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Chapter XIV: Book XVI: The Ten Years of Peace.—1746-1756

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Chapter I.—SANS-SOUCI FRIEDRICH DECLINES THE CAREER OF CONQUERING HERO; GOES INTO LAW-REFORM; AND GETS READY A COTTAGE RESIDENCE FOR HIMSELF

Chapter II.—PEEP AT VOLTAIRE AND HIS DIVINE EMILIE (BY CANDLELIGHT) IN THE TIDE OF EVENTS VOLTAIRE AND THE DIVINE EMILIE APPEAR SUDDENLY, ONE NIGHT, AT SCEAUX WAR-PASSAGES IN 1747 MARSHAL KEITH COMES TO PRUSSIA (September, 1747)

Chapter III.—EUROPEAN WAR FALLS DONE: TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE MARECHAL DE SAXE PAYS FRIEDRICH A VISIT. TRAGIC NEWS, THAT CONCERN US, OF VOLTAIRE AND OTHERS.

Chapter IV. COCCEJI FINISHES THE LAW-REFORM; FRIEDRICH IS PRINTING HIS POESIES

Chapter V. STRANGERS OF NOTE COME TO BERLIN, IN 1750 CANDIDATUS LINSENBARTH (QUASI "Lentil-beard") LIKEWISE VISITS BERLIN SIR JONAS HANWAY STALKS ACROSS THE SCENE, TOO; IN A PONDERING AND OBSERVING MANNER

Chapter VI.—BERLIN CARROUSEL, AND VOLTAIRE VISIBLE THERE PERPETUAL PRESIDENT MAUPERTUIS HAS A VISIT FROM ONE KONIG, OUT OF HOLLAND, CONCERNING THE INFINITELY LITTLE

Chapter VII.—M. DE VOLTAIRE HAS A PAINFUL JEW-LAWSUIT 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)

Chapter VIII. OST-FRIESLAND AND THE SHIPPING INTERESTS FRIEDRIAH VISITS OST-FRIESLAND

Chapter IX.—SECOND ACT OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT DETACHED FEATURES (NOT FABULOUS) OF VOLTAIRE AND HIS BERLIN-POTSDAM ENVIRONMENT IN 1751-1752 FRACTIONS OF EVENTS AND INDICATIONS, FROM VOLTAIRE HIMSELF, IN THIS TIME; MORE OR LESS ILLUMINATIVE WHEN REDUCED TO ORDER

Chapter X. DEMON NEWSWRITER, OF 1752 A DEMON NEWSWRITER GIVES AN "IDEA" OF FRIEDRICH; INTELLIGIBLE TO THE KNOWING CLASSES IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE

Chapter XI. THIRD ACT AND CATASTROPHE OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT "ANSWER FROM [VERY PRIVATELY VOLTAIRE, CALLING HIMSELF] A BERLIN ACADEMICIAN TO A PARIS ONE.

Chapter XII. OF THE AFTERPIECE, WHICH PROVED STILL MORE TRAGICAL PART I. FREDERSDORF SENDS INSTRUCTIONS; THE "OEUVRE DE POESIE" IS GOT; BUT— PART II. VOLTAIRE, IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, DOES GET AWAY (June 20th-July 7th)

Chapter XIII. ROMISH-KING QUESTION; ENGLISH-PRIVATEER QUESTION

Chapter XIV. THERE IS LIKE TO BE ANOTHER WAR AHEAD

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