Contents.

CHAP. PAGE
I. Birth and Childhood of Isaac Watts 1
II. In the Academy at Stoke Newington 15
III. In the Hartopp Family 32
IV. Pastor of a London Church 40
V. First Publication as a Sacred Poet 57
VI. Residence in the Abney Family 75
VII. Hymns 84
VIII. A Circle of Friends 136
IX. The Countess of Hertford and Mrs. Rowe 172
X. Shimei Bradbury 189
XI. His Times 205
XII. Return to Stoke Newington 218
XIII. The World to Come 226
XIV. The Man 246
XV. Death and Burial 258
XVI. Summary and Estimate of Prose Writings 274

ST. MICHAEL’S GAOL, IN WHICH WATTS’ FATHER WAS CONFINED.