Chapter I: Preface: 7

CONTENTS 9

ILLUSTRATIONS 10

CHAPTER

I. CHILDHOOD AND APPRENTICESHIP 11

II. COMING OF AGE AND MARRIAGE 21

III. THE BLUE-STOCKINGS 26

IV. EARLY MARRIED LIFE AND EARLY WORK 37

V. WESLEY, WHITEFIELD, LAVATER, AND SWEDENBORG 46

VI. THE REBELS 81

VII. ACTION AND REACTION 102

VIII. WILLIAM HAYLEY 114

IX. THE BIG PROPHETIC BOOKS 131

X. CROMEK, SIR JOSHUA, STOTHARD, AND CHAUCER 153

XI. THE SUPREME VISION 165

XII. DECLINING YEARS AND DEATH 169

XIII. EPILOGUE 189

INDEX 195

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE BURIAL OF MOSES _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

GLAD DAY 24

LAVATER 50

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS 100

URIZEN IN CHAINS 106

LOS 108

MIRTH AND HER COMPANIONS 124

ALBION 144

THE PRAYER OF THE INFANT JESUS 166

JOB SERIES, DESIGN V 182

JOB SERIES, DESIGN XIV 184

FROM DANTE SERIES 186

WILLIAM BLAKE: THE MAN