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[ 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 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. ]
[ FRIEDRICH ACCEPTS THE HOMAGES, PERSONALLY, IN THREE PLACES. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ HOW THE HERSTALLERS HAD BEHAVED TO FRIEDRICH WILHELM. ]
[ FRIEDRICH TAKES THE ROD OUT OF PICKLE. ]
[ WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF HERSTAL. ]
[ WILHELMINA'S RETURN-VISIT. ]
[ UNEXPECTED NEWS AT REINSBERG. ]
[ MYSTERY IN BERLIN, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, WHILE THE PREPARATIONS GO ON; VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH TO DECIPHER IT, BUT CANNOT. ]
[ 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. ]