Books in Andrew Lang's Fairy Books series

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. These 36 stories from The Crimson Fairy Book originated in Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic, and elsewhere. Stories Included Within This Book: Lovely Ilonka Lucky Luck The Hairy Man To Your Good Health! The Story of the Seven Simons The Language of Beasts The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret The Prince and the Dragon Little Wildrose Tiidu the Piper Paperarello The Gifts of the Magician The Strong Prince The Treasure Seeker The Cottager and his Cat The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality The Stone-cutter The Gold-bearded Man Tritill, Litill, and the Birds The Three Robes The Six Hungry Beasts How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro The Rogue and the Herdsman Eisenkopf The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife Motikatika Niels and the Giants Shepherd Paul How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished The Crab and the Monkey The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor The Colony of Cats How to find out a True Friend Clever Maria The Magic Kettle

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The Orange Fairy Book includes 33 tales from Jutland, Rhodesia, Uganda, and various other European traditions. Stories Included Within This Book: The Story of the Hero Makoma The Magic Mirror Story of the King who would see Paradise How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu Ian, the Soldier's Son The Fox and the Wolf How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon The Ugly Duckling The Two Caskets The Goldsmith's Fortune The Enchanted Wreath The Foolish Weaver The Clever Cat The Story of Manus Pinkel the Thief The Adventures of a Jackal The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal The Three Treasures of the Giants The Rover of the Plain The White Doe The Girl-Fish The Owl and the Eagle The Frog and the Lion Fairy The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired The Princess Bella-Flor The Bird of Truth The Mink and the Wolf Adventures of an Indian Brave How the Stalos were Tricked Andras Baive The White Slipper The Magic Book

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. Contains thirty true stories, mainly drawn from European history. Includes the life of Joan of Arc and the Jacobite uprising of 1745. Stories Included Within This Book: Wilson's Last Fight The Life and Death of Joan the Maid How the Bass was held for King James The Crowning of Ines de Castro The Story of Orthon How Gustavus Vasa won his Kingdom Monsieur de Bayard's Duel Story of Gudbrand of the Dales Sir Richard Grenville The Story of Molly Pitcher The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer Marbot's March Eylau. The Mare Lisette How Marbot crossed the Danube The Piteous Death of Gaston, Son of the Count of Foix Rolf Stake The Wreck of the 'Wager' Peter Williamson A Wonderful Voyage The Pitcairn Islanders A Relation of three years' Suffering of Robert Everard upon the Island of Assada, near Madagascar, in a voyage to India, in the year 1686 The Fight at Svolder Island The Death of Hacon the Good Prince Charlie's War The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition The Story of Emund The Man in White The Adventures of 'The Bull of Earlstoun' The Story of Grisell Baillie's Sheep's Head The Conquest of Peru

Volume 8 of Andrew Lang's classic Fairy Books Series (also known as the Fairy Books of Many Colors series), collecting treasured and beloved stories from around the world. This volume features the following tales: Lovely Ilonka, Lucky Luck, The Hairy Man, To Your Good Health!, The Story of the Seven Simons, The Language of Beasts, The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret, The Prince And The Dragon, Little Wildrose, Tiidu The Piper, Paperarelloo, The Gifts Of The Magician, The Strong Prince, The Treasure Seeker, The Cottager And His Cat, The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality, The Stone-Cutter, The Gold-Bearded Man, Tritill, Litill, And The Birds, The Three Robes, The Six Hungry Beasts, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, The Rogue And The Herdsman, Eisenkopf, The Death Of Abu Nowas And Of His Wife, Motiratika, Niels And The Giants, Shepherd Paul, How The Wicked Tanuki Was Punished, The Crab And The Monkey, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, The Story Of The Sham Prince, Or The Ambitious Tailor, The Colony Of Cats, How To Find Out A True Friend, Clever Maria, and The Magic Kettle.

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The Pink Fairy Book Contains Forty-one Japanese, Scandinavian, and Sicilian tales. Stories Included Within This Book: The Cat's Elopement How the Dragon Was Tricked The Goblin and the Grocer The House in the Wood Urashimataro and the Turtle The Slaying of the Tanuki The Flying Trunk The Snow Man The Shirt-Collar The Princess in the Chest The Three Brothers The Snow-queen The Fir-Tree Hans, the Mermaid's Son Peter Bull The Bird 'Grip' Snowflake I Know What I Have Learned The Cunning Shoemaker The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife Catherine and Her Destiny How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter The Water of Life The Wounded Lion The Man Without a Heart The Two Brothers Master and Pupil The Golden Lion The Sprig of Rosemary The White Dove The Troll's Daughter Esben and the Witch Princess Minon-Minette Maiden Bright-eye The Merry Wives King Lindworm The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther The Little Hare The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue The Story of Ciccu Don Giovanni de la Fortuna

Andrew Lang's 12 Coloured Fairy Books are some of his best known works. The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. In the Preface to the third volume, Lang expressed the view that it would be "probably the last" of the collection. Their continuing popularity, however, demanded one more collections after this one.

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The Animal Story Book contains sixty-five stories about animals. Some of them are simple accounts of how animals live in the wild. Others are stories about pets, or remarkable wild animals, or about hunting expeditions. Many are taken from Alexandre Dumas. Stories Included Within This Book: 'Tom': an Adventure in the Life of a Bear in Paris Saï the Panther The Buzzard and the Priest Cowper and his Hares A Rat Tale Snake Stories What Elephants can Do The Dog of Montargis How a Beaver builds his House The War Horse of Alexander Stories about Bears Stories about Ants The Taming of an Otter The Story of Androcles and the Lion Monsieur Dumas and his Beasts The Adventures of Pyramus The Story of a Weasel Stories about Wolves Two Highland Dogs Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo How the Cayman was killed The Story of Fido Beasts Besieged Mr. Gully Stories from Pliny The Strange History of Cagnotte Still Waters Run Deep; or, the Dancing Dog Theo and his Horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche Madame Théophile and the Parrot The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins Monkey Stories Eccentric Bird Builders The Ship of the Desert Hame, hame, hame, where I fain wad be Nests for Dinner Fire-eating Djijam The Story of the Dog Oscar Dolphins at Play The Starling of Segringen Grateful Dogs Gazelle Cockatoo Stories The Otter who was reared by a Cat Stories about Lions Builders and Weavers More Faithful than Favoured Dolphins, Turtles, and Cod More about Elephants Bungey Lions and their Ways The History of Jacko I Signora and Lori Of the Linnet, Popinjay, or Parrot, and other Birds that can Speak Patch and the Chickens The Fierce Falcon Mr. Bolt, the Scotch Terrier A Raven's Funeral A Strange Tiger Halcyons and their Biographers The Story of a Frog The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree Dogs Over the Water The Capocier and his Mate Owls and Marmots Eagles' Nests

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The Strange Story Book contains thirty-four stories on a variety of subjects, including ghost stories, Native American legends, true stories, and tales from Washington Irving. Storied Included Within This Book: The Drowned Buccaneer The Perplexity of Zadig The Return of the Dead Wife Young Amazon Snell The Good Sir James Rip van Winkle The Wonderful Basket The Escape of the Galley-slaves The Beaver and the Porcupine An Old-world Ghost The Gentleman Highwayman The Vision of the Pope Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother The Handless Brigade The Son of the Wolf Chief Blind Jack of Knaresborough Blind Jack Again The Story of Djun What Became of Owen Parfitt? Blackskin The Pets of Aurore Dupin The Trials of M. Deschartres Aurore at Play How Aurore learned to Ride Land-Otter the Indian The Disinheriting of a Son The Siege of Rhodes The Princess of Babylon The Adventures of Fire-Drill's Son The Strange Story of Elizabeth Canning Mrs. Veal's Ghost The Chief's Daughter The Boyhood of a Painter The Adventures of a Spanish Nun

It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Three-headed trolls, horses that carry their masters up mountains of glass, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres--these are the companions who will thrill young boys and girls of all lands and all times, as Andrew Lang's phenomenally successful collections of stories have proved. From the day that they were first printed, the Lang fairy-tale books of many colors have entertained thousands of boys and girls, as they have also brought pleasure to the many parents who have read these unforgettable classics to their children.In addition to such familiar favorites as ""Jack and the Beanstalk,"" ""Rapunzel,"" ""The Ratcatcher"" (""The Pied Piper""), and ""Snowdrop"" (""Snow White""), The Red Fairy Book contains a wonderful collection of lesser-known tales from French, German, Danish, Russian, and Romanian sources. A tale from Norse mythology recounts the old story of Sigurd and Brynhild; tales by the great Madame d'Aulnoy include ""Graciosa and Percinet"" and ""Princess Rosette""; lesser-known tales from Grimm's collection include ""The Three Dwarfs,"" ""Mother Holle,"" and ""The Golden Goose.""All in all, this collection contains thirty-seven stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range. His position as one of England's foremost folklorists as well as his first-rate literary abilities makes his collections unmatchable in the English language.

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. Stories Included Within This Book: Madschun The Blue Parrot Geirlug The King's Daughter The Story of Little King Loc A Long-Bow Story Jackal or Tiger? The Comb and the Collar The Thanksgiving of the Wazir Samba the Coward Kupti and Imani The Strange Adventures of Little Maia Diamond Cut Diamond The Green Knight The Five Wise Words of the Guru The Golden-Headed Fish Dorani The Satin Surgeon The Billy Goat and the King The Story of Zoulvisia Grasp All, Lose All The Fate of the Turtle The Snake Prince The Prince and the Princess in the Forest The Clever Weaver The Boy Who Found Fear At Last He Wins Who Waits The Steel Cane The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana The Silent Princess

Volume 7 of Andrew Lang's classic Fairy Books Series (also known as the Fairy Books of Many Colors series), collecting treasured and beloved stories from around the world. This volume features the following tales: A Tale Of The Tontlawald, The Finest Liar In The World, The Story Of Three Wonderful Beggars, Schippeitaro, The Three Princes And Their Beasts (Lithuanian Fairy Tale), The Goat’s Ears Of The Emperor Trojan, The Nine Pea-Hens And The Golden Apples, The Lute Player, The Grateful Prince, The Child Who Came From An Egg, Stan Bolovan, The Two Frogs, The Story Of A Gazelle, How A Fish Swam In The Air And A Hare In The Water., Two In A Sack, The Envious Neighbour, The Fairy Of The Dawn, The Enchanted Knife, Jesper Who Herded The Hares, The Underground Workers, The History Of Dwarf Long Nose, The Nunda, Eater Of People, The Story Of Hassebu, The Maiden With The Wooden Helmet, The Monkey And The Jelly-Fish, The Headless Dwarfs, The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened, The Boys With The Golden Stars, The Frog, The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground, The Girl Who Pretended To Be A Boy, The Story Of Halfman, The Prince Who Wanted To See The World, Virgilius The Sorcerer, and Mogarzea And His Son.