Author's Note Tarzan and «The Foreign Legion» by Edgar Rice Burroughs
My knowledge of Sumatra at the time that I chose it as the scene of a Tarzan story was pathetically inadequate; and as there was not a book on Sumatra in the Honolulu Public Library, nor in any of the book stores, it bade fair to remain inadequate.
I wish therefore to acknowledge my indebtedness to those whose kindness furnished me with the information I sought. If this volume happens to fall into the hands of any of them, I hope they will not feel that I abused that kindness.
And so, my sincere thanks to Messrs. K. van der Eynden, S.J. Rikkers, and Willem Folkers of the Netherlands India Government; to Mr. C.A. Mackintosh, Netherlands Consul in Honolulu; to Messrs. N.A.C. Slotemaker de Brume, Director, B. Landheer, and Leonard de Greve of The Netherlands Information Bureau, New York, and to my good friend Capt. John Philip Bird, A.A.C. of S., G-2, USAFPOA, who arranged my first meeting with the Netherlanders.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Honolulu, 11 Sep. 1944