# History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04

Author: Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2104

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=History+of+Friedrich+II+of+Prussia+Carlyle&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Of Friedrich's childhood, there is not, after all our reading, much that it would interest the English public to hear tell of. Perhaps not much of knowable that deserves anywhere to be known. Books on it, expressly handling it, and Books on Friedrich Wilhelm's Court and History, of which it is always a main element, are not wanting: but they are mainly of the sad sort which, with pain and difficulty, teach us nothing, Books done by pedants and tenebrific persons, under the name of men; dwelling not on things, but, at endless length, on the outer husks of things: of unparalleled confusion, too;--not so much as an Index granted you; to the poor half-peck of cinders, hidden in these wagon-lo...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-friedrich-ii-of-prussia-volume-04-2104/chapters/11/index.md)