Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-31

The iconoclasts have robbed Ne of VIM
Tell and reduced Pochhouihs 10 q psuan1o
savage, and now II " pleasant Ia Give then o
Rowland for their Oliver by cz,abll.hlnG -
real existence Of hero 81 fiction herescfsuD
regarded as . myth. The story of Rebiaaso
Crusoe made its appearance In INA. fAs
rare simplicity Of the style, the naiusainsa
Of the Incidents, tho interest saslainsA
throughout and tho excellent lessons tnculss1.
ed, gave Il instant popularity. which h Aas
always retained; and to-day. after ths lapss
Of $50 yoars, no similar production pcssss-
ses such charms for the youihfal reaass. De-
foe was fierce partisan In the struggle II
thirty years duration. which gave coastisa.
tional liberty TO England. aud this. toseshcr
with his great litenry success, aroused the
enmity and envy which pursued him relsus.
lessly through life. The charge that h. had
stolen his materials from the narrative of
Alexander Selkirk proceeded from his ens.
mics, but was totally unfounded selhirh
voluntarily went ashore on the island was fre.
quented BY ships, and the duratioa cf his
exile was matter of his own choice. TIE
incidents Of his sio-y bear no particular ~.
semblance TO those Of Crusoe's life. Peter
Serrano, who was xhipwreched cn an island
in the Caribbean Sea in the sixteenth een,a.
ry, and whose story Is related In 0oscilssos
History Of Peru" publiahed In London
about the year 100, probably gave Defos The
foundation Of his romance.
Defoe aimed. abov. all elae, at probability
and the story does no, contain any ineossiss.
ency nor nm impossible incident. The title
has been taken for granted As the insenilnn
of the greatest novelist. bu, this ia ,ncsrvect
article that Defoe first met With the name
Robinson Crusoe on q tombstone In grave.
yard at Lynn Regis. an important English
seaport. The rarity of the name. aud psssi-
bly, the fact that its owner hal been . s4ilss.
commended il for his purpose The crascs
family is an old one In Lynn, and thsFs is
TO other family Of the name known than the
one which halls from that ,ocaiity Curious.
" enough, they have usually been .esfsrsas
people. During the war bs,wesa France aud
Great Britain, in the early part Of the pres.
ent century, John Cri-oo. ~ Lynn Regis.
was in the navy and participated in The slesi.
,as action Of Tnfalgar In isis be smi.
grated TO America and settled NJ Fayetteville,
N. G., where he resided Cor many years. A
diary Of his voyages. in his own hasdwvit.
irg is in our possession, and gives evidsses
{ scholarship and mind Of more 'haa ~.
binary calibre. In isas Captain crasoe re-
visited Europe, and his diary i- hlicd with
inter- sting incidents of his journey, some et
w.,ioh We reserve for future publication. uss
grandchildren are nov and have been fos
some years highly esteemed residents II ess
town. and one Of them bears the name ~
Robinson Du Brutx Cnsoe. from ihls Gen.
,leman we learn that Robinson has always
been family name with his p.oI'is, ssd this
IS confirmed by the diary of Captain csses,
who speaks Of nephew named Rohlnssa,
whom he saw on visit To Lynn Regis 10
1855. These facts we believe 10 he perfectly
authentic and reliable. The ansiausrians sss
welcome TO give them full invesslgssiaH.
Meanwhile Versailles may lei the eussssAo
world bubble witl. centennial enthusiasm saA
political excitement. content in the pc~<es
sr 81 genuine Crisos. - WsstfsTd -
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