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Author

Longueville, Peter, active 1727.

Title The hermit, or, The Unparalled sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman [microform] : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South-sea; where he has lived above fifty years, without any human assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away.

Imprint

Westminster : Printed by J. Cluer and A. Campbell, for T. Warner and B. Creake, 1727.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 12252	---	Available

Description	[iii]-xi, [3], 264, [2] p. : map, plate.
Series	Library of English literature ; LEL 12252
Note	Page numbers 206 and 207 reversed.
	Caption and running title: The English hermit. Also published as The English hermit.
	Preface signed: P.L. An issue of the 1727 edition in the British Museum has the initials P.L. in the title and a dedication, in which the writer claims the authorship of the work, signed Peter Longueville. In the preface (signed P.L.) he denounces the bookseller for having substituted Edward Dorrington's name for his own. For a discussion of the authorship cf. A. Esdaile's "Author and publisher in 1727; The English hermit", in the Library, 4th series, v. 2, p. [185]-192.
	Books 1 and 3 signed: "Edward Dorrington." In the preface (signed P.L.) the 'editor' states that book 1 was written by Dorrington and books 2 and 3 are transcriptions from Quarll's parchment rolls.
Contents	I. His conferences with those who found him out, to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life; as, that he was born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put 'prentice to a lock-smith. -- II. How he left his master, and was taken up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; how after this escape, he went to sea a cabbin-boy, married a famous whore, lifted himself a common soldier, turned singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old-Bailey. -- III. How he was pardoned by King Charels II. turned merchant, and was ship-wrecked on this desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious map of the island, and other cuts.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc. 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature, LEL 12252)
Note	s 1976 ilu n
Subject	Voyages, Imaginary.
Added Title	Philip Quarll [microform]
	The unparalled sufferings and surprising advertures of Mr. Philip Quarll [microform]
	The English hermit [microform]