The Island of Content; or, A New Paradise Discovered. In a Letter from Dr. Merryman of the same Country, to Dr. Dullman of Great Britain

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Title	The Island of Content; or, A New Paradise Discovered. In a Letter from Dr. Merryman of the same Country, to Dr. Dullman of Great Britain
Year for Search	1709
Authors	Author of the Pleasures of a single Life, [pseud.]
Tertiary Authors	Merryman, Dr. [pseud.]
Pagination	32 pp.
Date Published	1709
Publisher	Ptd. by J. Baker
Place Published	London
Annotation	Eutopia with significant elements of satire. Good climate, plenty without labor. Spiders produce the material used for clothing. Women are free to choose their partners from age fifteen and are simply accepted or not by the man. No law and one judge with complete authority who is blindfolded in court. No religious conflicts. Monarchy.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. in Utopias of the British Enlightenment. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 1-25.
Info Notes	Attributed variously to Henry Playford and Nathaniel Ward. Both are doubtful at best.
Pseudonym	The Author of the Pleasures of a single Life [pseud.]
Holding Institutions	L
Full Text	1709 The Author of the Pleasures of a single Life [pseud.]. The Island of Content; or, A New Paradise Discovered. In a Letter from Dr. Merryman [pseud.] of the same Country, to Dr. Dullman of Great Britain. London: Ptd. by J. Baker. 32 pp. Rpt. in Utopias of the British Enlightenment. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 1-25. Attributed variously to Henry Playford and Nathaniel Ward. Both are doubtful at best. L Eutopia with significant elements of satire. Good climate, plenty without labor. Spiders produce the material used for clothing. Women are free to choose their partners from age fifteen and are simply accepted or not by the man. No law and one judge with complete authority who is blindfolded in court. No religious conflicts. Monarchy.