A novel unlike any that has hitherto appeared from this popular writer's pen. It is a romance of the most adventurous kind, whose events, born of Mr. Stockton's imagination, are wholly extraordinary, and yet, through the author's ingenuity, appear altogether real. That Captain Horn's adventures are varied may be inferred from the fact that they extend from Patagonia to Maine and from San Francisco to Paris, and include the most remarkable episodes and marvelous experiences--all of which are woven together by the pleasing thread of a love-story, and brightened by the gleam of Mr. Stockton's fanciful humor. CONCERNING MR. STOCKTON'S STORIES. "Mr. Stockton, more, perhaps, than any recent writer, has helped to define the peculiar virtues of the short story. He has shown how possible it is to use surprise as an effective element, and to make the turn of a story rather than the crisis of a plot account for everything. It may be said in general that Mr. Stockton does not rely often upon a sudden reversal at the end of a story to capture the reader, but gives him a whimsey or caprice to enjoy; while he works out the details in a succession of amusing turns."--_The Atlantic Monthly._ _New Uniform Edition of the following Volumes:_ THE WATCHMAKER'S WIFE And Other Stories. 12mo, $1.25. "His stories are characterized by the oddity and drollery which distinguish Mr. Stockton's from that of the ordinary humorists."--_Charleston News and Courier._ THE LATE MRS. NULL 12mo, $1.25. "We can assure prospective readers that their only regret after finishing the book will be that never again can they hope for the pleasure of reading it for the first time."--_The Critic._ RUDDER GRANGE 12mo, paper, 60 cents; cloth, $1.25. "Humor like this is perennial."--_Washington Post._ THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD And Other Stories. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25. "It will be eagerly sought by all old friends of Pomona and Jonas and the other characters who have so delighted the numberless readers of 'Rudder Grange.'"--_The Outlook._ THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? And Other Stories. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25. "His unique stories always hit the mark. But 'The Lady, or the Tiger?' was a shaft condensed from the entire Stocktonese."--_Century Magazine._ THE CHRISTMAS WRECK And Other Stories. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25. "With the charm of a most delicate humor, his stories become irresistibly attractive."--_Philadelphia Times._ THE BEEMAN OF ORN And Other Fanciful Tales. 12mo, $1.25. "It would be idle to describe the fanciful humor of these stories. To read them is simple recreation."--_London Athenaeum._ AMOS KILBRIGHT His Adscititious Experiences. With Other Stories. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25. "A collection of inimitable tales. The writer's whimsical humor and inventive genius find fitting scope in the title story."--_Boston Commonwealth._ ARDIS CLAVERDEN