The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales Part 22

In "The Story of Viteau," Mr. Stockton has opened a new vein, and one that he has shown all his well-known skill and ability in working.

While describing the life and surroundings of Raymond, Louis, and Agnes at Viteau at the Castle of De Barran, or in the woods among the Cotereaux, he gives a picture of France in the age of chivalry, and tells, at the same time, a romantic and absorbing story of adventure and knightly daring. Mr. Birch's spirited ill.u.s.trations add much to the attraction of the book.

A JOLLY FELLOWs.h.i.+P.

"'A Jolly Fellows.h.i.+p,' by Mr. Frank Stockton, is a worthy successor to his 'Rudder Grange.' Although written for lads, it is full of delicious nonsense that will be enjoyed by men and women.... The less serious parts are described with a mock gravity that is the perfection of harmless burlesque, while all the nonsense has a vein of good sense running through it, so that really useful information is conveyed to the young and untravelled reader's mind."--Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

THE FLOATING PRINCE, AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.

With ill.u.s.trations by Bensell and others.

"Stockton has the knack, perhaps genius would be a better word, of writing in the easiest of colloquial English, without descending to the plane of the vulgar or commonplace. The very perfection of his work hinders the reader from perceiving at once how good of its kind it is.... With the added charm of a most delicate humor,--a real humor, mellow, tender, and informed by a singularly quaint and racy fancy,--his stories become irresistibly attractive."--Philadelphia Times.

NEW EDITIONS OF OLD FAVORITES.

ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES IN LANDS OF FACT AND FICTION.

One volume, quarto, boards, with very attractive lithographed cover, three hundred and seventy pages, two hundred ill.u.s.trations.

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.

One volume, quarto, boards, with handsome lithographed cover, three hundred and fifty pages, nearly two hundred ill.u.s.trations. A new edition.