This Is A New Release Of The Original 1904 Edition.

"[...] BERLIN AND SANS-SOUCI OR, FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FRIENDS. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. THE ALCHEMIST'S INCANTATION. It was a lovely May morning! The early rays of the sun had not withered the blossoms, or paled the fresh green of the garden of Charlottenburg, but quickened them into new life and beauty. The birds sang merrily in the groves. The wind, with light whispers, swept through the long avenues of laurel and orange trees, which surrounded the superb greenhouses and conservatories, and scattered far[...]".