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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 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) |