The thirteenth volume of the Centenary Edition of Carlyle's collected works, first published in 1896.

Book V. Double-Marriage Project, and What Element it Fell into, 1723-1726: 1. Double-marriage in decided on; 2. A Kaiser hunting shadows; 3. The seven crises or European travail-throes; 4. Double-marriage treaty cannot be signed; 5. Crown-Prince goes into the Potsdam Guards; 6. Ordnance-Master Seckendorf crosses the Palace-Esplanade; 7. Tobacco-Parliament; 8. Seckendorf's retort to Her Majesty; Book VI. Double-Marriage Project, and Crown-Prince, Going Adrift under the Storm-Winds, 1727-1730: 1. Fifth crisis in the Kaiser's spectre-hunt; 2. Death of George I; 3. Visit to Dresden; 4. Double-marriage project is not dead; 5. Congress of Soissons, sixth crisis in the spectre-hunt; 6. Imminency of war or duel between the Britannic and Prussian Majesties; 7. A marriage; not the double-marriage: Crown-Prince deep in trouble; 8. Crown-Prince getting beyond his depth in trouble; 9. Double-marriage shall be or shall not be; Book VII. Fearful Shipwreck of the Double-Marriage Project, February-November 1730: 1. England sends the Excellency Hotham to Berlin; 2. Language of birds: Excellency Hotham proves unavailing; 3. Camp of Radewitz; 4. Excellency Hotham quits Berlin in haste; 5. Journey to the Reich; 6. Journey homewards from the Reich; catastrophe on journey homewards; 7. Catastrophe, and Majesty, arrive in Berlin; 8. Sequel to Crown-Prince and friends; 9. Court-martial on Crown-Prince and consorts; Book VIII. Crown-Prince Retrieved: Life at Custrin November 1730-February 1732: 1. Chaplain Muller waits on the Crown-Prince; 2. Crown-Prince to repent and not perish; 3. Wilhelmina is to wed the Prince of Baireuth; 4. Criminal justice in Preussen and elsewhere; 5. Interview of Majesty and Crown-Prince at Custrin; 6. Wilhelmina's wedding.