A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

First published in the year 1895, the present fantasy novel ‘A House-Boat on the Styx’ by John Kendrick Bangs begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled—and annoyed—by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat’s janitor. What follows are eleven more stories which are set on the house boat.