CONTENTS                                              ix
The wholesomeness of solitude   .       .      ,       .       .       ,               115
The follies of fashion........115,116
" Thee " and " thou "........      116, 117
The use of "you" in place of "thou," says Penn, is undemocratic    ............118
Memorable scene in the Lord Mayor's court; futile attempt to
browbeat a jury........118-120
The recorder declares that England will never prosper until it has
a Spanish Inquisition.........120
Penn's marriage, and charming home in Sussex . . . 120, 121 He goes on a missionary tour in Holland and Germany.       .       .121
Elizabeth, the Princess Palatine.......122
Anna Maria, Countess of Homes   .       .       .       .       .       .       .122
Penn preaches to the servants in the palace        .       ,       .       .122 At the inn he meets a young merchant of Bremen ,       ,       .       .123 Penn tells the ladies of his conversion         .       .       .       .       .124
At which a Frenchwoman of quality is deeply moved     ,       .       .124 A meeting on Sunday at the palace; emotion of the princess     .     125 Penn takes leave, and goes to preach in Frankfort and neighbouring towns..........      125, 126
At Duysburg he gets a gruff greeting from Count von Falken-
stein............126
At Leeuwarden he has a talk with " an ancient maid," Anna Maria
Schurmann...........127
He rebukes some fellow-travellers......128
Historic significance of the journey.......129
How Penn became interested in West Jersey .... 129 The founding of Salem on the Delaware . . . . .129 Beginnings of a Quaker colony in West Jersey  .       .       .       .130
Peremptory demeanour of Andros......130,131
Founding of Burlington       ........     131
Thomas Hooton's letter to his wife ....... 131
Penn's idea of a democratic constitution.....132
High tariffs and " spoils of office " have introduced new phases of tyranny unforeseen by Penn     .......     132
Andros claims West Jersey for the Duke of York .       .       .       .133
Penn's ingenious though defective argument . . . 133, 134 Final release of the Jerseys     ........ 135
Penn's claim against the crown.......135
How he conceived the "holy experiment"                                        . 136
Boundaries of Penn's province; seeds of contention .       .      136,137
Name of the new commonwealth.......138
The charter of Pennsylvania compared with that of Maryland 138, 139 Significance of the contrast     .       .       •       .       .       .       .       • 139