Memoirs of the Queens of Prussia. By Emma Willsher Atkinson. This work is especially to include the period between 1701, the date of Frederic the First's assumption of the title of King, and the present time, and is intended to describe the lives, and as much as can be ascertained of the private history of the six Princesses who bore the titles of Queens of Prussia during that period, beginning with—
1. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, the first Queen of Prussia, and second wife of Frederic I.
2. Sophia Louisa of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, third wife of Frederic.
3. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of George I. of England, and wife of Frederic William I.
4. Elizabeth Christina of Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederic II. (the Great.)
5. Louisa of Hesse Darmstadt, second wife of Frederic William II. Also a notice of his divorced wife, the Electoral Princess Elizabeth Ulrica of Brunswick.
6. Louisa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederic William III.
The work is to commence with an Introductory Chapter, comprising a sketch of Prussian character, a few notices of the Electresses of Brandenburg, and a short review of those historical events which immediately influenced the social state of Prussia during the period treated of. The materials will all be drawn from foreign, principally German, sources, and as much as possible from the memoirs of contemporary writers. Demy 8vo, price 10s. 6d. Nearly ready.
Knight's (Charles) Store of Knowledge for all Readers. A Collection of Treatises on various Departments of Knowledge. By several Authors. (Will shortly be published.) The series will include the following:—