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Something Wrong

E. Nesbit

First published 1893
Publisher A. D. Innes
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 158
Price 1/-

  • 8 stories "collected from various periodicals" per review Manchester Guardian 1893-07-25 p9 "Books of the Week" (brief, positive)
  • This is the second of four collections in which most of Nesbit's supernatural fiction is assembled [JC] and the second of three that contain most of her horror fiction [LT]. --SFE3, biographical entry by John Clute --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy, entry by Lisa Tuttle (Innes published Grim Tales three months earlier, newspaper coverage shows.)
  • Magazine and newspaper publishers of the stories probably include those Nesbit acknowledges in the earlier collection Grim Tales (Innes, 1893): Longman's Magazine, Temple Bar, The Argosy, Home Chimes, and The Illustrated London News.

  • Online copy not found 2018-02-25. OCLC 755692303 reports a 2005 microfilm copy.
  • Publ date (inferred) and price from review Manchester Guardian 1893-07-25 p9 "Books of the Week" (very brief, positive)
  • Contents' page numbers from PDF on digitalarchive.tpl.ca and Archive.org copy.

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Hurst of Hurstcote E. Nesbit Short Story
37 The Blue Rose E. Nesbit Short Story
58 Not Exceeding £5 E. Nesbit Short Story
74 Tim E. Nesbit Short Story
93 The Linguist E. Nesbit Short Story
121 A Woman's Vengeance E. Nesbit Short Story
135 The Judgment: A Broadmoor Biography E. Nesbit Short Story
144 A Grand Piece of Work E. Nesbit Short Story