The Works of Thomas Carlyle (Paperback)

Book IX. Last Stage of Friedrich's Apprenticeship: Life in Ruppin, 1732?1736: 1. Princess Elizabeth Christina of Brunswick-Bevern; 2. Small incidents at Ruppin; 3. The Salzburgers; 4. Prussian Majesty visits the Kaiser; 5. Ghost of the double-marriage rises; to no purpose; 6. King August meditating great things for Poland; 7. Crown-Prince's marriage; 8. King August dies; and Poland takes fire; 9. Kaiser's shadow-hunt has caught fire; 10. Crown-Prince goes to the Rhine campaign; 11. In Papa's sick-room; Prussian inspections; end of war; Book X. At Reinsberg, 1736?1740: 1. Mansion of Reinsberg; 2. Of Voltaire and the literary correspondences; 3. Crown-Prince makes a morning call; 4. News of the day; 5. Visit at Loo; 6. Last year of Reinsberg; journey to Preussen; 7. Last year of Reinsberg: transit of Baltimore and other persons and things; 8. Death of Friedrich Wilhelm; Book XI. Friedrich Takes the Reins in Hand, 1740: 1. Phenomena of Friedrich's accession; 2. The homagings; 3. Friedrich makes an excursion, not of direct sort, into the Cleve Countries; 4. Voltaire's first interview with Friedrich; 5. Affair of Herstal; 6. Returns by Hanover; does not call on his royal uncle there; 7. Withdraws to Reinsberg, hoping a peaceable winter; 8. The Kaiser's death; 9. Resolution formed at Reinsberg in consequence.