Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to E. Nesbit. According to her biographer, Julia Briggs, E. Nesbit was "the first modern writer for children, Nesbit helped to reverse the great tradition of children's literature inaugurated by Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and Kenneth Grahame, in turning away from their secondary worlds to the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels". Briggs also credits Nesbit with having invented the children's adventure story. This books contains: - The Ebony Frame. - John Charrington's Wedding. - Uncle Abraham's Romance. - The Mystery Of The Semi-Detached. - From The Dead. - Man-Size In Marble. - The Mass For The Dead. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!