▁Man ▁and ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Peter ▁Play ne ▁are ▁spo ilt ▁by ▁religious ▁sentiment ality ▁and ▁did actic ism , ▁as ▁are ▁the ▁short ▁stories ▁The ▁Special ▁M essen ger ▁and ▁Peter , ▁B ingo ▁and ▁Those ▁O thers . ▁▁ ▁Under ▁Eastern ▁Sk ies , ▁a ▁ret elling ▁of ▁stories ▁about ▁Old ▁Testament ▁k ings ▁is ▁a ▁work man like ▁but ▁otherwise ▁und ist ingu ished ▁book . ▁The ▁B ells ▁of ▁M oul ton ▁– ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁B MS ▁for ▁young ▁people ▁– ▁ ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁d ull ▁subject ▁but ▁is ▁entertain ingly ▁told ▁by ▁combining ▁history , ▁fiction ▁and ▁travel og ue . ▁ ▁C ule ' s ▁no ve lette ▁The ▁Prince ▁of ▁Z ell ▁is ▁a ▁curiosity ▁– ▁a ▁R ur itan ian ▁rom ance ▁with ▁a ▁wild ly ▁impro b able ▁plot ▁and ▁a ▁den ou ement ▁that ▁stra ins ▁cred ul ity ▁to ▁the ▁limit . ▁However , ▁the ▁short ▁stories ▁included ▁as ▁a ▁make weight ▁reve al ▁C ule ' s ▁talent ▁for ▁social ▁comedy ▁in ▁the ▁manner ▁of ▁H . G . ▁Well s . ▁Another ▁such ▁story ▁– ▁" The ▁A ub urn ▁Emperor " ▁– ▁appears ▁in ▁ ▁Six ▁Ro ads ▁to ▁Beth le hem . ▁ ▁No ▁indic ation ▁is ▁given ▁as ▁to ▁where ▁the ▁stories ▁in ▁this ▁collection ▁were ▁first ▁published ▁– ▁they ▁apparently ▁come ▁from ▁different ▁stages ▁in ▁C ule ' s ▁career ▁and ▁make ▁an ▁awk ward ▁and ▁une ven ▁collection . ▁