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1、JeromeK.JeromeThreeMeninaBoat(TosaynothingoftheDog)ThreeMenontheBummelTHREEMENINABOAT(TOSAYNOTHINGOFTHEDOG)PUBLISHER’SADVERTISEMENT.ITmaynot,perhaps,beoutofplaceinthisneweditionofThreeMeninaBoattoplacebeforeitsreaderstheenormousholdithasuponthereadingpublicinGreatBritainandher
2、colonies.OriginallypublishedinAugust,1889,ithasbeenyearafteryearreprinted,untiltherehasbeenproducedthelargenumberof202,000copies.Addingtothisthe5,000ofthepresentedition,atotalisreachedof207,000copies.Itisremarkablethatduringthisperiodtherehasbeenonlyoneedition,andthispublished
3、atthepriceof3s.6d.;thepublisherventurestobelievethisisunprecedented.Itisnotasthough,asistoooftenthecasewithanordinarynovel,anenormoussaletookplaceduringafewmonthsandthenceased,inasmuchasinthepresentcasetherehasbeen,andstillis,aconstantandsteadysaleyearafteryear.Thepresentoppor
4、tunityhasbeentakentore-setinnewtypetheletterpress,andtore-engrave(fromtheoriginals)thewholeofthedrawings.ThepublishertruststhatThreeMeninaBoat,appealingasitdoessomuchtohumannaturebothinitspathosanditshumour,willstillcontinueitspleasantvoyage,andfindnewfriendsineveryhomeinthela
5、ndwhichgaveitbirth.BRISTOL,March,1909.AUTHOR’SADVERTISEMENT.MYPublishersuggestsmyaddingafewlinestohis.Torefusetodoso,underthecircumstances,mightappearsurly.Theworldhasbeenverykindtothisbook.Mr.ArrowsmithspeaksonlyofitssalesinGreatBritain.InChicago,Iwasassuredbyanenterprisingpi
6、ratenowretired,thatthesalesthroughouttheUnitedStateshadexceededamillion;andalthough,inconsequenceofitshavingbeenpublishedbeforetheCopy-rightConvention,thishasbroughtmenomaterialadvantage,thefameandpopularityithaswonformeamongtheAmeri-canpublicisanassetnottobedespised.Ithasbeen
7、translatedinto,Ithink,everyEuropeanlanguageexceptArabian,alsointosomeofthoseofAsia.Ithasbroughtmemanythousandsoflettersfromyoungfolk,fromoldfolk;fromwellfolk,fromsickfolk;frommerryfolk,fromsadfolk.Theyhavecometomefromallpartsoftheworld,frommenandwomenofallcountries.Hadtheselet
8、tersbeentheonlyresultIshouldfeelgladandproudthatIhadwrittenth
