THE

SKETCH BOOK

OF

GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

"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.

A NEW EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. ROWORTH, BELL YARD,

TEMPLE BAR.

ΤΟ

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

THIS WORK

IS DEDICATED,

IN TESTIMONY OF THE

ADMIRATION AND AFFECTION

OF

THE AUTHOR.