EVERYMANS LIBRARYEDITED BY ERNEST RHYSBIOGRAPHYVOLTAIRES HISTORYOF CHARLES TWELFTHINTRODUCTORY NOTE BYRT. HON.JOHN BURNS,M.P.THEPUBLISHERS OFLIBIfyFRr WILLBEPLEASEDTOSENDFREELY TO ALL APPLICANTS A LISTOF THE PUBLISHEDAND PROJECTEDVOLUMESTO BE COMPRISED UNDERTHEFOLLOWINGTHIRTEENHEADINGS:TRAVEL^SCIENCE^FICTIONTHEOLOGY& PHILOSOPHYHISTORY^CLASSICALFOR YOUNGPEOPLEESSAYS^ORATORYPOETRY& DRAMABIOGRAPHYREFERENCEROMANCEIN FOUR STYLESOF BINDING:CLOTH,FLATBACK,COLOUREDTOP;LEATHER,ROUNDCORNERS,GILTTOP;LIBRARYBINDINGINCLOTH,&QUARTERPIGSKINLONDON:J.M. DENT&SONS,LTD.NEWYORK:E. P. DUTTON& CO.VOLTAIRE SHISTORYofCHARLESXIIKINGSWEDENTranslated6yWINIFRED-tsgovernmentbya Regencyduring CharlesXII sah-sence,206; loses all herforeignpossessions,295,298 ;scarcityofmalepopulationin,298 ; peopleheavily taxed,313; theirreadi-nesstohelptheking,ib.Swedes, theirstature andendurance, 4; fate ofthose takenprisoners atPultawa,178, 179;soldasslaves atConstantinople194.;their love ofwarand oftheirking,207 ; theirinveteratehatredoftheDanes,208;thousandsmadeslaves,298TARTARS,descriptionof,213;theirextremehospitality,213, 214;receive nopayinwarbut theirbooty,214Tartary.SeeKanThorn,KingofPoland,retiresto,85 ;siege of, by CharlesXII,89Turkishtroops,descriptionof,214215Turks,embassy from,toCharlesXII,148 ; presenttheking withonehundred Swedishsoldierswhohad beenredeemedbytheGrandMaster,148347UlricaEleanora,Princess,sisterofCharlesXII,asked to taketheRegencyinSweden, 285;refusesto makepeace withDenmarkandresigns, ib.; sendsaccount ofaffairs to herbrother,26.UtedTT^aken from the Swede*bythePrussians,303VALIDA,Sultana,favoursSwedishcause,2iiVillelongue, Monsieurde,hisboldactiononbehalf ofCharlesXII,274 ;presentspetition to theSultanatthe riskofhislife, 275,276; hasinterviewwithSultan,W.;isreleased,277;takenprisoner atsiegeofStralsund,309WARSAW, Charles XIIappearsbefore,79; battlenear,81; Augustus enters it as avictorioussovereign, 102; coronation ofStanislasin,109 ; entered intriumphbyAugustus, 123Winter of1709, memorable,163 ;CharlesXII loses2,000menononemarch,ib.Wirtemberg,Prince,takenprisoneratPultawa, 173,its need ofaprotectorinoneofthesurroundingStates,156 ; seeksprotection fromPoland, ib.;fromRussia, 156.157if aprotectorZAPOKAVIANS,descriptionof,166ndmgStates,Zobpr,Count,Emperors chamber-wtinn ft.J,^},{.quarre( wj thSwedishambassador and itsresults, 138-140LETCHWORTHTHE TEMPLE PRESSPRINTERSPLEASEDONOTREMOVECARDS ORSLIPS FROMTHIS POCKETUNIVERSITY OFTORONTOLIBRARY