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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE vii
LIST OF DOCUMENTS CONSULTED xiii
LIST OF AUTHORS CONSULTED xv
CHAPTER I.

FIRST YEARS.
BIRTH -- HIS GRANDFATHER -- ACCESSION OF HIS FATHER 1
THE GOVERNESS -- FIRST MASTERS -- TUTOR AND SUB-TUTOR 7
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TUTORS 22
GERMS OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN FATHER AND SON 36
CHAPTER II.

THE FATHER OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.
FREDERICK WILLIAM'S IDEAS AND PLAN OF GOVERNMENT 48
GOVERNMENT BY THE KING 65
THE CREATION OF PRUSSIAN POWER 71
INACTION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA 80
THE PERSONALITY OF FREDERICK WILLIAM 103
FREDERICK WILLIAM'S PLEASURES 109
VIOLENCE, FOLLY, AND DESPOTISM 123
FREDERICK WILLIAM'S RELIGION 130
CHAPTER III.

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FATHER AND SON.
FIRST SIGNS AND CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT 138
FREDERICK'S MOTHER 146
THE ELDEST SISTER 154

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Youth of Frederick the Great. Contributors: Ernest Lavisse - author, Stephen Louis Simeon - transltr. Publisher: Richard Bentley and Son Publishers. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1891. Page Number: v.
    
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