The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature ... - uogenglish

The Late Nineteenth-Century Novel
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The lark. 1922.
Many voices. 1922.
To the adventurous. 1923.
Five of us, and Madeleine. 1925, New York 1926; 2nd impression
London 1926; further rptd.
The Bastable children. Preface by C. Morley, New York 1925. A
reprint of the 3 Bastable books. Often rptd. English edn pbd
under the title Complete history of the Bastable family, with
illustrations by G. Browne, L. Baumer, A. H. Buckland and J.
Hassall, 1928.
Undated works
Fading light. Illustr A. Warne Browne, W. Hagelberg, London and
New York.
May-time and play-time. London and New York.
Miss Mischief. London and New York c. 1891.
Off to fairyland. London and New York.
Fairies (a shaped book). London.
Sunnylands. London and New York.
Bright eyes. London and New York. A book in the shape of a
butterfly.
Songs of the cornfield. London. A book in the shape of a straw hat
and sickle.
Books edited or arranged by E. Nesbit
Spring songs and sketches; Summer songs and sketches; Autumn
songs and sketches; Winter songs and sketches. A series of illustrated
books of verses, selected and arranged by E. N. and R. Ellice
Mack. London and New York 1886. A similar series of books – for
Morning, Noon, Eventide and Night – was pbd in 1887.
River sketches. Words selected and written by E. N. London and
New York 1887.
Winter snow; In the spring time; The time of roses; Autumn leaves.
A series of books, with contents selected and arranged by E. N.
London and New York 1888.
Lilies and heartsease; Daisy days; Falling leaves. A similar series of
books, ed E. N. and R. E. Mack. London and New York 1888.
By land and sea. Poems selected by E. N. London and New York 1888.
The life of happy children, by C. Brooke, A. Hoatson and E. Bland.
Selected and arranged by E. N. London and New York 1889.
Songs of Scotland. Selected by E. N., illustr H. Bellingham Smith, G.
E. Corner, and G. Gorsky. 1890.
The girl’s own birthday book. Selected and arranged by E. N. 1894.
Poets’ whispers, a birthday book. Quotations selected and arranged
by E. N. 1895.
Collaborative works
The prophet’s mantle (in collaboration with Hubert Bland, under
the pseud ‘Fabian Bland’). 1885, Chicago 1889.
Easter-tide, by E. N. and C. Brooke. 1888, New York 1888.
All round the year, by E. N. and C. Brooke. 1888.
The lilies round the cross (with Helen J. Wood). 1889, New York
1889.
Life’s sunny side (poems by E. N. and others). 1890, New York 1890.
Told by the fireside (short stories by E. N. and others). 1890.
Twice four (short stories by E. N. and others). 1891.
Story upon story, and every word true (by E. N. and others). 1892.
Contributions to the following books of verse and prose, pbd 1893:
Flowers I bring and songs I sing; Our friends and all about them;
Listen long and listen well; Sunny tales for snowy days; Told by
the sunbeams and me; What really happened; We’ve tales to tell.
Contributions to 15 of the Nister’s Holiday Annuals between 1893
and 1915.
Contributions to the following books of verse and prose, pbd in 1894:
Hours in many lands; Tales that are true for brown eyes and blue;
Tales to delight from morning till night; Fur and feathers, tales for
all weathers; All but one, told by the flowers; Lads and lasses.
A graven image (short stories by E. N. and O. Barron). 1894.
The Butler in Bohemia (short stories, written in collaboration with
O. Barron). 1894.
Contributions to the following books of verses and prose pbd 1895:
Tick tock, tales of the clock; Stories in a shell; Treasures from storyland;
Friends in fable, a book of animal stories; Rosy cheeks
and golden ringlets.
Dulcie’s lantern, and other stories (by E. N. and others). 1895.
Holly and mistletoe, a book of Christmas verse (with Norman Gale
and Richard le Gallienne). 1895.
Once upon a time, the favourite nursery tales (retold by E. N. and
others). London and New York 1897. Much of this material was
included in later Nister edns – e.g. Little Red Riding Hood and
other nursery tales (undated) and Favourite fairy tales (1912),
where E. N. is named as one of several authors.
Dinna Forget (poems by E. N. and others). London 1897, New York
1898.
Tales told in the twilight (very short stories by E. N. and others).
London and New York 1897.
Dog tales, and other tales, by E. N. and others. Ed E. Vredenburg
1898.
A book of dogs, being a discourse on them, with many tales and
wonders, gathered by E. N. London and New York 1898.
Contributions to Father Tuck’s Annual. 1900.
Cat tales (with Rosamund Bland). London and New York 1904.
Days of delight. Ed E. Vredenburg 1910. In Father Tuck’s Golden
Gift Ser. There are possibly 19 vols in the ser. Only a few have
Nesbit contributions. Father Tuck’s Welcome Gift Ser may also
date from this time – see undated section, below.
Children’s stories from English history, told by E. N. and Doris
Ashley. 1910. Rptd material from Royal children of English
history 1897; reissued 1914.
My sea-side-story book, by E. N. with G. Manville Fenn. London and
New York 1911.
Favourite fairy tales, retold by E. N. and others. 1911.
Battle songs, chosen by E. N. 1914.
Essays, by Hubert Bland. Ed ‘E. Nesbit Bland’ 1914.
Undated collaborative works
Sunny hours. In Father Tuck’s Welcome Gift Series, No 401. There
were 6 vols in this series, some of which may have had E. N. contributions.
The numbering suggests a date before 1910 (see
Golden Gift Ser under that year, above).
My farmyard story book, by E. N. and others. London and New
York.
Stories for all times, by E. N. and others. London and New York.
Hallowe’en house, by Mrs Molesworth, E. N. and others. London
and New York.
Round the hearth, by E. N. and others, ed and arranged by Robert
Ellice Mack.
Merry playtimes, a picture book for boys and girls (by E. N. and
others). London and New York.
Our own story book (by E. N. and others). London and New York.
Merry companions (by E. N. and others). London and New York.
In picture land, a book of pictures and stories for little ones (by E. N.
and others). London and New York.
Blue eyes and cherry pies (by E. N. and others). London and New
York.
The beautiful world, and other poems (by E. N. and others). London
and New York.
Contributions to periodicals
E. Nesbit was a prolific contributor to periodicals of all descriptions. Her first
contribution was a ‘set of verses with a moral tag’ in The Sunday Mag in
1874 (not yet precisely identified). The 1st positively identified contribution
was a set of verses ‘A year ago’ in Good Words Dec 1876. The following lists the
more important of the rest of her huge output: