[ FRIEDRICH GOES OUT TO MEET HIS THREE-LEGGED MONSTER; CUTS ONE LEG OF IT IN TWO (Fight of Hennersdorf, 23d November, 1745). ]
[ PRINCE KARL, CUT IN TWO, TUMBLES HOME AGAIN DOUBLE-QUICK. ]


[ BOOK XVI.—THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE.—1746-1756]

[ Chapter I.—SANS-SOUCI ]

[ FRIEDRICH DECLINES THE CAREER OF CONQUERING HERO; GOES INTO LAW-REFORM; AND GETS READY A COTTAGE RESIDENCE FOR HIMSELF ]

[ VOLTAIRE AND THE DIVINE EMILIE APPEAR SUDDENLY, ONE NIGHT, AT SCEAUX ]
[ WAR-PASSAGES IN 1747 ]
[ MARSHAL KEITH COMES TO PRUSSIA (September, 1747) ]

[ MARECHAL DE SAXE PAYS FRIEDRICH A VISIT. ]
[ TRAGIC NEWS, THAT CONCERN US, OF VOLTAIRE AND OTHERS. ]

[ CANDIDATUS LINSENBARTH (QUASI "Lentil-beard") LIKEWISE VISITS BERLIN ]
[ SIR JONAS HANWAY STALKS ACROSS THE SCENE, TOO; IN A PONDERING AND OBSERVING MANNER ]

[ PERPETUAL PRESIDENT MAUPERTUIS HAS A VISIT FROM ONE KONIG, OUT OF HOLLAND, CONCERNING THE INFINITELY LITTLE ]

[ THE VOLTAIRE-HIRSCH TRANSACTION: PART I. ORIGIN OF LAWSUIT (10th November-25th December, 1750) ]
[ PART II. THE LAWSUIT ITSELF (30th December, 1750-18th and 26th February, 1751) ]