1903. 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, Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, The Hundredth Man, Great Stone of Sardis, and Captain's Tollgate were also quite popular. Contents: The Buller-Podington Compact; The Romance of a Mule-Car; The Governor-General; Old Applejoy's Ghost; Struck by a Boomerang; The Skipper and El Capitan; Come In, New Year; A Sailor's Knot; The Great Staircase at Landover Hall; The Ghosts in My Tower; and The Landsman's Tale. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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"I TELL you, William," said Thomas Buller to his friend Mr. Podington, I am truly sorry about it, but I cannot arrange for it this year. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New Year, Captain Asa, Miss Moulton, Reuben Farris, John Brunder, Nicholas Kefford, Captain Tom, Doctor Latimer, New York, Molly Crenshaw, Reina de la Plata, Miss Brower, Decatur Street, Evelyn Heatherton, Aunt Ellen, Uncle Horace, Captain Brower, John Applejoy, Joseph Buckle, Archibald Kefford, Ezra Budrack, Aunt Florence, Craig Wilson, Doctor Story, Florence Brower New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
"I TELL you, William," said Thomas Buller to his friend Mr. Podington, I am truly sorry about it, but I cannot arrange for it this year. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New Year, Captain Asa, Miss Moulton, Reuben Farris, John Brunder, Nicholas Kefford, Captain Tom, Doctor Latimer, New York, Molly Crenshaw, Reina de la Plata, Miss Brower, Decatur Street, Evelyn Heatherton, Aunt Ellen, Uncle Horace, Captain Brower, John Applejoy, Joseph Buckle, Archibald Kefford, Ezra Budrack, Aunt Florence, Craig Wilson, Doctor Story, Florence Brower New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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- The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various in Front Matter, and page 132
- Li Hung-Chang: His Life and Times: With Several Portraits, and a Map by Alicia Helen Neva Little in Back Matter
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