FREDERICK THE GREAT

Contents

Chapter I. — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT.

CROWN-PRINCE SEEN IN DRYASDUST'S GLASS, DARKLY.

Chapter II. — DEATH OF GEORGE I.

HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY FALLS INTO ONE OF HIS HYPOCHONDRIACAL FITS.

Chapter III. — VISIT TO DRESDEN.

THE PHYSICALLY STRONG PAYS HIS COUNTER-VISIT.

OF PRINCESS WHILHELMINA'S FOUR KINGS AND OTHER INEFFECTUAL SUITORS.

Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD.

CROWN-PRINCE FRIEDRICH WRITES CERTAIN LETTERS.

DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT RE-EMERGES IN AN OFFICIAL SHAPE.

HIS MAJESTY SLAUGHTERS 3,602 HEAD OF WILD SWINE.

FALLS ILL, IN CONSEQUENCE; AND THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE CANNOT GET FORWARD.

Chapter V. — CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT.

Chapter VI. — IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES.

CAUSE FIRST: THE HANOVER JOINT-HERITAGES, WHICH ARE NOT IN A LIQUID STATE.

CAUSE SECOND: THE TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG.

CAUSES THIRD AND FOURTH:—AND CAUSE FIFTH, WORTH ALL THE OTHERS.

TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG, FOR THE LAST TIME.

ONE NUSSLER SETTLES THE AHLDEN HERITAGES; SENDS THE MONEY HOME IN BOXES.

Chapter VII. — A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP IN TROUBLE.

CROWN-PRINCE'S DOMESTICITIES SEEN IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING.

Chapter VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE.

Chapter IX. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE.

WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS FIRST: ENGLAND SHALL SAY YES OR SAY NO.

DUBOURGAY STRIKES A LIGHT FOR THE ENGLISH COURT.

WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS SECOND: ENGLAND SHALL HAVE SAID NO.

WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS THIRD: MAJESTY HIMSELF WILL CHOOSE, THEN.

HOW FRIEDRICH PRINCE OF BAIREUTH CAME TO BE THE MAN, AFTER ALL.

DOUBLE-MARRIAGE, ON THE EDGE OF SHIPWRECK, FLIES OFF A KIND OF CARRIER-PIGEON, OR NOAH'S-DOVE, TO ENGLAND, WITH CRY FOR HELP.