CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . INTRODUCTION

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BOOK NINETEENTH�AGE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT. CHAPTER CXII.�FIRST TWO HANOVERIANS.

Character of the Epoch.�Antecedents of the House of Hanover.�George 1.�Rebellion in Scotland.�The New Ministry.�The Gortz Imbroglio.�Quarrel of the King and the Prince of Wales.�Sophia and Konigs- mark.�South Sea Bubble.�The Explosion.�Over- throw of the Ministry.�Plot of the Jacobites.�Wood's Monopoly. � Newton and Swift. � The Dissenters favored.�Enlargement of Oxford and Cambridge.� The Unshaken Walpole�War of 1725�Death of Sophia and the King.�Accession of George II.�His History.�Walpole his Favorite.�Like Father Like Son.�Treaty of Seville.�Antecedents of Georgia.� The Excise Scheme defeated.�Question of the Polish Succession.�Matters before Parliament.�Proposed Reduction of the Army.�Agreement with Spain.�Out- break of Hostilities.�The Austrian Succession.�What was involved.�Retirement of Walpole.�The Septen- nial Act debated.�George II. espouses the Austrian Cause.�Battle of Dettingen.�Charles Edward would take the Scottish Throne.�Preston Pans and Cullo- den. ................. 1913-1923

CHAPTER CXIII.�REIGN OF Louis XV.

Philip of Orleans in the Regency.�Spanish Compli- cations.�War breaks out.�Albaroni beaten.�John Law and the Mississippi Bubble.�Nature of the Scheme.�Rage of Paris.�The Bubble bursts.�Plague at Marseilles.�Ministry of the Duke of Bourbon.� The King's Marriage.�Administration of Fleury.� The Polish Succession.�War with Austria.�Bourbon Dynasty in Italy.�Lorraine goes to France.�Shall Maria Theresa be Empress?�Scene in the Hungarian Diet.�French Invasion of Netherlands.�Franco-Prus- sian Alliance. � Career of Marshal Saxe. � Francis

elected Emperor.�Treaty ofAix-la-Chapelle.�Appari- tion of Pompadour.�The Petticoat Dynasty, 1923-1930

CHAPTER CXIV.�RISE OF THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN.

Beginnings of Brandenburg.�Character of the Great Elector.�The Foundations of Prussia laid.�Policy of the Elector.�The Salzburger Protestants.�Organiza- tion of the Potsdam Guards.�The Tobacco Cabinet.� Polish Rule renounced by Prussia.�Battle of Fehrbel- lin.�Decay of Hapsburg.�The "Empire Outside."� Siege of Belgrade.�Charles VI. and Augustus III.� France goes to War with the Empire.�Stanislas driven from Poland.�Treaty of Vienna.�Antipathy of Haps- burg and Hohenzollern.�Events after the Treaty.� The Russo-Austrian Alliance.�Decline of Austria.� Condition of Affairs in Prussia.�Progressive Character of the Government.�Demoralization of the Empire.� Birth and Youth of Frederick II.�A French Education. �Marriage Project of the Mother.�Frederick deserts. �The Father's Wrath.�Katte is hanged.�The Prince condemned to Death.�His Marriage with Elizabeth Christina.�He is reckoned a Dreamer.�Accedes to the Throne.�Sudden Display of Character.�The Prag- matic Sanction to be tested.�Character of Maria Theresa.�Charles Albert and Augustus III.�War of the Austrian Succession.�Frederick claims Silesia.� And takes it.�Battle of Mollwitz.�Europe against Theresa.�She appeals to the Hungarian Diet.�Charles VII. is crowned.�Battle of Chotusitz.�Cession to Frederick.�England interferes.�Frederick treats with France.�He invades Bohemia.�Death of Charles VII. �Frederick's Prospects darken.�His Genius awakened. �Battle of Hohenfriedberg.�Wrath of Theresa.� Prussian Victory at Sorr.�Frederick turns to Saxony. �Silesia is ceded to him.�Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

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