THE

SPIRIT OF BUNCLE;

OR THE

SURPRISING ADVENTURES

OF THAT

ORIGINAL AND EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER

JOHN BUNCLE, ESQ.

O Memory! celestial maid!

Who glean'st the flow'rets cropp'd by time;
And, suffering not a leaf to fade,

Preserv'st the blossoms of our prime;
Bring, bring those moments to my mind
When life was new and beauty kind.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES STOCKING,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

MDCCCXXIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. AND C. ADLARD, 23, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE surprising adventures of the hero of the following pages have hitherto been incorporated with a ponderous substance:-the whole being placed in a literary alembic, and exposed to an intellectual fire, the residuum has fallen, and "The Spirit of Buncle" ascended for the amusement of the age.