Herman Knickerbocker Vielé 3 hr 2 min read

Stories of the odd and the uncanny, a girl from Mercury, the priestess of Amen Ra, a monstrosity, a money meter, spun for the amusement of guests aboard a lightship.

Herman Knickerbocker Vielé's 1909 collection gathers whimsical, fantastical tales in a genial framing conceit. Charming, imaginative, of its era. Read it for a pleasant garland of Edwardian fantasy and mystery yarns, told as after-dinner entertainments at sea.

In its time

Published in 1909, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

3 hr 2 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).