considerable　beauty　in　that　quarter　of　the　human　figure；　when　it　turns　on　you　opportunely。　A　most　cynical　profane　affair：　yet；　we　must　say　by　way　of　parenthesis；　one　which　gives　no　countenance　to　Voltaire's　atrocities　of　rumor　about　Friedrich　himself　in　this　matter；　the　reverse　rather；　if　well　read；　being　altogether　theoretic；　scientific；　sings　with　gusto　the　glow　of　beauty　you　find　in　that　unexpected　quarter；while　KICKING　it　deservedly　and　with　enthusiasm。　〃To　see　the〃what　shall　we　call　it：　seat　of　honor；　in　fact；　〃of　your　enemy：〃　has　it　not　an　undeniable　charm？　〃I　own　to　you　in　confidence；　O　Soubise　and　Company；　this　fine　laurel　I　have　got；　and　was　so　in　need　of；　is　nothing　more　or　other　than　the　sight　of　your〃FOUR　ASTERISKS。　〃Oblige　me；　whenever　clandestine　Fate　brings　us　together；　by　showing　me　that〃always　that；　if　you　would　give　me　pleasure　when　we　meet。　〃And　oh；〃　next　stanza　says；　〃to　think　what　our　glory　is　founded　on；〃on　view　of　that　unmentionable　object；　I　declare　to　you！And　through　other　stanzas；　getting　smutty　enough　（though　in　theory　only）；　which　we　need　not　prosecute　farther。　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xii。　70…73　（WRITTEN　at　Freiburg；　6th　November；　when　his　Majesty　got　thither；　and　found　the　Bridge　burnt）。＇　A　certain　heartiness　and　epic　greatness　of　cynicism；　life's　nakedness　grown　almost　as　if　innocent　again；　an　immense　suppressed　insuppressible　Haha；　on　the　part　of　this　King。　Strange　TE…DEUM　indeed。　Coming　from　the　very　heart；　truly；　as　few　of　them　do；　but　not；　in　other　points；　recommendable　at　all！Here；　of　the　night　before；　is　something　better：
  TO　WILHELMINA。
  〃NEAR　WEISSENFELS　＇OBSCHUTZ；　in　fact；　does　not　know　yet　what　the　Battle　will　be　CALLED＇；　5th　November；　1757。
  〃At　last；　my　dear　Sister；　I　can　announce　you　a　bit　of　good　news。　You　were　doubtless　aware　that　the　Coopers　with　their　circles　had　a　mind　to　take　Leipzig。　I　ran　up；　and　hove　them　beyond　Saale。　The　Duc　de　Richelieu　sent　them　a　reinforcement　of　twenty　battalions　and　fourteen　squadrons　＇say　15；000　horse　and　foot＇；　they　then　called　themselves　63；000　strong。　Yesterday　I　went　to　reconnoitre　them；　could　not　attack　them　in　the　post　they　held。　This　had　rendered　them　rash。　Today　they　came　out　with　the　intention　of　attacking　me；　but　I　took　the　start　of　them　（LES　AI　PREVENU）。　It　was　a　Battle　EN　DOUCEUR　（soft　to　one's　wish）。　Thanks　to　God　I　have　not　a　hundred　men　killed；　the　only　General　ill　wounded　is　Meinecke。　My　Brother　Henri　and　General　Seidlitz　have　slight　hurts　＇gun…shots；　not　so　slight；　that　of　Seidlitz＇　in　the　arm。　We　have　all　the　Enemy's　cannon；　all　the　。。。　I　am　in　full　march　to　drive　them　over　the　Unstrut　＇already　driven；　your　Majesty；　bridge　burning＇。
  〃You；　my　dear　Sister；　my　good；　my　divine　and　affectionate　Sister　＇faithful　to　the　bone；　in　good　truth；　poor　Wilhelmina＇；　who　deign　to　interest　yourself　in　the　fate　of　a　Brother　who　adores　you；　deign　also　to　share　in　my　joy。　The　instant　I　have　time；　I　will　tell　you　more。　I　embrace　you　with　my　whole　heart；　Adieu。　F。〃　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xxvii。　i。　310。＇
  ULTERIOR　FATE　OF　DAUPHINESS；　FLIES　OVER　THE　RHINE　IN　BAD　FASHION：　DAUPHINESS'S　WAYS　WITH　THE　SAXON　POPULATION　IN　HER　DELIVERANCE…WORK。
  Friedrich　had　no　more　fighting　with　the　French。　November　9th；　at　Merseburg；　in　all　stillness；　Duke　Ferdinand　got　his　Britannic　Commission；　his　full　Powers；　from　Friedrich　and　the　parties　interested；　in　all　stillness　made　his　arrangements；　as　if　for　Magdeburg　and　his　Governorship　there；Friedrich　hastening　off　for　Silesia　the　while。　Duke　Ferdinand　did　stay　six　days　in　Magdeburg；　inspecting　or　pretending　to　inspect；　very　pleasant　with　his　Sister　and　the　Royalties　that；　are　now　there；　but；　at　midnight　of　day　sixth　shot　off　silently　on　wider　errand。　And；　in　sum；　on　Thursday；　24th　November；　1757；　appeared　in　Stade；　on　horseback　at　morning　parade　there；　intimating；　to　what　joy　of　the　poor　Brunswick　Grenadiers　and　others；　That　he　was　come　to　take　command；　that　Kloster…Zeven　is　abolished；　that　we　are　not　an　〃Observation　Army；〃　rotting　here　in　the　parish　pound；　any　longer；　but　an　〃Allied　Army〃　（such　now　our　title）；　intending　to　strike　for　ourselves；　and　get　out　of　pound　straightway！
  〃THURSDAY；　24th　NOVEMBER…TUESDAY；　29th。　Duke　Ferdinand　did　accordingly　pick　up　the　reins　of　this　distracted　Affair；　and；　in　a　way　wonderful　to　see；　shot　sanity　into　every　fibre　of　it；　and　kept　it　sane　and　road…worthy　for　the　Five　Years　coming。　With　a　silent　velocity；　an　energy；　an　imperturbable　steadfastness　and　clear　insight　into　cause　and　effect；　which　were　creditable　to　the　school　he　came　from；　and　were　a　very　joyful　sight　to　Pitt　and　others　concerned。　So　that　from　next　Tuesday；　'November　29th；　before　daylight；'　when　Ferdinand's　batteries　began　playing　upon　Harburg　（French　Fortress　nearest　to　Stade）；　the　reign　of　the　French　ceased　in　those　Countries；　and　an　astonished　Richelieu　and　his　French；　lying　scattered　over　all　the　West　of　Germany；　in　readiness　for　nothing　but　plunder；　had　to　fall　more　or　less　distracted　in　their　turn；　and　do　a　number　of　astonishing　things。　To　try　this　and　that；　of　futile；　more　or　less　frantic　nature；　be　driven　from　post　after　post；　be　driven　across　the　Aller　first　of　all；Richelieu　to　go　home　thereupon；　and　be　succeeded　by　one　still　more　incompetent。
  〃DECEMBER　13th；　a　fortnight　after　Ferdinand's　appearance；　Richelieu　had　got　to　the　safe　side　of　the　Aller　（burning　of　Zelle　Bridge　and　Zelle　Town　there；　his　last　act　in　Germany）；　Ferdinand's　quarters　now　wide　enough；　and　vigorous　speed　of　preparation　going　on　for　farther　chase；　were　the　weather　mended。　FEBRUARY　17th；　1758；　Ferdinand　was　on　foot　again；　Prince　de　Clermont；　the　still　more　incompetent　successor　of　Richelieu；　gazing　wide…eyed　upon　him；　but　doing　nothing　else：　and　for　the　next　six　weeks　there　was　seen　a　once　triumphant　Richelieu…D'Estrees　French　Army；　much　in　rags；　much　in　disorder；　in　terror；　and　here　and　there　almost　in　despair；　winging　their　way；　like　clouds　of　draggled　poultry　caught　by　a　mastiff　in　the　corn。　Across　Weser；　across　Ems；　finally　across　the　Rhine　itself；　every　feather　of　them；their　long…drawn　cackle；　of　a　shrieky　type；　filling　all　Nature　in　those　months；　the　mastiff　steadily　following。　＇Mauvillon；　i。　252…284　（〃9th　November；　1757…1st　April；　1758〃）；　Westphalen；　i。　316…503　（abundantly　explicit；　authentic　and　even　entertaining；with　the　ample　Correspondences；　ib。　ii。　147…350）；　Schaper；　　Vie　militaire　du　Marechal　Prince　Ferdinand　　（2　tomes；　8vo；　Magdebourg；　1796；　1799）；　i。　7…100　（a　careful　Book；　of　an　official　exactitude；　like　Westphalen's；and　appears　to　be　left　incomplete　like　his）。＇　To　the　astonishment　of　Pitt　and　mankind。　Can　this　be　the　same　Army　that　Royal　Highness　led　to　the　Sea　and　the　Parish　Pound？　The　same　identically；　wasted　to　about　two…thirds　by　Royal　Highness；　not　a　drum　in　it　changed　otherwise；　only　One　Man　different；and　he　is　the　important　one！
  〃Pitt；　when　the　news　of　Rossbach　came；　awakening　the　bonfires　and　steeple…bells　of　England　to　such　a　pitch；　had　resolved　on　an　emphatic　measure：　that　of　sending　English　Troops　to　reinforce　our　Allied　Army；　and　its　new　General；such　an　Ally　as　that　Rossbach　one　being　rare　in　the　eyes　of　Pitt。　'Postpone　the　meeting　of　Parliament；　yet　a　few　days；　your　Majesty；'　said　Pitt；　'till　I　get　the　estimates　ready！'　＇Thackeray；　i。　310。＇　To　which　Majesty　assented；　and　all　England　with　him：　'England's　own　Cause；'　thinks　Pitt；　with　confidence：　'our　way　of　Conquering　America；and；　in　the　circumstances；　our　one　way！'　English　did　land；　accordingly；　first　instalment　of　them；　a　12；000　（in　August　next）；　increased　gradually　to　20；000；　with　no　end　of　furnishings　to　them　and　everybody；　with　results　again　satisfactory　to　Pitt；　and　very　famous　in　the　England　that　then　was；　dim　as　they　are　now　grown。〃
  The　effect　of　all　which　was；　that　Pitt；　with　his　Ferdinands　and　reinforcements；　found　work　for　the　French　ever　onwards　from　Rossbach；　French　also　turning　as　if　exclusively　upon　perfidious　Albion：　and　the　thing　became；　in　Teutschland；　as　elsewhere；　a　duel　of　life　and　death　between　these　natural　enemies；Teutschland　the　centre　of　it；Teutschland　and　the　accessible　French　Sea…Towns；　but　the　circumference　of　it　going　round　from　Manilla　and　Madras　to　Havana　and　Quebec　again。　Wide…spread　furious　duel；　prize；　America　and　life。　By　land　and　sea；　handsomely　done　by　Pitt　on　both　elements。　Land　part；　we　say；　was　always　mainly　in　Germany；　under　Ferdinand；in　Hessen　and　the　Westphalian　Countries；　as　far　west　as　Minden；　as　far　east　as　Frankfurt…on…Mayn；　generally　well　north　of　Rhine；　well　south　of　Elbe：　that　was；　for　five　years　coming；　the　cockpit　or　place　of　deadly　fence　between　France　and　England。　Friedrich's　arena　lies　eastward　of　that；　occasionally　playing　into　it　a　little；　and　played　into　by　it；　and　always　in　lively　sympathy　and　consultation　with　it：　but；　except　the　French　subsidizings；　diplomatizings。　and　great　diligenae　against　him　in　foreign　Courts；　Friedrich　is；　in　practical　respects；　free　of　the　French；　and　ever　after　Rossbach；　Ferdinand　and　the　English　keep　them　in　full　work；　growing　yearly　too　full。　A　heavy　Business　for　England　and　Ferdinand；　which　is　happily　kept　extraneous　to　Friedrich　thenceforth；　to　him　and　us；　which　is　not　on　the　stage　of　his　affairs　and　ours；　b