Pickering & Chatto Publishers are proud to announce a new series which makes available one of Daniel Defoe's greatest, but least known works, his periodical the Review of the State of the British Nation. The Review covered his many interests, both literary and historical and was published twice and latterly three times a week. The reason for the neglect of this work is due in part to the tiny original print run of just 400. Surviving runs are very rare and the condition of the originals is mainly poor. Furthermore there has not been, until now, a full critical edition. The new Pickering & Chatto edition remedies these omissions, publishing the entire run of the journal with all texts completely reset and annotated. The series as a whole provides modern readers with easy access for the first time to the whole text of the periodical, accompanied by explanatory and critical guidance which will enable them to understand and enjoy it as a literary masterpiece, and recognise its cultural and historical importance in the study of early eighteenth century Britain.