History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.
CHAPTER X.
THE ACCESSION OF FREDERICK THE SECOND.
Establishment of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.--Religious Toleration.--A Free Press.--Sternness of the young King.--Domestic Habits of the King.--Provision for the Queen-mother.--Absolutism of the King.--Journey to Strasbourg.--First Interview with Voltaire 191