. St. Nicholas [serial]. In a small obscure graveyard in theheart of London stands a white marble marks his last resting-place, and records thedate of his birth and death. This little cemetery, which has for someyears been converted into something resemblinga garden, is located on City Road, London,immediately opposite the chapel built by JohnWesley. Not far from Daniel Defoes grave «9°4-] THE AUTHOR OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. 499 is the grave of John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrims Progress. A small plane-tree grows over Defoesgrave. Into the leaves of this tree projectsthe upper portion of
. St. Nicholas [serial]. In a small obscure graveyard in theheart of London stands a white marble marks his last resting-place, and records thedate of his birth and death. This little cemetery, which has for someyears been converted into something resemblinga garden, is located on City Road, London,immediately opposite the chapel built by JohnWesley. Not far from Daniel Defoes grave «9°4-] THE AUTHOR OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. 499 is the grave of John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrims Progress. A small plane-tree grows over Defoesgrave. Into the leaves of this tree projectsthe upper portion of the monument. For manyyears the grave of this celebrated author waspractically unmarked; but, a few years ago, through the efforts of a London religiousweekly paper, the children of Great Britainsent in subscriptions to a fund, which speedilygrew large enough to defray the cost of themonument to the author of their favorite book,and in course of time a suitable monument waserected over the spot where Defoes body AN AUTOGRAPH OF DANIEL DEFOE. FACSIMILIE OF A COUPLET WRITTEN ON THE BACKNATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON. IF A PROOF IN ROBINSON CRUSOES ISLAND. (TWO HUNDRED YEARS LATER.) By Francis Arnold Collins. What boy would not feel perfectly at homeon Robinson Crusoes island ? The cave hol-lowed in the rock, the garden where he grewhis wheat and tended his goats, the forests andplains of Crusoes island-domain, have been theplaygrounds in imagination of boys for genera-tions. We have all wandered with Crusoe overthe familiar paths, explored the cave, or satupon the lookout watching, with a delightfulsense of disappointment, for a sail. And the island of Juan Fernandez, where thereal Robinson Crusoe lived so long alone, looksexactly as we would expect it to appear. Theisland was visited a few months ago by a Chileanwar-ship, and a party of her officers — remem-bering Crusoe with affection, as people do theworld over — carefully explored Crusoes king-dom and took a
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