'Kenneth and the Carp' - unjustly accused, a boy transforms into a fish and redeems his honor.'The Aunt and Amabel' - a girl enters a magic world through a wardrobe.

'The Related Muff' - a sensitive boy, dismissed as a 'muff' by his cousins, proves himself a hero in a crisis.'Justnowland' - Elsie visits a magic land of giant crows, and a dragon.'Belinda and Bellamant' - they are a princess and prince suffering curses a talking bat helps resolve their problems.'The White Cat' - a boy finds a china ornament in the attic it proves to be a magic talisman.'Septimus Septimusson' - he is the seventh son of a seventh son, who can see fairies and hear the beasts speak and he must seek his fortune.'The Princess and the Hedge-pig' - King Ozymandias and Queen Eliza plan a secret christening for their Princess Ozyliza, to avoid a wicked fairy's curse.'Accidental Magic' - Quentin falls asleep on the altarstone at Stonehenge, and wakes in Atlantis.'The Mixed Mine' - two boys find a magic spyglass, and use it to make their fortunes.'The Cat-hood of Maurice' - a boy abuses the family cat, and learns to see things from the feline point of view.The stories, previously printed in magazines such as Blackie's Children's Annual, are typical of Nesbit's arch, ironic, clever fantasies for children. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. The Magic World is a collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit.

Millar illustration of 'Kenneth and the Carp', 1909

The magic city by e nesbit