In the book The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Nesbit tells the story of Oswald, DoraDicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable and their attempts to assisttheir widowed father to recover the lost fortunes of their family.E. Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English poet and author born in Kennington, England.She wrote or co-authored more than 60 books for children’s literature.