[Footnote 5: V. Loen, "Der Soldat," p. 312.] [Footnote 6: G. V. Griesheim, "Die Taktik," p. 75; v. Liebenrothe, "Fragmente," p. 29.] [Footnote 7: Small smoking society, consisting of the King and his intimates.--_Tr_.] [Footnote 8: It was not the bad combination of colours, the blue and yellow velvet housings, that incensed the dying king--those were the colours of his body-guard--but he wished to see those of the Dessauer on him--blue, red, and white.] [Footnote 9: Lafontaine's "Life of Gruber," p. 126.] [Footnote 10: "The Poor Man in Tockenburg," published by Fussli. Zurich: 1789 and 1792. Afterwards by G. Buelow, Leipzig, 1852.] [Footnote 11: Elector Frederic William inherited 1451 square miles, with, perhaps, 700,000 inhabitants, most of it in Ordensland,[A] Prussia, which was less devastated by the war. Square Miles. Inhabitants. In the year 1688, the Elector left 2034, with about 1,800,000. " 1713, King Frederic I. 2090, " 1,700,000. " 1740, King Frederic Wm. I. 2201, " 2,240,000. " 1786, King Frederic II. 3490, " 6,000,000. " 1805, King Frederic II. 6563, " 9,800,000. (Before the exchange of Hanover.) " 1807, remain 2877, " 5,000,000. " 1817, were 5015, " 10,600,000. " 1830, were 13,000,000 inhabitants; but in 1861, 18,000,000. [A] Ordensland, the country that once belonged to the Teutonic Knights.] [Footnote 12: "Journal de Seckendorf," 2nd Jan., 1738.] [Footnote 13: [Oe]uvres, t. xvii., nr. 140, p. 213.] [Footnote 14: _Ib._, t. xviii., nr. 10.] [Footnote 15: Portions of his historical works appear under special titles with many introductions. "The Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg" (begun 1746), the greatest part of it unimportant and compiled; "History of My Time" (written 1746-75), his masterpiece; then the great history of "The Seven Years' War" (ended 1764); finally, "Memoirs after the Hubertsburger Peace" (written 1775-79). They form, in spite of inequalities, a connected whole.] [Footnote 16: V. Templehoff, "Siebenjaehriger Krieg," i. p. 282.] [Footnote 17: Sulzer to Gleim: "Briefe der Schweizer von Koerte," p. 354.]