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Books edited or arranged by E. Nesbit<br />

Spring songs and sketches; Summer songs and sketches; Autumn<br />

songs and sketches; Winter songs and sketches. A series <strong>of</strong> illustrated<br />

books <strong>of</strong> verses, selected and arranged by E. N. and R. Ellice<br />

Mack. London and New York 1886. A similar series <strong>of</strong> books – for<br />

Morning, Noon, Eventide and Night – was pbd in 1887.<br />

River sketches. Words selected and written by E. N. London and<br />

New York 1887.<br />

Winter snow; In the spring time; <strong>The</strong> time <strong>of</strong> roses; Autumn leaves.<br />

A series <strong>of</strong> books, with contents selected and arranged by E. N.<br />

London and New York 1888.<br />

Lilies and heartsease; Daisy days; Falling leaves. A similar series <strong>of</strong><br />

books, ed E. N. and R. E. Mack, London and New York 1888.<br />

By land and sea. Poems selected by E. N., London and New York 1888.<br />

<strong>The</strong> life <strong>of</strong> happy children. By C. Brooke, A. Hoatson and E. Bland.<br />

Selected and arranged by E. N., London and New York 1889.<br />

Songs <strong>of</strong> Scotland. Selected by E. N., illustr H. Bellingham Smith, G.<br />

E. Corner and G. Gorsky, 1890.<br />

<strong>The</strong> girl’s own birthday book. Selected and arranged by E. N. 1894.<br />

Poets’ whispers, a birthday book. Quotations selected and arranged<br />

by E. N. 1895.<br />

Collaborative works<br />

<strong>The</strong> prophet’s mantle. In collaboration with Hubert Bland, under<br />

the pseud ‘Fabian Bland’. 1885, Chicago 1889.<br />

Easter-tide. By E. N. and C. Brooke. 1888, New York 1888.<br />

All round the year. By E. N. and C. Brooke. 1888.<br />

<strong>The</strong> lilies round the cross. 1889, New York 1889. With Helen J. Wood.<br />

Life’s sunny side. 1890, New York 1890. Poems by E. N. and others.<br />

Told by the fireside. 1890. Short stories by E. N. and others.<br />

Twice four. 1891. Short stories by E. N. and others.<br />

Story upon story, and every word true. 1892. By E. N. and others.<br />

Contributions to the following books <strong>of</strong> verse and prose, pbd 1893:<br />

Flowers I bring and songs I sing; Our friends and all about them;<br />

Listen long and listen well; Sunny tales for snowy days; Told by<br />

the sunbeams and me; What really happened; We’ve tales to tell.<br />

Contributions to 15 <strong>of</strong> the Nister’s Holiday Annuals between 1893<br />

and 1915.<br />

Contributions to the following books <strong>of</strong> verse and prose, pbd 1894:<br />

Hours in many lands; Tales that are true for brown eyes and blue;<br />

Tales to delight from morning till night; Fur and feathers, tales<br />

for all weathers; All but one, told by the flowers; Lads and lasses.<br />

A graven image. 1894. Short stories by E. N. and O. Barron.<br />

<strong>The</strong> butler in Bohemia. 1894. Short stories, written in collaboration<br />

with O. Barron.<br />

Contributions to the following books <strong>of</strong> verse and prose, pbd 1895:<br />

Tick tock, tales <strong>of</strong> the clock; Stories in a shell; Treasures from storyland;<br />

Friends in fable, a book <strong>of</strong> animal stories; Rosy cheeks<br />

and golden ringlets.<br />

Dulcie’s lantern, and other stories. 1895. By E. N. and others.<br />

Holly and mistletoe, a book <strong>of</strong> Christmas verse. 1895. With Norman<br />

Gale and Richard le Gallienne.<br />

Once upon a time, the favourite nursery tales [retold by E. N. and<br />

others]. London and New York 1897. Much <strong>of</strong> this material was<br />

included in later Nister editions – e.g. Little red riding hood and<br />

other nursery tales (undated) and Favourite fairy tales (1912),<br />

where E. N. is named as one <strong>of</strong> several authors.<br />

Dinna forget. London 1897, New York 1898. Poems by E. N. and<br />

others.<br />

Tales told in the twilight. London and New York 1897. Very short<br />

stories by E. N. and others.<br />

Dog tales, and other tales. By E. N. and others. Ed E. Vredenburg<br />

1898.<br />

A book <strong>of</strong> dogs, being a discourse on them, with many tales and<br />

wonders. Gathered by E. N. London and New York 1898.<br />

Contributions to Father Tuck’s Annual. 1900.<br />

Cat tales. London and New York 1904. With Rosamund Bland.<br />

Days <strong>of</strong> delight. Ed E. Vredenburg 1910 (71 pp.). In Father Tuck’s<br />

Golden Gift ser. <strong>The</strong>re are possibly 19 vols in the series. Only a few<br />

have Nesbit contributions. Father Tuck’s Welcome Gift ser may<br />

also date from this time – see undated section, below.<br />

Children’s stories from <strong>English</strong> history. Told by E. N. and Doris<br />

Ashley. 1910. Rptd material from Royal children <strong>of</strong> <strong>English</strong><br />

history, 1897; reissued 1914.<br />

My sea-side-story book. By E. N. with G. Manville Fenn. London and<br />

New York 1911.<br />

Favourite fairy tales. Retold by E. N. and others. 1911.<br />

Battle songs. Chosen by E. N. 1914.<br />

Essays. By Hubert Bland. Ed ‘E. Nesbit Bland’. 1914.<br />

Undated collaborative works<br />

Sunny hours. In Father Tuck’s Welcome Gift ser, no 401. <strong>The</strong>re were<br />

6 vols in this series, some <strong>of</strong> which may have had E. N. contributions.<br />

<strong>The</strong> numbering suggests a date before 1910 (see Golden Gift<br />

ser under that year, above).<br />

My farmyard story book. By E. N. and others. London and New York.<br />

Stories for all times. By E. N. and others. London and New York.<br />

Hallowe’en house. By Mrs Molesworth, E. N. and others. London<br />

and New York.<br />

Round the hearth. By E. N. and others. Ed and arranged by Robert<br />

Ellice Mack.<br />

Merry playtimes, a picture book for boys and girls. By E. N. and<br />

others. London and New York.<br />

Our own story book. By E. N. and others. London and New York.<br />

Merry companions. By E. N. and others. London and New York.<br />

In picture land, a book <strong>of</strong> pictures and stories for little ones. By E. N.<br />

and others. London and New York.<br />

Blue eyes and cherry pies. By E. N. and others. London and New<br />

York.<br />

<strong>The</strong> beautiful world, and other poems. By E. N. and others. London<br />

and New York.<br />

Contributions to periodicals<br />

E. Nesbit was a prolific contributor to periodicals <strong>of</strong> all descriptions. Her first<br />

contribution was a ‘set <strong>of</strong> verses with a moral tag’ in <strong>The</strong> Sunday Mag in<br />

1874 (not yet precisely identified). <strong>The</strong> first positively identified contribution<br />

was a set <strong>of</strong> verses ‘A Year Ago’ in Good Words Dec 1876. <strong>The</strong> following lists<br />

the more important <strong>of</strong> the rest <strong>of</strong> her huge output:<br />

Argosy. Over 30 contributions 1877–97.<br />

Atalanta. At least 8 contributions 1891–8.<br />

Black and White. 4 chs from children’s books 1899–1907.<br />

Daily Chron. Weekly articles for children Apr–July 1910.<br />

Girls Own Paper. My school days, Oct 1896–Sep 1897.<br />

Home Chimes. Short stories 1887–9.<br />

Illus London News. Chs from children’s books 1896–1901.<br />

London Mag. Chs from children’s books 1903–6.<br />

Longman’s Mag. 4 adult short stories and poems 1890–1.<br />

Neolith, an experimental mag, pbd quarterly under the direction <strong>of</strong><br />

E. N., Graily Hewitt, F. Ernest Jackson and Spencer Pryse. 4 issues<br />

only pbd (3 with Nesbit stories). 1907–8.<br />

Pall Mall Mag. Chs from children’s books 1893–5.<br />

Sketch. Adult short stories and poems 1893–5.<br />

Strand Mag. July 1899–Aug 1913. Large sections <strong>of</strong> many <strong>of</strong> her most<br />

important children’s books, from <strong>The</strong> book <strong>of</strong> dragons to Wet<br />

magic (111 contributions in all).<br />

Weekly Dispatch. Numerous contributions Jan 1882–Mar 1892. In<br />

the middle years a poem and/or a short story appeared virtually<br />

every week.<br />

§2<br />

Obit: <strong>The</strong> Kentish Express 10 May 1924.<br />

Moore, D. Langley. E. Nesbit, a biography. 1933, 1936, 1951, rev edn<br />

Philadelphia and New York 1966, London 1967.<br />

Edith Nesbit<br />

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