An edition of The Story of the Treasure Seekers being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune
(1899)
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (Puffin Classics)
by Edith Nesbit
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The six Bastable children try to restore their family's fortune using a variety of schemes taken from books, including finding buried treasure, rescuing someone from bandits, and starting a newspaper.
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"This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure, and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking."
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