The Griffin and the Minor Canon

Frank, R. Stockton

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

When a Sorcerer tells him that he has been transformed from another sort of being, the Bee-man sets out to discover what he was in his earlier incarnation.

The Bee-Man of Orn

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

HarperCollins continues with its commitment to reissue Maurice Sendak's most beloved works in hardcover by making available again this 1964 reprinting of an original fairytale by Frank R. Stockton, as illustrated by the incomparable Maurice Sendak.
In the ancient country of Orn there lived an old man who was called the Bee-man, because his whole time was spent in the company of bees. One day a Junior Sorcerer stopped at the hut of the Bee-man. The Junior Sorcerer told the Bee-man that he has been transformed. "If you will find out what you have been transformed from, I will see that you are made all right again," said the Sorcerer. Could it have been a giant, or a powerful prince, or some gorgeous being whom the magicians or the fairies wish to punish?
The Bee-man sets out to discover his original form.

When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever.

The first of Frank Stockton's original fairytales re-illustrated by Maurice Sendak.When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever.

The GRIFFIN And The MINOR CANON.

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Concerning Science Fiction· John W. Campbell Jr 
Introduction· Groff Conklin 
Part One The Atom 
Solution Unsatisfactory· Anson MacDonald· Astounding 5/41 
The Great War Syndicate· Frank R. Stockton· Once a Week 12/1888; abridged 
The Piper’s Son/Baldy· Lewis Padgett· Astounding 2/45 
Deadline· Cleve Cartmill· Astounding 3/44 
Lobby· Clifford D. Simak· Astounding 4/44 
Blowups Happen· Robert Heinlein· Astounding 9/40 
Atomic Power· Don A. Stuart· Astounding 12/34 
Part Two The Wonders of Earth 
Killdozer· Theodore Sturgeon· Astounding 11/44 
Davey Jones’ Ambassador· Raymond Z. Gallun· Astounding 12/35 
Giant in the Earth· Morrison Colladay· Wonder Stories 4/33 
Goldfish Bowl· Anson MacDonald· Astounding 3/42 
The Ivy War· David H. Keller· Amazing 5/30 
Liquid Life· Ralph Milne Farley· Thrilling Wonder Stories 10/36 
Part Three The Superscience of Man 
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains· Edgar Allan Poe· Godey’s Lady’s Book 4/1844 
The Great Keinplatz Experiment· Arthur Conan Doyle· Belgravia 7/1885 
The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes· H.G. Wells· Pall Mall Budget 3/28/1895 
The Tissue-Culture King· Julian Huxley· Yale Review 4/26 
The Ultimate Catalyst· John Taine· Thrilling Wonder Stories 6/39 
The Terrible Sense· Calvin Peregoy· Astounding 8/38 
A Scientist Divides· Donald Wandrei· Astounding 9/34 
Part Four Dangerous Inventions 
Tricky Tonnage· Malcolm Jameson· Astounding 12/44 
The Lanson Screen· Arthur Leo Zagat· Thrilling Wonder Stories 12/36 
The Ultimate Metal· Nat Schachner· Astounding 2/35 
The Machine Don A. Stuart· Astounding 2/35 
Part Five Adventures in Dimension 
Short-Circuited Probability· Norman L. Knight· Astounding 9/41 
The Search· A.E. van Vogt· Astounding 1/43 
The Upper Level Road· Warner van Lorne· Astounding 8/35 
The 32nd of May· Paul Ernst· Astounding 4/35 
The Monster from Nowhere· Nelson Bond· Fantastic Adventures 7/39; wrongly attributed to Donald Wandrei in 1st ed. 
Part Six From Outer Space 
First Contact· Murray Leinster· Astounding 5/45 
Universe/Hugh Hoyland· Robert Heinlein· Astounding 5/41 
Blind Alley· Isaac Asimov· Astounding 3/45 
En Route to Pluto/Yahna· Wallace West· Astounding 8/36 
The Retreat to Mars/Dr Hargraves· Cecil B. White· Amazing 8/27 
The Man Who Saved the Earth· Austin Hall· All-Story Weekly 12/13/19 
Spawn of the Stars· Charles W. Diffin· Astounding 2/30 
The Flame Midget· Frank Belknap Long Jr· Astounding 12/36 
Expedition· Anthony Boucher· Thrilling Wonder Stories 8/43 
The Conquest of Gola· Leslie F. Stone· Wonder Stories 4/31 
Jackdaw· Ross Rocklynne· Astounding 8/42

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