48 BIOGRAPHICAL AUTHORITIES.

AUTHORITIES.

The principal authorities in reference to the life of Dr For are :—

“Daniel De Foe: His Life, and Hitherto Unknown Writings,” by William Lee, 3 vole.
1869.

“Historical and Biographical Essays,” by John Forster, vol. ii., 1858.

“Novels and Miscellaneous Works of De Foe,” 20 vols., Oxford, 1842.

“Miscellaneous Prose Works: Life of Daniel De Foe,” edited by Sir Walter Scutt,
published by Cadell, 1847.

“De Foe’s Works,” with Life by Chalmers, 1820.

“Robinson Crusoe,” with Life by Roscoe, 1831.

““Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe,” by Walter Wilson, 3 vols., 1830.

“De Foe’s Works,” with Memoir by William Hazlitt, 3 vols., 1840-43.

 

TOMB OF DE FOE IN BUNHILL FIELDS.

{Norr.—A monunent to De Foe, erected, by the voluntary subscriptions of seventeen
hundred English boys and girls, in Bunhill-fields burial-ground, was “‘ unveiled” by Mr.
Charles Reed, M.P. for Hackney, on Friday, September 16, 1870. It consists of an
Egyptian column of fine Italian marble, 17 feet high, and at the base 8 feet by 4 feet.
The sculptor is Mr. Horner, of Bournemouth. The pillar bears the following inscrip
tion:—“‘ Daniel De Foe. Born 1661, died 1731. Author of ‘ Robinson Crusoe.’ ”]