FRIEDRICH，STRANGETOSAY，PUBLISHES（March—June，1760）
ANEDITIONOFHISPOEMS。QUESTION，\"WHOWROTEMatineesduRoidePrusse？\"——FORTHESECOND，ANDPOSITIVELYTHELASTTIME。
Inthisavalancheofimpendingdestructions，whatcanbemoresurprisingthantohearoftheEditingofPoemsonhisMajesty’spart！ActualpublicationofthatOEuvredePoesie，forwhichVoltaire，poorgentleman，sufferedsuchtribulationsevenyearsago。Nowcomingoutfromchoice:Reprintofit，notnowtotheextentoftwelvecopiesforhighlyspecialfriends，butincopiousthousands，forbehoofofmankindatlarge！ThethingcostFriedrichverylittlemeditating，andhadbecomenecessary，——andtobedonewithspeed。
ReadersrecollecttheOEUVREDEPOESIE，andsatiricalhitssaidtobeinit。AtParis，aboutNew—year’stime1760，somehelpfulHandhadcontrivedtobringout，underthepretendeddate\"Potsdam，\"acheapeditionofthatinterestingWork。[\"OEuvresduPhilosophedeSans—Souci:\"1vol。12mo，\"Potsdam[PARIS，intruth]，1760。\"]Merelyinthewayoftheft，asappearedtocursoryreaders，toD’Argens，forexample:[HisLettertotheKing，OEuvresdeFrederic，xix。138。]but，indeeperfact，forthepurposeofapprisingcertainCrownedHeads，friendlyandhostile，——CzarishMajestyandGeorgeII。ofEnglandthemaintwo，——whatthispoetizingKingwaspleasedtothinkoftheminhisprivatemoments。D’Argensdeclareshimselfgladofthistheft，soexquisitelycleveristheBook。ButFriedrichknowsbetter:\"March17th，whenaCopyofitcametohim，\"Friedrichseeswellwhatismeant，——andwhathehimselfhastodoinit。
Heinstantlysetsaboutmakingafewsuppressions，changesofphrase；sendsthethingtoD’Argens:\"Publishatonce，withalittleprefatoryword。\"And，atthetopofhisspeed，D’Argenshas，inthreeweeks’time，thesuitableAVANT—PROPOS，orAVISAU