“ I have no wife nor children, good or bad, to provide for. A
mere spectator of other men's fortunes and adventures, and how
they play their parts; which, methinks, are diversely presented unto
me, as from a common theatre or scene."

Burton.

VOL. II.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET,

TO

SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

THIS WORK

IS DEDICATED,

IN TESTIMONY OF THE

ADMIRATION AND AFFECTION

OF

THE AUTHOR.

WQH 19 FEB 36