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. All are classic-Nesbit: charming, novel and not afraid to squeeze in a moral or two—told with proper fairy-tale style. * 1 - The Cockatoucan * 2 - Whereyouwantogoto * 3 - The Blue Mountain * 4 - The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids * 5 - Melisande; or Long and Short Division * 6 - Fortunatus Rex and Co. * 7 - The Sums That Came Right * 8 - The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library * 9 - The Plush Usurper