Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Frank R. Stockton
Born: April 5, 1834
Died: April 20, 1902 (aged 68)
Bio: Frank Richard Stockton was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.
Known for:
- The Lady, or the Tiger? (1882)
- The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales (1887)
- The griffin and the minor canon (1885)
- The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories (1884)
- The Adventures of Captain Horn (1894)







