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THE

Wanderings of a Goldfinch;

OR,

CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES

IN THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY.

"I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau,
If birds confabulate or no;

"Tis clear that they were always able
To hold discourse, at least, in fable."

SECOND EDITION.

London:

Printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-court, Strand;

FOR MESSRS. LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND CO.; T. EGERTON, MILI-
TARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL; AND E. LLOYD,

HARLEY-STREET

1816.

R. G. A. L.

To her Royal Highness

THE PRINCESS MARY.

Madam,

The gracious permission granted me to send this volume into the world under the sanction of your Illustrious Name, exhibits the most unequivocal proof of your Royal Highness's benevolence, and creates the surest pledge of my unceasing gratitude, for goodness and condescension so unmerited.

I have the honour to remain

Your Royal Highness's most obliged

and most devoted servant,

MARY ANNE M'MULLAN.

London, April 22, 1816.