E. Nesbit 
Nine Unlikely Tales 

'Nine Unlikely Tales’ by E. Nesbit is a collection of nine original fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence and the dreadful automatic nagging machine. The Cockatoucan, Whereyouwantogoto, The Blue Mountain, The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids, Melisande; or Long and Short Division, Fortunatus Rex and Co., The Sums That Came Right, The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library, The Plush Usurper.