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ContentsWhat the Rose did to the Cypress Ball-carrier and the Bad One How Ball-carrier Finished His Task The Bunyip Father Grumbler The Story of the Yara The Cunning Hare How Geirald The Coward Was Punished Habogi The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe The Wicked Wolverine The Husband of the Rat's Daughter Pivi and Kabo The Elf Maiden How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones Fortune and the Wood-Cutter The Enchanted Head The Sister of the Sun The Prince and the Three Fates The Fox and the Lapp Kisa the Cat The Lion and the Cat Which was the Foolishest? Rubezahl Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey

Volume 9 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: What the Rose did to the Cypress, Ball-carrier and the Bad One, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, The Bunyip, Father Grumbler, The Story of the Yara, The Cunning Hare, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, Habogi, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe, The Wicked Wolverine, The Husband of the Rat’s Daughter, Pivi and Kabo, The Elf Maiden, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter, The Enchanted Head, The Sister of the Sun, The Prince and the Three Fates, The Fox and the Lapp, Kisa the Cat, The Lion and the Cat, Which was the Foolishest?, Rubezahl, Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted, and Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey.

“The Brown Fairy Book”, the ninth in Andrew Lang’s “Coloured” Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1904. This edition contains all 32 of the original stories and all 50 of the original black-and-white illustrations. *** The collections were specifically intended for children, and consequently edited for that end. *** When Andrew began publishing these books there were almost no English fairy tale books in circulation. The series proved of great influence in children’s literature, and inspired a host of imitators. The series also proved to be an inspiration to J.R. Tolken and his Middle-Earth collection of novels. *** This book contains these stories: What the Rose did to the Cypress, Ball-Carrier and the Bad One; How Ball-Carrier finished his Task; The Bunyip; Father Grumbler; The Story of the Yara; The Cunning Hare; The Turtle and his Bride; How Geirald the Coward was Punished; Hábogi; How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers; The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé; The Wicked Wolverine; The Husband of the Rat’s Daughter; The Mermaid and the Boy; Pivi and Kabo; The Elf Maiden; How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones; Fortune and the Wood-Cutter; The Enchanted Head; The Sister of the Sun; The Prince and the Three Fates; The Fox and the Lapp; Kisa the Cat; The Lion and the Cat; Which was the Foolishest?; Asmund and Signy; Rübezahl; Story of the King who would be Stronger then Fate; Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey; and The Knights of the Fish. * * * * Check out the other Andrew Lang books published by Flying Chipmunk Publishing at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com, or Friend us on Facebook for our latest releases.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 9th in the series of the fairy books. Beautifully illustrated in b&w and colour by H J Ford, all 8 colour plates present. Some finger marks to pages, mild foxing limited only to prelims, cracked to hinge in several places rending the binding shaken, neat ink inscription to verso of ffep, lovely brown endpapers decorated with silver fairy/seagull design. Bound within brown cloth covered boards with bright gold gilt decoration, a little marked with wear to extremities, wonderful illustration of a girl surrounded by fairies to upper, and two fairies dancing amongst the stars to tail of spine, gilt lettered to spine also. Gilded to all fore-edges.

Fairy tales and stories of the 'Arabian Nights' order are not often attempted by modern imaginations, but collections of the old legends are perennially popular. Mr. Andrew Lang has not yet exhausted the supply of these last, although he has to go to countries more and more remote for every new year's gleanings. For the material in his latest volume, 'The Brown Fairy Book', he has searched the folk lore of the red Indians, the black Australians, the African Kaffirs, and the natives of Brazil and New Caledonia. Besides these, there are some tales of moment from the French and Persian, some of them being specially translated for this work.

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