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History. A post office operated under the name Nesbits Station from 1869 to 1881 and began operating under the name Nesbit in 1881. [2] In the early 1900s, an academy, two churches, and a sawmill were located in Nesbit. [3] Nesbit is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad. [4]
The Wouldbegoods. The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a novel by E. Nesbit first published in 1899. It tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, and their attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. The novel's complete name is The Story of the Treasure ...
Five Children and It is a fantasy children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the Strand Magazine under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts, with a segment appearing each month from April to December. The stories were then expanded into a novel which was published the same year.
Hubert Bland, "Modern Marriage" in Letters to a Daughter, 1907 Bland, "a poseur by nature, was something more than a philanderer by habit." He had "a voracious sexual appetite." When Nesbit met Bland, he "already had a mistress with child." After Alice Hoatson joined the Bland household, "he proceeded to father children on both her and Edith regularly." George Bernard Shaw described Bland as ...
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written by E. Nesbit and first published in 1904. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five children: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace ...
Martin Hughes Nesbitt (born November 29, 1962) is an American businessman and public figure. Nesbit is co-CEO of the Vistria Group, a Chicago -based private equity firm. [ 1 ] Nesbitt is on the boards of directors of publicly traded companies CenterPoint Energy , Norfolk Southern Corporation , and American Airlines Group .
Nesbit is an unincorporated community in Dunklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] History. A post office called Nesbit was established in 1887, and ...
Nesbit, Northumberland. Nesbit is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Doddington, Northumberland, England. It was once the site of a medieval village. In maps published during the 17th to 19th centuries, the name of the settlement was variously spelled Nesbet, Nesbitt or Nesbit. In 1951 the parish had a population of 143.