Publisher's description: An extremely unhappy 10-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items.
- "The Magic City (1910) developed out of EN's hobby of constructing miniature cities from household objects." -- SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by Lisa Tuttle
- [Beyond the Nesbit series:] "At least two singletons are of interest. The Enchanted Castle (1907) ... The young protagonist of The Magic City (1910) creates an ideal City (see Utopia) on his table top and then enters it (see Great and Small), becoming its saviour." -- SFE3, biographical entry by John Clute
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1910 | The Magic City | Macmillan and Co. | Novel | ||
| 1947 |
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The Magic City | Ernest Benn | Novel | |
| 1958 |
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The Magic City | London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann | Novel | |
| 1981 |
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The Magic City | Gregg Press | Novel | |
| August 2000 |
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The Magic City | Seastar Books | Novel | |
| August 2000 |
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The Magic City | Seastar Books | Novel | |
| December 2007 | The Magic City | Project Gutenberg | Novel | ||
| July 2009 |
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The Magic City | LibriVox | Novel | |
| September 2010 |
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The Magic City | Jane Nissen Books | Novel | |
| January 2014 |
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The E. Nesbit Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection |