Contains the stories: Whereyouwantogoto; or The Bouncible Ball, Kind Little Edmund; or The Caves and the Cockatrice, The Cockatoucan; or Great Aunt Willoughby, John Charrington's Wedding, Man Size in Marble, The Ebony Frame, In The Dark, The Power of Darkness, The Dragon Tamers, and, The Mystery of the Semi-Detached. Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) (1858-1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television. She started a new genre of magical adventures arising from everyday settings and has been much imitated. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a precursor to the modern Labour Party. Nesbit's books for children are known for being entertaining without turning didactic, although some of her earlier works, notably Five Children and It (1902) and even more so...

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