[ OF MONSIEUR JORDAN AND THE LITERARY SET. ]

[ OF BERG AND JULICH AGAIN; AND OF LUISCIUS WITH THE ONE RAZOR. ]

[ CROWN-PRINCE BECOMES A FREEMASON; AND IS HARANGUED BY MONSIEUR DE BIELFELD. ]
[ SECKENDORF GETS LODGED IN GRATZ. ]
[ THE EAR OF JENKINS RE-EMERGES. ]

[ PINE'S HORACE; AND THE ANTI-MACHIAVEL. ]
[ FRIEDRICH IN PREUSSEN AGAIN; AT THE STUD OF TRAKEHNEN. A TRAGICALLY GREAT EVENT COMING ON. ]

[ BIELFELD, WHAT HE SAW AT REINSBERG AND AROUND. ]
[ TURK WAR ENDS; SPANISH WAR BEGINS. A WEDDING IN PETERSBURG. ]


[ 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. ]