Books published by publisher Longmans, Green and co

Andrew Lang, a Scotsman, wrote the Fairy Books, 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. In the Green Fairy Book, the third in the series, Lang has assembled stories from Spanish and Chinese traditions. It is illustrated by H. J. Ford (Henry Justice Ford). Published in 1982 by Longmans, Green & Co, of London and 15 E. 16th St., New York.