Frank R. Stocktonavoided the didactic moralizing common to children's stories of the time. Instead, he humorously poked fun at greed, violence, abuse of power and other human foibles, describing his fantastic characters' adventures in a charming, matter-of-fact way.Join us in these seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo:- The Bee-Man Of Orn.- The Griffin And The Minor Canon.- Old Pipes And The Dryad.- The Queen's Museum.- Prince Hassak's March.- The Battle Of The Third Cousins.- The Banished King.

Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.