Books published by publisher Frederick A Stokes Company

1925. Wren immortalized the French Foreign Legion in Beau Geste and many other novels of high adventure and romance. Beau Ideal is the sequel to Beau Geste. featuring Otis Van Brugh, brother of Hank and Mark Van Brugh, who were in Beau Sabreur. He visits Africa and gets caught up in a fight.He is then asked by Isobel Geste to find her husband John, who has disappeared in Africa trying to find his old friends Hank and Buddy. Otis, who was a childhood playmate of John and who is in love with Isobel, enlists in the foreign legion. He gets himself sent to a penal battalion and finds John. Arabs raid the battalion and capture Otis and John. The Arab girl the Death Angel falls in love with Otis

Although Hugh Lofting's, Famous story of "Dr Dolittle" had made his debut a little earlier, and the author was now no longer an unknown, this is an important book by this much-loved writer and probably this is as nice a copy as one might now expect to find - a real delight. extensive art-work by that marvellous illustrator, Lois Lenski, who here provides beautiful double-page end-papers (in full colour, and at both front and rear), a full-colour frontispiece, and extensive black and white drawings throughout, at the beginnings (half-pages) and ends of chapters, as well as on the title page.Mr. Lofting takes you on The fantasy adventures of Giles and Anne.Every page keeps you wanting turn the next page.This book is Quite scarce. You will love it.