I congratulate your Royal Highness on your Journey to Bavaria [on a somewhat similar errand, we may politely say]; where you will find yourself in the bosom of a Family that adores you:" after which, and the sight of old scenes, how pleasant to go on to Italy, as you propose! [_OEuvres de Frederic,_ xxiv.

230, 235.

"24th December 1771," "February, 1772." See also, _"Eptire a la Reine Douairiere de Suede"_ (Poem on the Troubles she has had: _OEuvres de Frederic,_ xiii.

74, "written in December, 1770"), and _"Vers a la Reine de Suede,"_ "January, 1771" (ib.

79).] Queen Ulrique--a solid and ingenuous character (in childhood a favorite of her Father's, so rational, truthful and of silent staid ways)--appears to have been popular in the Berlin circles; pleasant and pleased, during these eight months.