Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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)