The Story of the Treasure Seekers

<p><I>The Story of the Treasure Seekers</I> (1899) is a children's novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. The first book in Nesbit's beloved Bastable trilogy-which also includes <I>The Wouldbegoods</I> (1901) and <I>The New Treasure Seekers</I> (1904)-<I>The Story of the Treasure Seekers</I> is a story of family adventure and mystery for children and adults alike.<p>The Bastable siblings-Dora Oswald Dicky Alice Noel and Horace Octavius-are clever and curious children who live with their widowed father. When their mother died their father became ill and lost his successful business forcing the family to live modestly. Inspired by stories of buried gold and jewels-and hoping to help their struggling father-the Bastable children decide to go searching for treasure. Their adventure soon takes them to London where they abandon digging for the allure of paying work. The Bastables come up with several schemes to make money including writing poetry banditry and starting a newspaper in the process discovering the power of imagination and the true value of home. <I>The Story of the Treasure Seekers</I> is a masterpiece of children's fiction from Edith Nesbit one of the twentieth century's children's authors. Originally published as a series of stories in several different periodicals <I>The Story of the Treasure Seekers</I> was Nesbit's first novel for children. It would go on to influence both Arthur Ransome and C.S. Lewis and is a favorite of J.K. Rowling's..<p>Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>