The Travels and Adventures of James Massey

Popular French novel in English translation. First published in 1714. According to Wikipedia: "Simon Tyssot de Patot (1655 – 1738) was a French writer who penned two very important, seminal works in fantastic literature. Tyssot was born in England of French Huguenot parents. He was brought up in Normandy, moved to Delft, and spent most of his adult life in Deventer, in the Netherlands, where he taught French and was professor of mathematics at the city's Athenaeum (or l'École) Illustre. He had probably met John Locke in the 1680s and almost certainly knew the Irish deist John Toland, who lived at The Hague in 1708-10. His life proceeded relatively uneventfully until 1727, when at the age of 72 the publication of his "Lettres choisies" caused a scandal in which he was accused of irreligious and immoral views. Attempts to clear his name failed, he was dismissed from his post as professor of mathematics and left Deventer. He died in 1738.”