daughter, died in peace, and was buried at Hornsey. The curious reader
finds, however, no further mention of Belinda and her friend. Evidently
Applebee's hack simply stole as much copy as he needed from an almost
forgotten book, trusting to receive his money before the fraud was
discovered. The volumes of Eliza Haywood were indeed a mine of emotional
scenes, and those who wished to read of warm desires or palpitating
passions had to turn to her romances or do without. Wretched as her work
seems in comparison to the modern novel, it was for the time being the
nearest approach to idealistic fiction and to the analysis of human
feelings. Defoe's romances of incident were the triumphant culmination
of the picaresque type; Mrs. Haywood's sentimental tales were in many
respects mere vague inchoations of a form as yet to be produced. But
when freed from the impurities of intrigue and from the taint of
scandal, the novel of heart interest became the dominant type of English
fiction. Unfortunately, however, Eliza Haywood was too practical a
writer to outrun her generation. The success of "A Spy upon the
Conjurer" may have convinced her that a ready market awaited stories of
amorous adventure and hinted libel. At any rate, she soon set out to
gratify the craving for books of that nature in a series of writings
which redounded little to her credit, though they brought her wide
notoriety.

FOOTNOTES
[1]
_Tatler_, No. 14; _Spectator_, Nos. 323, 474, 560.

[2]
Particularly the incongruous description of Duncan Campbell's first
appearance in London, where the writer finds the "heavenly youth" seated
like a young Adonis in the "center of an angelic tribe" of "the most
beautiful females that ever my eyes beheld," etc. G.A. Aitken's edition
of _The Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell_, 87-9.

[3]
_The Supernatural Philosopher_ ... by William Bond, of Bury St. Edmonds
[Transcriber's note: sic], Suffolk. The preface signed by Campbell to
Defoe's _Life and Adventures_ states that the book was revised by "a
young gentleman of my acquaintance." Professor Trent, however, includes
Mrs. Haywood with Bond as a possible assistant in the revision. See _The
Cambridge History of English Literature_, IX, 23.

[4]
Neither Defoe nor Mrs. Haywood contributed to the little budget of
miscellaneous matter prefixed to the second issue of the _Life and
Adventures_ (August, 1720) and sometimes found separately under the
title: _Mr. Campbell's Pa