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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 3156170, member: 56&quot;]From an Abebooks description:</p><p>&quot;<i>First published in 1705, Daniel Defoe&#039;s convincingly matter-of-fact account of Margaret Veal&#039;s ghostly visit to an old friend went through numerous editions; it appears here as the stated eighteenth, serving (as did most later printings) as a preface to the Christian&#039;s Defence against the Fears of Death. Legend has it that Defoe&#039;s retelling of a ghost story then in circulation was meant as a boost for flagging sales of an edition of the Defence, although current scholarship is skeptical of that tale. Drelincourt&#039;s pious work sold quite well both before and after Defoe&#039;s addition, at any rate, and was often recommended as a gift for mourners.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So the ghost story is by Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe), but it&#039;s little more than an addendum to the main text.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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