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and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Editorial Note:
Daniel Defoe's tale of Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719.Numerous—almost countless—versions were published subsequently.Several are available in Project Gutenberg's library, including the followinge-books:
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/521
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/561
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5902
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6328
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6936
https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11239
Various tales have been included in the different versions, usually under thenames of "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," "The Further Adventures of RobinsonCrusoe," and "Robinson Crusoe's Vision of the Angelic World." Even an account ofthe adventures of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned for four years on an islandin the Pacific Ocean, has been incorporated into some versions of the RobinsonCrusoe stories. All of these tales are incorporated into this e-book taken froman 1801 edition.
Transcriber's Note:
There wereseveral pages unavailable for scanning (pages: 23, 90, 134, and 224-226) from theoriginal book. Page images of the identical text were subsequentlymade available by the University of Florida BaldwinLibrary of Historical Children's Literature and have beenadded to this e-book. The page images can be seen by the reader athttp://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/UFDC.aspx?s=defoe&m=hd1J&i=53904.
I Was Wrapt Up In Contemplation And Often Lifted Up MyHands,
With The Profoundest Humility, To The Divine Powers,
For Saving My Life, When The
Rest Of My Companions Were All Drowned."
Dr. and Eng. by A. Carse; Edin.
see page 18.