ROBLIN 



Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of 

 York, Mariner ; who lived Eight- 

 and-Twenty Years all alone in an 

 Uninhabited Island on the coast 

 of America, near the mouth of the 

 great River of Orinoco : Having 

 been cast on Shore by Shipwreck 

 wherein all the Men perished but 

 himself : With an account how he 

 was at last as strangely delivered 

 by Pirates. Written by himself. 

 The second part was published 

 four months later. Th^ story 

 achieved instant popularity, and 

 the first part has taken its place as 

 a classic among adventure stories. 

 It is supposed to have been found- 

 ed on the experiences of Alexander 

 Selkirk (q.v.), who had lived alone 

 on the island of Juan Fernandez for 

 four years and returned to England 

 in 1711. See Defoe. 



Roblin, SIE RODMOND PALEN 

 (b. 1853). Canadian politician. 

 Born at Sophiasburgh, Ontario, 

 Feb. 15, 1853, 

 he was edu- 

 c a t e d at 

 Belleville. He 

 became a 

 farmer at Car- 

 man, in Mani- 

 toba, and later 

 a dealer in 

 grain in Win- 

 nipeg. In 1888 

 he entered 

 the legislative 

 assembly of Manitoba, and in 1900 

 became premier and minister of 

 agriculture, offices he retained 

 until 1913. In 1912 he was 

 knighted. 



Rob Roy (Gael., red Robert). 

 Popular name for Robert Mac- 

 Gregor (1671-1734), Highland rob- 

 ber. Son of a ^M^H^MQMBHU 

 freebooter, he 

 was brought 

 up at Balqu- 

 h i d d e r and 

 early made a 

 name for him- 

 self by his 

 daring exploits 

 and cattle- 

 stealing raids. 

 To avoid the 

 penal Acts revived in 1693 against 

 the MacGregor clan, he assumed the 

 name of Campbell. In the rising 

 of 1715 Rob Roy played no import- 

 ant part, but after the battle of 

 Sheriffmuir he made various raids 

 on the S. and W. and became a 

 scourge to the country until cap- 

 tured. He soon escaped and passed 

 the succeeding years as a fugitive 

 until his pardon in 1727, after which 

 he settled in Balquhidder, where he 

 died Dec. 28, 1734. See Historical 

 Memoirs of Rob Roy, K. Macleay, 

 new ed. 1881 ; Story of Rob Roy, 

 A, H. Millar, 1883. 



Sir R. P. Roblin, 

 Canadian politician 



Rob Roy, 



Scottish freebooter 



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Rob Roy. Sixth 



of the Waverley i 

 novels, published [ 

 Dec., 1817. Its 

 hero is the famous 

 robber chief of 

 the MacGregors, 

 who is represent- 

 ed as a Jacobite, 

 involved in the 

 1715 rebellion, 



valuable aid to Ro " ) Roy- Birtn P laoe ol the Highland robber at Balquhidder 



Frank Osbaldistone, who tells the 

 story. The Highland adventures 

 stand out prominently, while the 

 characters of Di Vernon, Bailie Nicol 



Rob Roy. Diagram illustrating construction of the canoe 

 in which John Macgregor made his famous journeys 



Jarvie, and the Osbaldistone family 

 are notable. The novel, first drama- 

 tised in 1818, has formed the 

 basis of several plays and operas. 



Rob Roy. Type of canoe first 

 built by John Macgregor, known 

 as Rob Roy, and used by him on his 

 journeys. Their 

 length varies 

 from 12 to 15 ft. 

 and the depth 

 from 10 to 16 ins. 

 Sails are also pro- 

 vided. Such canoes 

 weigh about 70 lb., 

 light enough to be 

 carried. A paddle 

 about 7 ft. long is 

 used. See Canoe; 

 Macgregor, John. 



Robs art, AMY 

 (c. 1532-60). The 

 daughter of Sir 

 John Robsart of 

 Siderstern, N o r- 

 folk, she married 

 Robert Dudley, 

 afterwards earl of 

 Leicester (q.v.), at 

 Sheen, June 4, 

 1550. The mar- 

 riage was childless, 

 and Dudley 

 appears to have 

 neglected her, 

 though they re- 

 mained outwardly 

 on good terms. In 

 1560 Amy went to 

 C u m n o r Place, 

 Berkshire, near 

 Oxford, a house 

 belonging to her 

 husband, and on 



Sept. 8 was found at the foot of the 

 stairs with her neck broken. The 

 coroner's jury assigned her death 

 to mischance, but suspicion at 

 once fell on Dudley. 



Robsart, AMY. Heroine of 

 Scott's novel Kenilworth. Be- 

 trothed to Edmund Tressilian, she 

 is secretly married to the earl of 

 Leicester, who keeps her prisoner 

 at Cumnor Place, whence, to 

 escape from the 

 unwelcome atten- 

 tions of Richard 

 Varney, she flees 

 to K e n i 1 wo r t h 

 Castle, where 



Varney poses before the queen as 

 her husband. Amy's letter of ex- 

 planation to Leicester is delayed, 

 and she falls through a trap-door at 

 Cumnor as she is hastening, misled 

 by Varney's imitation of the earl's 

 whistle, to meet her husband. 



Amy Robsart meets her death through the treachery of 

 Varney. From the picture by W. F. Yeames, R.A. 



