1731.] CONCLUSION. 473 means of discharging any such obligation that might be so left by him unpaid. Thus have I completed my task of re-writing the Life of one who combines in himself the remarkable qualities of being the most voluminous and versatile of English authors,Daniel Defoe. A man whose large intellect gave to the world a library of his own writings:-consisting of poetry, satire, irony, humour, and pathos; of treatises and pamphlets on peace and war, party conflicts in Church and State, and on civil and religious liberty; of trade and commerce, at home and abroad, its freedom and extension; of morals and instruction, as applicable to children, to the relations of the sexes, in courtship, and in marriage; to the duties and obligations of servants and masters, tradesmen, merchants, and gentlemen; of works on municipal and social institutions, including hospitals, colleges, asylums, and police; of romances, more intensely real and natural than those of any other author; of history, and of real and imaginary voyages and travels, including the geography, and the natural and artificial productions of every part of the globe; of books on the marvellous and supernatural, comprising, dæmons, apparitions, dreams, and magic. In every department of this vast range of literary labour, he was an able writer,-in many he excelled all who had preceded him,-and in some, is still,—and will probably ever remain,--unequalled. Throughout these ubiquitous manifestations of his genius, we have found in him, inflexibility of purpose, indomitable courage, and unwearied perseverance, combined with devoted loyalty to the constitutional government of his country, and an earnest faith in the revelation of God. From infancy he had known the Bible; and to the end of life it continued to be with him the supreme test of all human action. His conviction of a constantly watchful and overruling Providence was so strong as to verge on superstition. In an age of political and religious strife he took a prominent part; but he lived and died a true Protestant and a Catholic Christian. During half a century after his decease, his undying works became known to all nations; but the memory of their author was almost forgotten. Within the present age, Scott, Talford, Coleridge, Lamb, Whately, and many other great writers, have paid tribute to his extraordinary genius, and have eloquently expatiated on the beauties of his various works. It would too much extend this volume to quote their eulogies, or to correct in further detail the errors now first brought to light. In conclusion, I have avoided, as far as convenient, any beaten track, and have endeavoured to relate, in plain language, but as briefly as possible, the results of my own researches; availing myself of the labours of others, only when continuity of narrative required. For similar reasons I think it undesirable here, to trace downward what is known as to the direct and collateral descendants of Defoe. The only light his posterity possess, to attract the attention of the world, is that reflected from their illustrious ancestor. Even that, however, ought to insure regard, from a great country that has yet paid so little public honour to the memory of one of the noblest of her sons. INDEX ΤΟ THE LIFE OF DEFOE. INTRODUCTION, i. CATALOGUE OF DEFOE'S WORKS, xxvii. A CADEMIES of the Dissenters, 7,―Their defects, 8.—That of the Rev. C. Act of Uniformity: Dr. Annesley among the ejected Ministers, 5. Advice to all Parties, a Tract by Defoe, 108.—To the People of Great Britain, by Addison, Joseph, writes on the Alteration of the Triennial Act, 261. Addresses to K. James II., 17.-To William III., 52.-To Queen Anne, 166. Aislabie, John, Esq., defends his South Sea delinquencies, 351.-Defoe answers Andrews, Father, a curious little Oration of, translated by Defoe, 274. A New Discovery of an Old Intrigue, 25. A New Test of the Church of England's Loyalty, 61. A New Test of the Church of England's Honesty, 92. A New Test of the Sense of the Nation, 172. Anglesey, Earl of, one of the Lords Regents-his conduct, 233.-Defoe animad- Anne, Queen, wrote a good hand, and spelt correctly, 3.-Her accession, 59.- Annesley, Dr. Samuel, ejected in 1661 from St. Giles, Cripplegate, 5.-Was Apparitions, an Essay on the History and Reality of, 426. Appeal to Honour and Justice, by Defoe, 235-237.-Publisher's Note that the Applebee's Journal, 338.-Defoe connects himself with it, ib.-Termination of Archdale, John, former Governor of Carolina, 119.-Author of, A New Descrip- Asgill, John, his Argument upon Eternal life, 77.-Defoe's reply to him, ib.. Atalantis Major, 177. Atterbury, Bishop, his "English Advice to the Freeholders of England," 243.- Augusta Trumphans: or, the Way to make London the most flourishing City in Avery, Captain, the King of the Pirates, &c., 315. A Word against a New Election, &c., 172. BAKER, HENRY, his Courtship and Marriage, 439. He and Defoe com- mence the Universal Spectator, 441.-His Copy of the Paper, ib.—Defoe's Bankrupts, Remarks on the Bill to prevent Frauds by, a Tract by Defoe, 124. Bedford, Hilkiah, Author of "Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted" Belhaven, Lord, contracts a friendship with Defoe, 138.-Wrongly accused of Bolingbroke, Lord, his intrigue against Lord Oxford. Dissension between them, Boyer, Abel, abuses Defoe for a Tract he did not write, and praises what he did Brookes, Mary, Widow, Administratrix to certain effects of Defoe, 472. Bubble Year, The,-See South Sea.-Commencement of the Mania, 317.-Supply Buckley, Mr., publisher of the Daily Courant, 110.-Friendly controversy with Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, the place of Defoe's interment, 467, and his Wife's, ALEDONIA, a Poem in Honour of Scotland and the Scots Nation, 135. C History of his Life and Adventures, of Entertainment, 323.-Presented to the King, &c., ib.-The Friendly Carleton, Captain George, The Military Memoirs of, not written by Defoe, 439. Cavalier, Memoirs of a, Who he was, and Authorship, 329. Challenge of Peace to the whole Nation, 76. Charity still a Christian Virtue, &c., 312. Charter of Corporations cancelled, 15. Clark, Rev. James, Controversy between him and Defoe on Hist. of the Union, Clergy of High Church favour proceedings of James II., 15. Colepeper, Wm., Esq., one of the Kentish Petitioners, 95.-His quarrel with Sir Commerce. See Trade.-A Plan of the English C., 436. Considerations upon Corrupt Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, 48. Courtship, Religious, published by Defoe, 356. Cox, T., Mutilated abridgment of Robinson Crusoe printed for him, 295. INDEX TO THE LIFE OF DE FOE. DAILY POST, T, Commissioner of Glass Duties, 33. AILY POST, The, a Paper established by Defoe, 308. 477 Davenant, Dr. Charles, his Essays on Peace at Home and War Abroad, 78.— Defoe answers his chapter on Appeals to the People, ib. Declaration without Doors, by the Author of the True-born Englishman, 118. Defoe, Daniel. See Contents.-His change of Name, 5. Defoe, Benjamin Norton, committed to prison, 352.-Admitted to Bail, 353.- Defoe, Hannah, Endowed by her Father with an Estate, 362. De la Faye, Charles, in the Secretary of State's Office, 277.-Defoe's Letters to De Laune, Thomas. His Plea for the Non-Conformists, 125.-Republished, with Denmark, George Prince of, his Death. Defoe's Eulogy, 153. Dennis, John. The Danger of Priestcraft to Religion and Government, 62. Dialogue between a Dissenter and the Observator, 27. Director, The, a Newspaper written by Defoe, 346. Dispensing Power, claimed and exercised by James II., 15. Dissenters. Their Academies, 7.-A Congregation of them formed by Defoe at Dodsley, Robert, author of Servitude, a Poem. Assisted by Defoe, 4+9. Double Welcome, The, a Poem to the D. of Marlborough, by Defoe, 101. Drury, Robert, Journal during Captivity in Madagascar, 448. Duel between the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun, 222.-Defoe writes a strict Dunton, John.-His Athenian Oracle.-His connection with Dr. Annesley-and Dyer, in his News Letter, libels Defoe, and is answered with Defiance, 143. E DINBURGH COURANT, published by Defoe, 176. Edwin, Sir Humphrey, Lord Mayor, an Occasional Conformist, 36. Elisha, Samuel, of Shrewsbury, a friend of Defoe's, Extract from an unpublished Ellis, Sir Henry, gives currency to an erroneous story about Robinson Crusoe, 294. Enquiry into the Real Interest of Princes in the Persons of their Ambassadors, Essay on Projects, 38.-On the late Storm, 93.-At Removing National Prejudices Episcopal Clergy in Scotland, many of them Jacobites, complain of Persecution, Every Body's Business is Nobody's Business, 398. |