THE ARM-CHAIR
AT THE INN

BY
F. HOPKINSON SMITH

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