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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1910.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This Book Is In German. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A novel about university life in the early 20th century

This so-so novel is about the founding of a university (Herrick taught for years in the English department at the University of Chicago, going there soon after it opened), with one of its main themes being an exploration of the purpose of a good college. "The American university is a hybrid between a preparatory school for the professions and a research laboratory," says one character, which sounds very much like John Dewey. Set against this ideal is Herrick's criticism of the way he perceived colleges to really be: professors interested in their own work or researches and students who wanted to do the least work possible for their degrees. Herrick appears too negative here, complaining about the grunge work of grading papers and lecturing "bored" students (one wonders what teaching was like for him personally and how his students perceived him).

Character development is secondary to the bantering of ideas, and some of the ideas are old, or so taken for granted that they're unworthy of discussion - the feeling, for example, that some academics have that they "sacrificed" wealth and recognition for some "dream" they had about "the pursuit of knowledge" that"doesn't really exist in America anyway." Other ideas sound just flakey: "a university is to discover and teach the Art of Life," says the main character, Clavercin (Herrick in disguise), whatever that's supposed to mean. There is finally some interest in character achieved late in the novel when Clavercin begins an affair with Jessica Mallory, a psychologist, a very "modern" woman with independent ideas about marriage, parenting, etc. But it's too little too late. This novel falls only within the average range of Herrick's novels. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1908 edition by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. ... Read more

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Master of the Inn
I also have an old copy of this, and I also re-read it regularly and enjoy it every time. I'd recommend this to anybody who's willing to sit down and read it without distractions for a couple of hours. It will refresh your spirit.

By the way, I just turned up a notice in Time magazine from 1927 about an "inn" run by a doctor named John George Gehring in the Androscoggin Valley near Bethel, Maine. From the description, it's exactly the place that Herrick was writing about, and in fact, the article ends, "Dr. Gehring and his 'inn' are the prototype and scene of Novelist Robert Herrick's The Master of the Inn, written during Writer Herrick's convalescence at Bethel."

Herrick's own introduction says the Inn is entirely fictional. Maybe he was just trying to keep Dr. Gehring from being inundated with patients. -- Charles Ott

Short but memorable, a pleasant addition to the library
I have treasured my 28th edition (published in 1926) for over 20 years. A short book, it is well written, with some archaic language. I suspectHerrick was a painter, his imagery is so vivid. The subject reflects theutopian tendancies in late 19th century New England. But that does notexplain why I reread it every year. The story is about a doctor who healsmen with broken spirits in his "Inn" in Albany.

The first halfis about the Inn and it's Master. The simple telling of the story ismoving. I can feel the bracing cold water of the morning swim, smell thefresh mown hay, hear the excited chatter of the table talk, see the glow ofthe pipes in the night down in the garden. It has some of the feeling of"Lost Horizons", but more real. The Inn is a haven from the cruelworld outside, but here the shelter seekers invariably return to the fight.Each time I read it, I yearn to meet the Master and join the"Brethren", if only for a season.

The last half unfolds adifferent story, not simply a Utopian dream but a psychic conflict betweentwo strong men. (In the psychological, not supernatural sense.) There is noprofanity, sex, or violence. The tension is subtle, with an unexpectedtwist at the end.

This second part of the story illuminates the oftoverlooked fact that sharpness of wit and tongue are not (or should not be)the true measure of a man. Yet there is no heavy-handed moral here. Thecharacters are three-dimensional and compelling (for such a shorttome).

Though it is not a "religious" book, I always come awayfrom it feeling spiritually refreshed and morally stabilized. I recommendit whole-heartedly. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1910.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Publisher: London : J.M. DentPublication date: 1896Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1823Original Publisher: Reprinted for W. and C. TaitSubjects: Biography ... Read more

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LET'S GET METAPHYSICAL
This book... is a tremendous bargain.It situates Herrick outsideof the metaphysical box critics have long consigned him to.Coiro writeslike the oldest sister in a large brood:full of careful wisdom andhard-earned wit.What begins as a dry dissertation comes alive under thecareful hand of this renaissance scholar.Warning: don't bring this tometo the beach. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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In Three Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more