Publisher's Synopsis
1900. Thonias Hewlings Stockton, clergyman, wrote fantastic tales for children under the pen name Frank R. Stockton. He also wrote books for adults. Among his amusing books for children Rudder Grange is the best known. The Lady and the Tiger, Adventures of Captain Horne, Mrs. Null, The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, The Hundredth Man, Great Stone of Sardis, and Captain's Tollgate were also quite popular. A collection of inventions; historical, fantasy, and future war. Contents: The Great War Syndicate; The Stories of the Three Burglars; The Knife that Killed Po Hancy; and Dusky Philosophy-In Two Expositions. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
