An Essay Upon Projects

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Defoe's «Essay on Projects» was the first volume he published, and no great writer ever published a first book more characteristic in expression of his tone of thought. It is practical in the highest degree, while running over with fresh speculation that seeks everywhere the well-being of society by growth of material and moral power. There is a wonderful fertility of mind, and almost whimsical precision