"The Stories of the Three Burglars" from Frank R. Stockton. American writer and humorist (1834-1902).

"The Vizier of the Two Horned Alexander" from Frank R. Stockton. American writer and humorist (1834-1902).

"Ting a ling" from Frank R. Stockton. American writer and humorist (1834-1902).

"What Might Have Been Expected" from Frank R. Stockton. American writer and humorist (1834-1902).

The Associate Hermits by Frank R. Stockton. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1899 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor from San Francisco to Valparaiso was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm which rose with frightful suddenness was of short duration but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. Her masts had snapped off and gone overboard her rudder-post had been shattered by falling wreckage and she was rolling in the trough of the sea with her floating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides

The story abot the burglars a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York. My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us