ABSTRACT
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Defoe’s works received a number of notices in two leading journals, the Monthly Review and the Gentleman’s Magazine. Since ignorance concerning Defoe was still widespread, these materials often carry with them an air of ‘curious learning’, rather than scholarship or critical rigour. But they are all the more typical of the period on that account. Contributors are identified, where possible, by reference to Nangle (see Bibliography).
