THE
MYSTERIOUS WANDERER.
A NOVEL:
IN THREE VOLUMES.
Dedicated, by Permission,
TO THE RIGHT HON. LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER.
BY SOPHIA REEVE.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY C. SPILSBURY, ANGEL-COURT,
SNOW-HILL;
AND SOLD BY RICHARDSON AND SON, ROYAL-EXCHANGE;
J. HIGHLEY, FLEET-STREET; AND DIDIER AND TEBBETT,
ST. JAMES'S-STREET.
1807.
ADVERTISEMENT.
In committing the following sheets to the press, I have acted in compliance with the partial wishes of a few friends. I am aware that my story has many imperfections; but it being a first essay, and having been written solely for my own amusement, during a winter season, I trust, will plead with a liberal public, to soften the severity of criticism: and if, whilst I furnish a few hours entertainment to my readers, I may hope to have implanted a generous sentiment—or to have checked the tendency to a vicious one—I shall esteem myself happy, and feel my labours amply rewarded.
THE AUTHOR.
Feb. 1, 1807.