Nine Unlikely Tales

Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence and the dreadful automatic nagging machine.<br/><br/>All are classic-Nesbit: charming, novel and not afraid to squeeze in a moral or two — told with proper fairy-tale style.<br/><br/>* 1 - The Cockatoucan<br/>* 2 - Whereyouwantogoto<br/>* 3 - The Blue Mountain<br/>* 4 - The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids<br/>* 5 - Melisande; or Long and Short Division<br/>* 6 - Fortunatus Rex and Co.<br/>* 7 - The Sums That Came Right<br/>* 8 - The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library<br/>* 9 - The Plush Usurper