WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY BY DANIEL DEFOE

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1 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY Volume 1: A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, vol. I, ed. John McVeagh Volume 2: A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, vol. II, ed. John McVeagh Volume 3: A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, vol. III, ed. John McVeagh Volume 4: A General History of Discoveries and Improvements and An Essay upon Literature, ed. E N. Furbank Volume 5: Due Preparations for the Plague and Mere Nature Delineated, ed. Andrew Wear Volume 6: Memoirs oftbe Church of Scotland, ed. N. H. Keeble Volume 7: A History of the Union of Great Britain, part I, ed. D. W Hayton Volume 8: A History of the Union of Great Britain, part II, ed. D. W Hayton Defoe, Daniel Writings on travel, discovery and history by Daniel Defoe digitalisiert durch: IDS Basel Bern

2 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and P. N. Furbank Volume 1: A TOUR THRO' THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN, VOLUME I Edited by John McVeagh

3 CONTENTS List of illustrations vi General editors' preface 1 Chronology 5 Acknowledgements 14 Introduction 15 A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, volume I (1724) Preface 47 [Letter I] 51 Appendix 133 Letter II 135 Letter III 207 Appendix to Letter III 273 Addenda 278 Index to Volume I 279 Explanatory notes 293 Textual notes 335

4 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W. R. Owens and P. N. Furbank Volume 2: A TOUR THRO' THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN, VOLUME II Edited by John McVeagh

5 CONTENTS List of illustrations vi A Tour thro' tbe Whole Island of Great Britain, volume II (1725) Preface 3 Letter I 9 Letter II 65 Letter III 125 Letter IV 187 Appendix 231 Index to Volume II 249 Explanatory notes 265 Textual notes 303

6 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and R N. Furbank Volume 3: A TOUR THRO' THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN, VOLUME III Edited by John McVeagh

7 CONTENTS List of illustrations vi A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, volume III (1726) Preface 3 Introduction 9 Letter I 13 Letter II 93 Letter III 123 Introduction to the Account and Description of Scotland 147 Letter IV 151 Letter V 181 Letter VI 225 An Index of the Principal Matters in the First Part of the Third Volume, Relating to England Only 289 An Index of the Second Part of the Third Volume, and of the Part Relating to Scotland Only 296 Explanatory notes 305 Textual notes 341 Index 343

8 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and E N. Furbank Volume 4: A GENERAL HISTORY OF DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS (1725-6) and AN ESSAY UPON LITERATURE (1726) Edited by P. N. Furbank

9 CONTENTS Introduction 1 A General History of Discoveries and Improvements (1725-6) 17 An Essay Upon Literature (1726) 227 Explanatory notes 309 Textual notes 335 Index 337

10 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and P. N. Furbank Volume 5: DUE PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLAGUE (1722) and MERE NATURE DELINEATED (1726) Edited by Andrew Wear

11 CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction * Due Preparations for the Plague (1722) 27 Mere Nature Delineated (1726) 151 Explanatory notes 233 Textual notes 255 Index 257 vl

12 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and E N. Furbank Volume 6: MEMOIRS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Edited by N. H. Keeble

13 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 Memoirs ofthe Church of Scotland, in Four Periods Preface 21 Part I. Ofthe Church in her Infant State 23 Part II. Ofthe Church in her Growing State 67 Part III. Of the Church in her Persecuted State 161 Part IV. Ofthe Church in her Present State 255 Appendix. Of the State of the Church since the Union 277 Explanatory notes 283 lexrual notes 351 Index 353

14 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and R N. Furbank Volume 7: THE HISTORY OF THE UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN, PARTI Edited by D. W Hayton

15 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 List of the Union Commissioners for England and Scotland 31 The History ofthe Union of Great Britain (1709), part I Dedication, To the Queen 37 Dedication, To the Duke of Queensbeny 43 Preface 47 A General History of Unions in Britain 81 Of Affairs in Both Kingdoms, Introductory of a Treaty of Union 112 Of the Last Treaty, Properly Called the Union 143 Of the Carrying on of the Treaty in Scotland 255 Appendix: The Union Commissions 337 Explanatory notes 343 Textual notes 388

16 WRITINGS ON TRAVEL, DISCOVERY AND HISTORY General Editors: W R. Owens and P. N. Furbank Volume 8: THE HISTORY OF THE UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN, PART II Edited by D. W Hayton

17 CONTENTS The History oftbe Union of Great Britain, part 11 (1709) An Abstract of the Proceedings on the Treaty of Union within the Parliament of Scotland 1 Appendix, Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union 237 Explanatory notes 277 Textual notes 317 Index 323