Wet Magic by E. Nesbit (Paperback)

On a seaside holiday four children, Francis, Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen, discover that a captured mermaid is being shown as an exhibit at the local circus. They decide to set her free, and in a daring rescue in the dead of night they help her escape and return to the sea. As a reward she takes them to visit her home, plunging them into an amazing series of under-sea adventures.

A magical fantasy by the author of 'The Railway Children' and 'Five Children and It.'

First published in 1913, this marvelous story by E. Nesbit, illustrated with fifteen striking black-and-white drawings by H. R. Millar, will entrall and enchant a new generation of readers.