Chapter V. -- AFFAIR OF HERSTAL. HOW THE HERSTALLERS HAD BEHAVED TO FRIEDRICH WILHELM. FRIEDRICH TAKES THE ROD OUT OF PICKLE. WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF HERSTAL. Chapter VI. -- RETURNS BY HANOVER; DOES NOT CALL ON HIS ROYAL UNCLE THERE. Chapter VII. -- WITHDRAWS TO REINSBERG, HOPING A PEACEABLE WINTER. WILHELMINA'S RETURN-VISIT. UNEXPECTED NEWS AT REINSBERG. Chapter VIII. -- THE KAISER'S DEATH. Chapter IX. -- RESOLUTION FORMED AT REINSBERG IN CONSEQUENCE. MYSTERY IN BERLIN, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, WHILE THE PREPARATIONS GO ON; VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH TO DECIPHER IT, BUT CANNOT. VIEW OF FRIEDRICH BEHIND THE VEIL. EXCELLENCY BOTTA HAS AUDIENCE; THEN EXCELLENCY DICKENS, AND OTHERS: DECEMBER 6th, THE MYSTERY IS OUT. MASKED BALL, AT BERLIN, 12th-13th DECEMBER. BOOK XII. -- FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. -- December, 1740-May, 1741. Chapter I. -- OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA. HISTORICAL EPOCHS OF SCHLESIEN;- -AFTER THE QUADS AND MARCHMEN. Chapter II. -- FRIEDRICH MARCHES ON GLOGAU. FRIEDRICH AT CROSSEN, AND STILL IN HIS OWN TERRITORY, 14th-16th DECEMBER;--STEPS INTO SCHLESIEN. WHAT GLOGAU, AND THE GOVERNMENT AT BRESLAU, DID UPON IT. MARCH TO WEICHAU (SATURDAY, 17th, AND STAY SUNDAY THERE); TO MILKAU (MONDAY, 19th); GET TO HERRENDORF, WITHIN SIGHT OF GLOGAU, DECEMBER 22d. Chapter III. -- PROBLEM OF GLOGAU. WHAT BERLIN IS SAYING; WHAT FRIEDRICH IS THINKING. JORDAN TO THE KING SCHWERIN AT LIEGNITZ; FRIEDRICH HUSHES UP THE GLOGAU PROBLEM, AND STARTS WITH HIS BEST SPEED FOR BRESLAU. Chapter IV. -- BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE. KING ENTERS BRESLAW; STAYS THERE, GRACIOUS AND VIGILANT, FOUR DAYS (Jan. 2d-6th, 1741). Chapter V. -- FRIEDRICH PUSHES FORWARD TOWARDS BRIEG AND NEISSE. FRIEDRICH COMES ACROSS TO OTTMACHAU; SITS THERE, IN SURVEY OF NEISSE, TILL HIS CANNON COME. Chapter VI. -- NEISSE IS BOMBARDED. BROWNE VANISHES IN A SLIGHT FLASH OF FIRE. Chapter VII. -- AT VERSAILLES, THE MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY CHANGES HIS SHIRT, AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS. OF BELLEISLE AND HIS PLANS. Chapter VIII. -- PHENOMENA IN PETERSBURG. Chapter IX. -- FRIEDRICH RETURNS TO SILESIA. SKIRMISH OF BAUMGARTEN, 27th FEBRUARY, 1741. ASPECTS OF BRESLAU. AUSTRIA IS STANDING TO ARMS. THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS. FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD, WITH SOME POMP; GOES INTO THE MOUNTAINS,--BUT COMES FAST BACK. Chapter X. -- BATTLE OF MOLLWITZ. OF FRIEDRICH'S DISAPPEARANCE INTO FAIRYLAND, IN THE INTERIM; AND OF MAUPERTUIS'S SIMILAR ADVENTURE.