Robert Herrick
Reading edition
NEW YORK
Charles Scribner's Sons
1910
Copyright, 1908, by Charles Scribner's Sons Published April, 1908 Second Impression, July, 1908 Third Impression, September, 1908 Fourth Impression, December, 1908 Fifth Impression, December, 1908 Sixth Impression, July, 1909 Seventh Impression, October, 1909 Eighth Impression, January, 1910 Ninth Impression, July, 1910
The author of "The Master of the Inn" having received many inquiries as to what foundation in fact this tale has wishes to state explicitly that both incidents and persons are purely imaginary, and that so far as he is aware there is neither Master nor Inn in existence.
Chicago, Ills., 12 May, 1909.