Frank R. Stockton 4 hr 30 min read

In the little theatre of the Unicorn Club, the well-traveled Herbert Loring prepares a novel performance for his friends, drawn from the wonders he learned in the far East.

Frank R. Stockton's 1907 collection gathers whimsical fantasy and social-SF tales by the beloved humorist. Witty, charming, inventive. Read it for genial Stockton wonder-stories, a magic egg, a well with something curious in it, and other droll marvels, from the author of 'The Lady, or the Tiger?'

In its time

Published in 1907, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

4 hr 30 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).