To MY DEAR FRIENDS SIR WILLIAM & LADY EARNSHAW COOPER, OF CASTLE CAREY, GUERNSEY, I DEDICATE THESE FEW REMINISCENCES OF A WANDERING LIFE. In writing of these episodes in the career of a wanderer over the face of Europe, my object is to entertain and perhaps amuse many of my unknown friends and correspondents who, scattered over the world, have, from time to time, written me encouraging words of appreciation concerning my works of fiction. To them, I would reveal certain facts, some grave and some gay, which may be found of interest. To do so, I propose to take my reader behind the scenes of some particular phases of life with which he may be unfamiliar.…
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