[ 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.]
[ BOOK XII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. — December, 1740-May, 1741.]
[ Chapter I. — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA. ]
[ HISTORICAL EPOCHS OF SCHLESIEN;—AFTER THE QUADS AND MARCHMEN. ]
[ FRIEDRICH AT CROSSEN, AND STILL IN HIS OWN TERRITORY, 14th-16th DECEMBER;—STEPS INTO SCHLESIEN. ]
[ WHAT GLOGAU, AND THE GOVERNMENT AT BRESLAU, DID UPON IT. ]
[ MARCH TO WEICHAU (SATURDAY, 17th, AND STAY SUNDAY THERE); TO MILKAU (MONDAY, 19th); GET TO HERRENDORF, WITHIN SIGHT OF GLOGAU, DECEMBER 22d. ]