Ting-A-Ling. Frank R Stockton. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1870. Frontispiece and illustrations by
Ting-A-Ling. Frank R Stockton. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1870. Frontispiece and illustrations by E.B. Bensell. First edition of the author’s first regularly published work.Stockton is influenced by Arabian Nights in the vaguely Middle Eastern setting and the stock of royalty, slaves, magicians, and people rushing around waving scimitars. The opening story is quite gruesome in the matter of decapitations and other untimely ends, although Stockton seems confident that tender readers will not be upset by this sort of action. -- source link
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