The hermit, or, The Unparalled sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman
Subtitle: who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South-sea; where he has lived aboveifty years, without any human assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 12252.
Publisher: Printed by J. Cluer and A. Campbell, for T. Warner and B. Creake
Published: 1727
Place of publication: Westminster
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Voyages, Imaginary
Other titles: Philip Quarll; Unparalled sufferings and suprising advertures of Mr. Philip Quarll; English hermit
Notes: 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.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc. 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature, LEL 12252)

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Table of contents: title: 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.; title: 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.; title: III. How he was pardoned by King Charels II. turned merchant, and was ship-wracked on this desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious map of the island, and other cuts.