CONTENTS.

PAGE CHAPTER I. DEFOE'S YOUTH AND EARLY PURSUITS 1
CHAPTER II. KING WILLIAM'S ADJUTANT 13
CHAPTER III. A MARTYR TO DISSENT? 30
CHAPTER IV. THE REVIEW OF THE AFFAIRS OF FRANCE 51
CHAPTER V. THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE AND UNION 62
CHAPTER VI. DR. SACHEVERELL, AND THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT 73

CHAPTER VII. DIFFICULTIES IN RE-CHANGING SIDES 103

CHAPTER VIII. LATER JOURNALISTIC LABOURS 115
CHAPTER IX. THE PLACE OF DEFOE'S FICTIONS IN HIS LIFE 130
CHAPTER X. HIS MYSTERIOUS END 155