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, Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, The Hundredth Man, Great Stone of Sardis, and Captain's Tollgate were also quite popular. The book begins: It was about the middle of a March afternoon when Dr. Tolbridge, giving his horse and buggy into the charge of his stable-boy, entered the warm hall of his house. His wife was delighted to see him. He had not been at home since noon of the preceding day. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.