Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children\'s fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today.

Jacobs was born in Wapping, London; his father was a wharf manager at the South Devon wharf at Lower East Smithfield. He was educated at a private school in London and later at Birkbeck College (then called Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, now part of the University of London) SEA URCHINS (15 STORIES) SPEAKING O\' MONEY," SAID the night-watchman thoughtfully, as he selected an empty soapbox on the wharf for a seat, "the whole world would be different if we all \'ad more of it. It would be a brighter and a \'appier place for everybody." He broke off to open a small brass tobacco-box and place a little quid of tobacco tenderly into a pouch in his left cheek, critically observing at the same time the efforts of a somewhat large steamer to get alongside the next wharf without blocking up more than three parts of the river. He watched it as though the entire operation depended upon his attention, and, the steamer fast, he turned his eyes back again and resumed his theme.

Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. His most famous character was Philo Gubb. His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Author\'s League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.

• Two of British writer Herbert George Jenkins best-selling books are bound together in this Kindle edition: Malcolm Sage, Detective & the detective novel Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph BindleMalcolm Sage, Detective (1921)Malcolm Sage was an intelligence agent for "Division Z" during World War War before setting up the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau. This book of short stories details the start-up years cases featuring Sage his assistants James Thompson and Gladys Norman. Sherlock Holmes fans may find this book amusing as it was written in the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\'s detective novels.Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle (1916)Is Bindle the most famous and beloved Cockney since Dickens wrote Pickwick Papers." This is the first in Jenkins\'s series featuring Joseph Bindle.About The AuthorBritish writer Herbert George Jenkins (1876 – 1923) owned run publishers Herbert Jenkins Ltd., which distributed P. G. Wodehouse\'s novels.

Finley Peter Dunne was an American humorist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches.

John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist whose most famous works were mysteries. In particular, his series about the gentleman thief Raffles remain popular today.

Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1922 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Twelve Adventures at Sea From the Author of THE MONKEY\'S PAW -- W.W. Jacobs is mostly remembered nowadays as the author of "The Monkey\'s Paw"; some folks recall that he also wrote other weird fiction. But the truth is that he was quite a versatile author -- Short Cruises isn\'t his only volume of sea fiction; and he wrote others as well. Included in this volume are "The Changeling," "Mixed Relations," "His Lordship," "Alf\'s Dream," "A Distant Relative," "The Test 83," "In the Family," "A Love-Knot," "Her Uncle," "The Dreamer," "Angels\' Visits," and "A Circular Tour." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

An Adulteration Act - The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 10. is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

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The idea originated with Bunch Jefferson. You can always count on Bunch having a few freak ideas in the belfry where he keeps his butterflies. Bunch and his wife, Alice, live out in Westchester County, about half a mile from Uncle Peter\'s bungalow, where friend wife and I are spending the winter. The fact that Uncle Peter and Aunt Martha had decided to give us a party was the inspiration for Bunch\'s brilliant idea. "Listen, John," he Macchiavellied; "not one of this push out here knows a thing about the Tango. Most of them have a foolish idea that it\'s a wicked institution invented by the devil, who sold his patent rights to the Evil-Doers\' Association. Now, I\'ll tell you what we\'ll do, John: we\'ll put them wise. We\'ll take about two lessons from a good instructor in town and on the night of the party we\'ll make the hit of our lives teaching them all to Tango—are you James to the possibilities?"