PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II. THE MATHERS IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER III. PURITAN EMIGRANTS
CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND . β T H E BIRTH OF INCREASE MATHER
CHAPTER V. BOYHOOD
CHAPTER VI. HARVARD COLLEGE. THE CHOICE OF A LIFE WORK
CHAPTER VII. EXPERIMENTAL YEARS ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND GUERNSEY
CHAPTER VIII. BEGINNINGS IN BOSTON
CHAPTER IX. THE TEACHER OF THE SECOND CHURCH
CHAPTER Ξ§. PUBLIC LIFE
CHAPTER XI. LITERARY LEADER AND SPOKESMAN OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER XII. βILLUSTRIOUS PROVIDENCES,β AND THE FLIGHT TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XIII. THE COURT OF JAMES THE SECOND
CHAPTER XIV. THE NEGOTIATION WITH WILLIAM III
CHAPTER XV. THE NEW CHARTER
CHAPTER XVI. THE BOSTONIAN IN LONDON
CHAPTER XVII. βDOLEFULL WITCHCRAFTβ
CHAPTER XVIII. DEFENDING HIS FAITH
CHAPTER XIX. THE FIRST DEFEAT
CHAPTER XX. OLD AGE AND THE NEW CENTURY
CHAPTER XXI. INCREASE MATHER
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. MATHER'S AGENCY AND THE PLYMOUTH COLONY
APPENDIX Π. THE RETURN OF SEVERAL MINISTERS CONSULTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, AND THE HONOURABLE COUNCIL, UPON THE PRESENT WITCHCRAFTS IN SALEM VILLAGE
APPENDIX Π‘. LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO
APPENDIX D. CHECK LIST OF MATHER'S WRITINGS
INDEX