"The Sorry-Present and the Expelled Little Boy"

Title"The Sorry-Present and the Expelled Little Boy"
Year for Search1906
AuthorsNesbit, E[dith](1858-1924)
Tertiary AuthorsNesbit, E.
Secondary TitleThe Strand Magazine
Volume / Edition31.182
Pagination224-32
Date PublishedFebruary 1906
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

Written for children but a good satire on the Wellsian future by a friend of H.G. Wells (1866-1946).

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in her The Story of the Amulet. Illus. H.R. Millar (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906), 288-318; and (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Puffin Books, 1959), 217-38; rev. ed. (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Puffin Books, 1996), 224-47. The first Puffin Books ed. has the story copyright of 1901, but The Strand Magazine publication is clearly the first publication. The general title of The Strand Magazine version is “The Amulet: A Story for Children” and appears in 29.173 - 31.184 (May 1905 - April 1906). 

Illustration

Illus. H.R. Millar

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Author Note

Female author (1858-1924).

Full Text

1906 Nesbit, E[dith] (1858-1924). “The Sorry-Present and the Expelled Little Boy.” Illus. H.R. Millar. The Strand Magazine 31.182 (February 1906): 224-32. Rpt. in her The Story of the Amulet. Illus. H.R. Millar (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906), 288-318; and (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Puffin Books, 1959), 217-38; rev. ed. (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Puffin Books, 1996), 224-47. The first Puffin Books ed. has the story copyright of 1901, but The Strand Magazine publication is clearly the first publication. The general title of The Strand Magazine version is “The Amulet: A Story for Children” and appears in 29.173 - 31.184 (May 1905 - April 1906). L, PSt

Written for children but a good satire on the Wellsian future by a friend of H.G. Wells (1866-1946). Female author.