Imaginotions; Truthless Tales is a collection of nineteen children's fantasy stories by Tudor Jenks

Tudor Jenks

Tudor Storrs Jenks was an American author, poet, artist and editor, as well as a journalist and lawyer. He is chiefly remembered for the popular works of fiction and nonfiction he wrote for children and general readers....

. It was first published in hardcover

Hardcover

A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...

 by The Century Co. in 1894; the first British edition was published by T. Fisher Unwin

T. Fisher Unwin

T. Fisher Unwin was the London publishing house owned by Thomas Fisher Unwin and founded by him in 1882.The latterly more famous Stanley Unwin started his career by coming to work in his uncle's firm...

 in 1900. Illustrators included Reginald B. Birch

Reginald Bathurst Birch

Reginald Bathurst Birch was an English-American artist and illustrator. He was best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, which started a craze in juvenile fashion...

, W. H. Drake, E. B. Bensell

Edmund Birckhead Bensell

Edmund Birckhead Bensell was an American artist and illustrator, usually known as E. B. Bensell. While an accomplished painter, he is best known for his ink drawings, particularly his illustrations for Charles F...

, Dan Beard

Daniel Carter Beard

Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America .-Early life:...

, and Oliver Herford

Oliver Herford

Oliver Herford was a British-born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde". As a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies' Home Journal, he sometimes signed his artwork as "O Herford". In 1906 he wrote and illustrated the "Little Book of...

. The stories had previously been published in St. Nicholas Magazine

St. Nicholas Magazine

St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular children's magazine, founded by Scribner's in 1873. The first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association with the magazine until her death in 1905. Dodge published work by the country's best writers, including Louisa May Alcott, Francis Hodgson...

between 1883 and 1894.

The collection was the author's second published book. The stories are typical of Jenks' early work, many being told in the first person and with an air of gentle irony.

Contents

• "Prehistoric Photography"
• "The Tongaloo Tournament"
• "The Dragon's Story"
• "A Duel in a Desert"
• "The Sequel"
• "A Lost Opportunity"
• "The Astrologer's Niece"
• "The Astrologer's Niece Marries"
• "The Winning of Vanella"
• "The Professor and the Patagonian Giant"

• "The Prince's Councilors"
• "Teddy and the Wolf"
• "Little Plunkett's Cousin"
• "Professor Chipmunk's Surprising Adventure"
• "The Satchel"
• "Good Neighbors"
• "Anthony and the Ancients"
• "A Yarn of Sailor Ben's"
• "The Statue"

External links

Internet Archive e-text of the collection