THE MYSTERIOUS FREE BOOTER; OR, THE DAYS OF QUEEN BESS. a Romance. IN FOUR VOLUMES. BY FRANCIS LATHOM, AUTHOR OF MEN AND MANNERS; MYSTERY; ASTONISHMENT; THE PREFACE. No apology can be required for writing a Romance, after the many emineut persons, of both sexes, who have, for centuries past, deemed it no degradation to employ their talents in this species of composition. Story-telling is of ancient and reverend origin; and provided the tendency of the story told, be moral, there can be no fair objection raised to its being made the entainment of hours devoted to relaxation. * In reference to the Theagenes and Chariclea of Heliodorus. But |