THE MEMOIRS
OF
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN

THE MEMOIRS

OF

AN AMERICAN CITIZEN

BY

ROBERT HERRICK

AUTHOR OF "THE WEB OF LIFE," "THE REAL WORLD,"
"THE COMMON LOT," ETC.

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1905

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1905,

By THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Copyright, 1905,

By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1905.

Norwood Press

J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.

Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

TO

WILL PAYNE[Pg vi]

"O Commander of the Faithful," said the other, "shall I tellthee what I have seen with my eyes or what I have only heardtell?"

"If thou hast seen aught worth telling," replied the Khalif,"let us hear it: for report is not like eye-witness."

"O Commander of the Faithful," said the other, "lend methine ear and thine heart."

"O Ibn Mensour," answered the Khalif, "behold I am listeningto thee with mine ears, and looking at thee with mine eyes,and attending to thee with mine heart."

[Pg vii]

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