The Merry Men
and
Other Tales and Fables
by
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
tenth edition
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1904
Three of the following Tales have appeared in the Cornhill Magazine; one in Longman’s; one in Mr. Henry Norman’s Christmas Annual; and one in the Court and Society Review. The Author desires to make proper acknowledgements to the Publishers concerned.
Dedication
My dear Lady Taylor,
To your name, if I wrote on brass, I could add nothing; it has been already written higher than I could dream to reach, by a strong and dear hand; and if I now dedicate to you these tales, it is not as the writer who brings you his work, but as the friend who would remind you of his affection.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Skerryvore, Bournemouth.