There have been countless editions of "Robinson Crusoe," and they
have mostly been imperfect, inasmuch as they have been so largely
altered from the original text that the language in many instances
has not been that of Defoe but of his revisers. The present volume
has been carefully printed from the original edition, and all
obsolete or little known terms and obscure phrases are explained in
brief foot-notes. The "Editing" is not a corruption or pretended
improvement of Defoe's great work.
"The best edition I have come across for years. If you know a boy
who has not a 'Robinson Crusoe,' just glance at any one of the
hundred illustrations in this edition and you will go no further
afield in search of a present for that fortunate
youth."--_Truth._
"Of the many editions of Defoe's immortal story that have passed
through our hands in recent years, we are inclined to rank this the
most desirable as a present for a good boy. Gordon Browne's
illustrations satisfy the high expectation we had formed from his
work of last year."--_The Academy._
"One may be pardoned for growing enthusiastic over the ideal
edition which Messrs. Blackie have published this season. Well
printed, handsomely bound, and beautifully illustrated, the volume
may well become the standard edition of Defoe's evergreen
work."--_Edinburgh Courant._