E. PAXTON HOOD.

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.

CHAPTER I.
Birth and Childhood of Isaac Watts.