Analptical Endex.

DANIEL DE FOE: A BIOGRAPHY.

CuaApTEeR I.—His EarLy YEARS.

De Foe’s parallel between his life and his
book, 9.

“Robinson Crusoe” not wholly, aor much
more than partially, an allegorical nar-
rative, 9. :

De Foe’s birth and parentage, 10.

His early years and school studies, 10.

De Foe’s freedom from bigotry instanced,
11.

He starts in business on his own account, 11.

The politics of the time, 12.

De Foe joins the standard of the Duke of
Monmouth, 12.

Defoe versus De Foe, 13.

Under William of Orange, 13.

The memorable 4th of November, 14.

 

CHAPTER II,—A Lire oF STRUGGLE.

At Tooting, 15.

De Foe in commercial difficulties, 15.

An angry ereditor, 15.

De Foe’s “ Essay on Projects,” 16.

Commissioner of the Glass Duty, and Brick-
maker, 16.

“The True-born Englishman,” 17.

In favour with King William, 18.

De Foe loses his patron, 19.

“The Mock Mourners,” and the ‘‘Shortest
Way with Dissenters,” 19, 20.

De Foe in the pillory, 20.

His “ Hymn to the Pillory,” 21.

{n Newgate, 21.

An Ishmael in politics, 21.

De Foe’s celebrated ‘‘ Review,” 22.

Released from prison, 23.

Continued literary activity, 23.

De Foe’s power as a realist instanced, 23.

The “‘ Apparition of Mrs. Veal,” 24.

Visit to Scotland, 25.

De Foe and Harley, 25.

Mr. Forster’s estimate of De Foe’s character
as a man, 26.

 

CHAPTER III.—Ds For as A WRITER
OF FICTION.

“The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ”—
its supposed origin in Alexander Selkirk’s
narrative, 29.

Invention the leading characteristic of the
work, 30.

Criticism on De Foe’s writings by Sir Walter
Scott, 31-33.

By Rousseau, 34. ; :

By a writer in the Cornhill Magazine, 34-88.

By W. Caldwell Roscoe, 36, 37.

By Professor Masson, 37.

By John Forster, 38.

De Foe as a preface writer, 38.

The sequel to “ Robinson Crusoe,” 40.

Its inferiority to its predecessor, 40.

The ‘‘ Memoirs of a Cavalier,” 41.

Its fulness of fire and spirit, 41.

De Foe’s secondary novels, 42.

Characterized by Charles Lamb, 43.

 

CuapTer IV.—Last YEARS AND DEATH.

De Foe’s later pamphlets, 44.

His good fame impugned, 44.

De Foe’s own account of his transactions
with the Tories, 44.

Mr. Lee’s defence of De Foe quoted, 45.

His later works, 46.

A successful career, 46.

Last years and death, 47.

Biographical authorities, 48.