The cover page is adapted from Children of the Sea, a painting completed in 1872 by Jozef Israëls. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Israëlswww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Wet Magic
章节(13)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: Sabrina Fair 0:08
- II: The Captive 22:50
- III: The Rescue 53:29
- IV: Gratitude 1:33:36
- V: Consequences 1:47:37
- VI: The Mermaid’s Home 2:01:19
- VII: The Skies Are Falling 2:27:43
- VIII: The Water-War 3:01:38
- IX: The Book People 3:26:39
- X: The Under Folk 3:59:45
- XI: The Peacemaker 4:30:13
- XII: The End 4:56:34
Wet Magic was the last novel for children published by E. Nesbit. It was originally serialized in The Strand Magazine in 1912, with a book version published in 1913.
In the book, four brothers and sisters are on their way to a holiday at the beach. While traveling on a train, they’re excited to read about the purported sighting of a mermaid near the coastal town where they’ll be staying, and agree among themselves to join the hunt for this mythical creature. But when they arrive, they discover that the mermaid has been captured and put on show at a circus at the local fairground. After the older children encounter another mermaid in the sea, who implores them to help, they agree they must do what they can to free the captured one. This leads them on to strange adventures.
While Wet Magic has much of Nesbit’s characteristic charm and humor, it doesn’t appear to have been received as well as her other books, nor has it been as frequently reprinted.