ABSTRACT
In 1869 William Lee, Superintending Inspector in the Board of Health, brought out Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings. The second and third volumes of this work contain extensive tracts of Defoe’s journalism, hitherto unknown to his readers. The first volume is a life, the fullest and most accurate up to this date. Lee was not a literary critic of any great distinction, but he expresses articulately the contemporary view of Defoe, current among admirers less choosy and analytic than Leslie Stephen.
