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OLD FRITZ AND THE NEW ERA
L. MUHLBACH

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY PETER LANGLEY

BOOK I.
OLD FRITZ.
I. The Lonely King
II. Wilhelmine Enke
III. Frederick William
IV. The Drive to Berlin
V. The Oath of Fidelity
VI. The Parade
VII. The Miraculous Elixir
VIII. The Golden Rain
IX. German Literature and the King

BOOK II.
ROSICRUCIANS AND POWERFUL GENIUSES.
X. Goethe in Berlin
XI. The Inner and the Middle Temple
XII. The Jesuit General
XIII. A Pensioned General
XIV. The King's Letter
XV. Hate and Love
XVI. Charles Augustus and Goethe
XVII. Goethe's Visits
XVIII. Farewell to Berlin

BOOK III.
STORM AND PRESSURE.
XIX. The King and the Austrian Diplomat
XX. The King and the Lover
XXI. In Weimar
XXII. The Reading
XXIII. Witchcraft
XXIV. The Purse-Proud Man
XXV. The Elopement
XXVI. Under the Starry Heavens
XXVII. The Sacrifice

BOOK IV.
THE VISIBLES AND THE INVISIBLES.
XXVIII. Old Fritz
XXIX. Cagliostro's Return
XXX. The Triumvirate
XXXI. Future Plans
XXXII. Miracles and Spirits
XXXIII. The Return Home
XXXIV. Behind the Mask
XXXV. The Curse
XXXVI. The King and the Rosicrucians
XXXVII. The Espousals
XXXVIII. Revenge Fulfilled

FOREWORD
I would merely say a few words in justification of the Historical Romance, in its relation to history. Any one, with no