Read this sudden Epitaph in doggerel; an uncommonly successful Piece of its kind; which is now his main monument with posterity.

The "Brother" (hero of Culloden), the "Sister" (Amelia, our Friedrich's first love, now growing gossipy and spiteful, poor Princess), are old friends:-- "Here lies Prince Fred, Who was alive and is dead: Had it been his Father, I had much rather; Had it been his Brother, Sooner than any other; Had it been his Sister, There's no one would have missed her; Had it been his whole generation, Best of all for the Nation: But since it's only Fred, There's no more to be said." [Walpole, i.

436.] FRIEDRIAH VISITS OST-FRIESLAND.
A thing of more importance to us, two months after that catastrophe in London, is Friedrich's first Visit to Ost-Friesland.

May 31st, having done his Berlin-Potsdam Reviews and other current affairs, Friedrich sets out on this Excursion.

With Ost-Friesland for goal, but much business by the way.