He wrote in an addition to the 1817 edition:

Wrote Introduction to the 1962 edition of this 1865 novel.

Wrote Introduction to the 1993 edition of this 1898 novel.

Wrote Introduction to the 2001 edition of this 1979 novel.

Wrote Introduction to the 2002 edition of this 1931 novel.

"There was no story in Lower Manhattan," he writes in the introduction to the new edition.

It's as good a way as any I can think of to write an introduction to the present edition.

Martin Gardner wrote the foreword to the 1995 edition.

Huston Smith wrote a foreword to the 3rd edition.

He also wrote this short introduction to the 1948 edition, which we have checked, and IS in the public domain.