The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine: The Vizier of the Two Horned Alexander

1900. Part Thirteen of Twenty-three. Thonias Hewlings Stockton, clergyman, wrote fantastic tales for children under the pen name Frank R. Stockton. He also wrote books for adults. Among his amusing books for children Rudder Grange is the best known. The Lady and the Tiger, Adventures of Captain Horne, Mrs. Null, The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, The Hundredth Man, Great Stone of Sardis, and Captain's Tollgate were also quite popular. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander chronicles the adventures of a middle-aged immortal who drank from the fountain of immortality when he was fifty-three. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.