THE ARM-CHAIR AT THE INN
THE ARM-CHAIR
AT THE INN
BY
F. HOPKINSON SMITH
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
A. I. KELLER, HERBERT WARD
AND THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published August, 1912
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AUTHOR’SPREFACE
If I have dared to veilunder a thin disguise some ofthe men whose talk and adventuresfill these pages it isbecause of my profound beliefthat truth is infinitelymore strange and infinitelymore interesting than fiction.The characters around thetable are all my personal friends; the incidents,each and every one, absolutely true, and thesetting of the Marmouset, as well as the Innitself, has been known to many hundreds ofmy readers, who have enjoyed for years therare hospitality of its quaintand accomplished landlord.
F. H. S.
November, 1911
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