Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . unt up to a dozen or more, with great varietyof motive. His special- talent is for writing a tale, which in a few pagesand with the lightest of touches, explicates an odd plot or delin-eates an odd character, dealing so gravely and logically with an ab-surd or impossible set of circumstances that they seem reality than once this singularly graphic quality has suggested tocritical readers a likeness to Defoe; but he has an excellent style,while Defoe has none at all. His humor is sly and unobtruded, yetit pervades all his
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . unt up to a dozen or more, with great varietyof motive. His special- talent is for writing a tale, which in a few pagesand with the lightest of touches, explicates an odd plot or delin-eates an odd character, dealing so gravely and logically with an ab-surd or impossible set of circumstances that they seem reality than once this singularly graphic quality has suggested tocritical readers a likeness to Defoe; but he has an excellent style,while Defoe has none at all. His humor is sly and unobtruded, yetit pervades all his writing like an atmosphere. His longer stories —especially ^ The Adventures of Captain Horn ^ (1895) and its sequel^ Mrs. Cliffs Yacht ^ (1897) — indicate a broader range than mighthave been inferred from his earlier whimsies. Both stories in theirromantic incidents introduce an element of strong narrative in these broader delineations, or in the delicately turned fan-tasies of his short tales, Mr. Stocktons quality is unmistakable and. Frank R. Stockton 13992 FRANK R. STOCKTON distinctive. His inventions are always refined and wholesome; intro-ducing the reader to the company of well-bred folk, whether theyknow anything of etiquette or not. Even his burglars are not humor is most kindly, having the sparkle of dry wine; and hismanner of writing is quite as much a merit as is his fecund origi-nality in the imagining of the story. Mr. Stockton resides in Madison,New Jersey, and devotes himself to literary production. He is essen-tially a man of letters. THE CASTING AWAY OF MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE From the novel so named. Copyright 1886, 1892, by Frank R. Stockton. Re-printed by permission of the Century Company, publishers I WAS on my way from San Francisco to Yokohama, when in avery desultory and gradual manner I became acquainted with Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine. The steamer, on which Iwas making a moderately rapid passage toward the land o
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