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132 other tumults, such an age does him credit. There can be no doubt that Defoe (who knew him) got many hints for "Robinson Crusoe" from him. It is sad that the comparatively colourless Selkirk should have robbed him of much credit properly his.

Latterly Mr. James Ryan has edited and printed his collected writings, together with an Autobiography never before published, from which some of these facts are quoted.