The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins is somewhat on the same plan as
Robinson Crusoe, the special feature being the
gawry, or flying woman, whom hero discovered on his island, and married.
John W. Cousin, author of
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, was not impressed by it, saying: :"The description of Nosmnbdsgrutt, [sic] the country of the flying people, is a dull imitation of
Swift, and much else in the book is tedious." Paltock's book was admired by
Walter Scott,
Robert Southey,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
Leigh Hunt and
Charles Lamb. The book was reprinted several times, notably with an introduction by
A. H. Bullen in 1884. It was translated into French (1763) and into German (1767). ==Notes==