Edith Nesbit (1958 - 1924) was an English poet and author known for her children's books. She is credited with writing over 60 books for children. Nesbit was co-founder of the Fabian Society, which later became the Labour Party. Nesbit wrote about the real world not a fantasyland. She invented the children's adventure story. Poems in this collection include The Return, For Dolly--Who does not Learn her Lessons, Questions, The Daisies, The Touchstone, The December Rose, The Fire, Song, A Parting, The Gift of Life, Incompatibilities, The Stolen God--Lazarus to Dives, Winter, Sea-Shells, Hope, The Prodigal's Return, The Skylark, Saturday Song, The Champion, The Garden Refused, These Little Ones, The Despot, The Magic Ring, Philosophy, The Whirligig of Time, Magic, Windflowers, As it is, Before Winter, The Vault--after Sedgmoor, Surrender, Values, In the People's Park, Wedding Day, The Last Defeat, May Day, Gretna Green, The Eternal, The Point of View, Mary of Magdala, The Home-coming, Age to Youth, In Age, and many more.

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Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922) was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in Pennsylvania, USA. Better known by her pen name, Nellie Bly, the journalist's most famous works include the account of her record-breaking world trip, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, and her mental institution exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House, in which she went undercover to reveal the truth about the conditions of asylums. Bly was a pioneering writer, introducing the trend of stunt girl reporting.