258 CRUSOE'S ISLAND. 



THE NAME OF CKUSOE. 



"... It was stated some time since, in a magazine, 

 that Defoe first met with the name ' Robinson Crusoe ' on 

 a tombstone in a graveyard, at Lynn Regis. . . . During 

 the war between France and Great Britain, in the early 

 part of the present century, John Crusoe, of Lynn Regis, 

 was in the navy, and participated in the glorious action of 

 Trafalgar. In 1815 he emigrated to Fayetteville, N. C, 

 where he resided many years. A diary of his voyages in 

 his own handwriting is in existence, and gives evidence of 

 scholarship and a mind of more than ordinary caliber. 

 In 1835 he visited Europe, and his diary is filled with in- 

 teresting evidences of his journey. His grandchildren are 

 now, and have been for some years, highly esteemed resi- 

 dents of Versailles (?), United States, and one of them bears 

 the name of Robinson Du Bretz Crusoe. From this gen- 

 tleman we learn that Robinson has always been a family 

 name with his people, and this is confirmed by the diary 

 of Captain Crusoe, who speaks of a nephew named Robin- 

 son, whom he saw on a visit to Lynn Regis in 1835." — 

 From Bow Bells, London, October, 1877. Evidently copied. 



IN DEFENSE OF SELKIRK. 



PERHAPS APOCRYPHAL. 



*' What I am to tell you about Robinson Crusoe I had 

 from my father, who had it from his father, who saw it 

 himself ; and what is more, you will find it confirmed in 

 the official logbook of the voyage ; for, after I heard the 

 yarn told in the family circle, I took the trouble to see if 

 it conformed with the account given by the voyagers to 

 the Government. 



*' My grandfather shipped for a privateering voyage to 

 the South Seas, in 1703. The vessel was the Cinque Ports, 



