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Another series in the Fairy Books. Enjoyed by the young and old.THE CAT AND THE MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP THE SIX SWANS THE DRAGON OF THE NORTH STORY OF THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES THE GOLDEN CRAB THE IRON STOVE THE DRAGON AND HIS GRANDMOTHER HOW SIX MEN TRAVELLED THROUGH THE WIDE WORLD THE GLASS MOUNTAIN THE DEAD WIFE IN THE LAND OF SOULS THE WHITE DUCK THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS THE MAGIC RING THE FLOWER QUEEN'S DAUGHTER THE FLYING SHIP THE SNOW-DAUGHTER AND THE FIRE-SON THE STORY OF KING FROST THE DEATH OF THE SUN-HERO THE WITCH THE HAZEL-NUT CHILD THE STORY OF BIG KLAUS AND LITTLE KLAUS PRINCE RING THE SWINEHERD HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THE TINDER-BOX THE WITCH IN THE STONE BOAT THUMBELINA THE NIGHTINGALE HERMOD AND HADVOR THE STEADFAST TIN-SOLDIER BLOCKHEAD-HANS A STORY ABOUT A DARNING-NEEDLE

It is well for the fairy-loving public that Mr. Andrew Lang should go bravely on publishing his delightful Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow Fairy Books as if the cry of " too many books " had never been uttered. The juvenile clientele whom he addresses is an ever-increasing one and is as many-colored as Joseph's or as Parsifal's coat. So skilful a caterer as this keen-eyed Scotchman is not often found: an intellectual gourmand of the first water, long since awarded the cordon bleu in the fine art of fairy-tales, he knows what his public likes-the exacting, appreciative boy-and-girl public whose instinctive cleverness tells them what is good and what is not. His sympathetic nature makes all children congenial to him, and he has remained child enough, despite Homeric disquisitions and scientific fads in folk-lore, to pick out with infallible taste just what they like. " The Yellow Fairy Book" is full of tales from uncouth tongues like Polish, Hungarian, Russian and Red Indian, but also sprinkled with old favorites like Andersen's " Tin Soldier " and Grimm's "Iron Stone." A glimpse or two from the fanciful French "Cabinet des Fées " is also to be found in this capital collection, which is prefaced by a good-natured but sharp-tongued stricture on the false position of Mr. Laurence Gomme and his rather portentous Folk-Lore Society. This book is fully illustrated and annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.

The Yellow Fairy Bookby Andrew LangThe Editor thinks that children will readily forgive him for publishing another Fairy Book. We have had the Blue, the Red, the Green, and here is the Yellow. If children are pleased, and they are so kind as to say that they are pleased, the Editor does not care very much for what other people may say.Fiction Fantasy Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Mythology Short Stories