June-December, 1740. 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 SCI
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