Nine Stories

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Of the nine stories to the book the following seven appeared originally in THE NEW YORKER; “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut,” “Just Before the War with the Eskimos,” “The Laughing Man,” “For Esme:-with Love and Squalor,” “Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes,” and “Teddy.” The author is grateful to THE NEW YORKER for permission to reprint.

The author also wishes to thank HARPER’S MAGAZINE for permission to reprint “Down at the Dinghy.”

Copyright, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, by J. D. Salinger.