"The story of Defoe's adventurous life may be followed with keen interest in Mr. Minto's attractive book."--_Academy._ * * * * * TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: The poems WILLOW TREE No. I and WILLOW TREE No. II were side by side in the original. There are variant spellings of the following name: Jeames Yellowplush Mr. C. James Yellowplush Spellings were left as in the original. The following changes were made to the text: page 5--Thackeray's version was 'Cabbages, bright green cabbages,'{added missing ending quotation mark} and we thought it very witty. page 78--Then there are "Jeames on Time Bargings," "Jeames on the Gauge{original had Guage} Question," "Mr. Jeames again." page 131--"I knew you would come back," she said; "and to-day, Harry{original has Henry}, in the anthem when they sang page 143--The wife won't{original has wo'n't} come. page 143--On his way he{original has be} shoots a raven marvellously page 158--As Thackeray explains clearly what he means by a humorist, I may as well here repeat the passage:{punctuation missing in original} "If humour only meant laughter page 166--I will then let my reader go to the volume and study the lectures for himself.{no punctuation in original} "The poor fellow was never page 212--[Ready.{original is missing period--this occurred in the line referencing DEFOE and the line referencing THACKERAY} The following words used an "oe" ligature in the original: Boeuf chef-d'oevre Coeur manoeuvres