Books with title The Welsh Fairy Book

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The first volume of the famous 12-book series of fairy tales compiled by Andrew Lang that spans all continents and includes 444 tales in total. The first part of the series, The Blue Fairy Book, includes such tales as Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Blue Beard and Rumpelstiltskin; as well as excerpts from Jonathan Swift and One Thousand and One Nights. This edition includes 10 illustrations by Henry J Ford.

It is the first book of the voluminous collection, so-called “Coloured fairy books”, written by a famous Scottish poet, novelist and folklorist. The collection consists of 12 volumes, 798 fairy tales and stories, 153 poems. According to contemporaries, "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel ... he is best recognized for the works he did not write.”

The Blue Fairy Book features a delightful assortment of fairytales collected by Andrew Lang. It features many of the enduring classics like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin as well as many lesser known stories that are destined to become family favorites.This edition has been rearranged to match the Ambleside Online reading order with unused stories at the back to save searching for the one you need each week. It also includes all 135 illustrations from the original.

Volume 11 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: Madschun, The Blue Parrot, Geirlaug 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[4], 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 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, and The Silent Princess.

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 37 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. Includes 97 illustrations.

Title: The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew.Author: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock (1826-1887)THEFAIRY BOOKTHE BEST POPULAR FAIRY STORIESSELECTED AND RENDERED ANEW BY THE AUTHOR OF'JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN' WITH 32 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOURBY WARWICK GOBLECONTENTSPAGEThe Sleeping Beauty in the WoodHop-o'-my-ThumbCinderella; or, The Little Glass SlipperAdventures of John DietrichBeauty and the BeastLittle One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three EyesJack the Giant-killerTom ThumbRumpelstilzchenFortunatusThe Bremen Town MusiciansRiquet with the TuftHouse IslandSnow-White and Rose-RedJack and the Bean-StalkGraciosa and PercinetThe Iron StoveThe Invisible PrinceThe Woodcutter's DaughterBrother and SisterLittle Red-Riding-HoodPuss in BootsThe Wolf and the Seven Young GoslingsThe Fair One with Golden LocksThe ButterflyThe Frog-PrinceThe White CatPrince CherryLittle SnowdropThe Blue BirdThe Yellow DwarfThe Six SwansThe Prince with the NoseThe Hind of the ForestThe Juniper-TreeClever Alice

Andrew Lang, (born March 31, 1844, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scot.—died July 20, 1912, Banchory, Aberdeenshire), Scottish scholar and man of letters noted for his collections of fairy tales and translations of Homer.Educated at St. Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford, he held an open fellowship at Merton College until 1875, when he moved to London. He quickly became famous for his critical articles in The Daily News and other papers. He displayed talent as a poet in Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), Helen of Troy (1882), and Grass of Parnassus (1888) and as a novelist with The Mark of Cain (1886) and The Disentanglers (1902). He earned special praise for his 12-volume collection of fairy tales, the first volume of which was The Blue Fairy Book (1889) and the last The Lilac Fairy Book (1910). His own fairy tales, The Gold of Fairnilee (1888), Prince Prigio (1889), and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893) became children’s classics.Lang also did important pioneer work in such volumes as Custom and Myth (1884) and Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887). Later he turned to history and historical mysteries, notably Pickle the Spy (1897), A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation, 4 vol. (1900–07), Historical Mysteries (1904), and The Maid of France (1908). His lifelong devotion to Homer produced well-known prose translations of the Odyssey (1879), in collaboration with S.H. Butcher, and of the Iliad (1883), with Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers. He defended the theory of the unity of Homeric literature, and his World of Homer (1910) is an important study. (wikipedia.org)

The Gray Fairy Book is a collection of fairy tales and folk tales by Andrew Lane. It includes classic fairy tales that are sure to surprise modern audiences but are a treat for children and adults alike. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This ebook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes Get your next Xist Classic title for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1A7cKKl Find all our our books for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1PooxLl Sign up for the Xist Publishing Newsletter here. Find more great titles on our website.

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 Red Fairy Book appeared at Christmas 1890 in a first printing of 10,000 copies. Sources include French, Russian, Danish, and Romanian tales as well as Norse mythology. Stories Included Within This Book: The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Princess Mayblossom Soria Moria Castle The Death of Koschei the Deathless The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen The Master Thief Brother and Sister Princess Rosette The Enchanted Pig The Norka The Wonderful Birch Jack and the Beanstalk The Little Good Mouse Graciosa and Percinet The Three Princesses of Whiteland The Voice of Death (fr) The Six Sillies Kari Woodengown Drakestail The Ratcatcher The True History of Little Goldenhood The Golden Branch The Three Dwarfs Dapplegrim The Enchanted Canary The Twelve Brothers Rapunzel The Nettle Spinner Farmer Weatherbeard Mother Holle Minnikin Bushy Bride Snowdrop The Golden Goose The Seven Foals The Marvellous Musician The Story of Sigurd