THE

BACHELOR'S WIFE.

THE

BACHELOR'S WIFE;

A SELECTION OF

CURIOUS AND INTERESTING EXTRACTS,

WITH

CURSORY OBSERVATIONS.

BY JOHN GALT, Esq.

"What's in a name? the rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

EDINBURGH;

PUBLISHED BY

OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE-COURT,

AND

G. & W. B. WHITTAKER, LONDON.

1824.