CHAPTER XI.

TO OSNABRÜCK! 364

INDEX 385

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CAROLINE, PRINCESS OF WALES. From the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller _Frontispiece_

_to face page_ THE CASTLE OF ANSBACH 8

LÜTZENBURG (CHARLOTTENBURG) 20

SOPHIA CHARLOTTE, QUEEN OF PRUSSIA. From the original portrait by Wiedman 34

QUEEN CAROLINE’S ROOM IN THE CASTLE OF ANSBACH 54

GEORGE II. AND QUEEN CAROLINE AT THE TIME OF THEIR MARRIAGE 70

THE ELECTRESS SOPHIA OF HANOVER 88

LEIBNIZ 102

HERRENHAUSEN 124

THE CEREMONY OF THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND GIVING THE CHALLENGE AT THE CORONATION 152

KING GEORGE I. From the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the National Portrait Gallery 174

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU (in Eastern dress) 200

PRINCE JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART (THE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGE). From the picture in the National Portrait Gallery 218

LORD NITHISDALE’S ESCAPE FROM THE TOWER. From an old print 242

PAVILIONS BELONGING TO THE BOWLING GREEN, HAMPTON COURT, TEMP. GEORGE I. 258

LEIBNIZHAUS, HANOVER (where Leibniz died) 270

CAROLINE, PRINCESS OF WALES, AND HER INFANT SON, PRINCE GEORGE WILLIAM. From an old print 284

LEICESTER HOUSE, LEICESTER SQUARE, TEMP. GEORGE I. 302

MARY, COUNTESS COWPER. From the original portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller 324

THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. From an old cartoon 346

HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE 358