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This beloved volume collects the world’s most famous fairy tales, children’s classics, and bedtime stories. The enchanting stories of childhood every girl and boy cherish are collected in this volume of Andrew Lang’s renowned Fairy Books. Originally published in 1892, this treasure trove of timeless tales of action and adventure, enchanted forests and fantastic creatures, and monsters and magic has thrilled readers all over the world for generations. The forty-two stories in this collection—including favorites such as “The Three Little Pigs,” “The Story of the Three Bears,” and “The Twelve Huntsman”—are more than just fairy tales; they are priceless keepsakes of childhood memories that will stand the test of time now and forever.

Volume 3 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: The Blue Bird, The Half-Chick, The Story Of Caliph Stork, The Enchanted Watch, Rosanella, Sylvain And Jocosa, Fairy Gifts, Prince Narcissus And The Princess Potentilla, Prince Featherhead And The Princess Celandine, The Three Little Pigs, Heart Of Ice, The Enchanted Ring, The Snuff-Box, The Golden Blackbird, The Little Soldier, The Magic Swan, The Dirty Shepherdess, The Enchanted Snake, The Biter Bit, King Kojata, Prince Fickle And Fair Helena, Puddocky, The Story Of Hok Lee And The Dwarfs, The Story Of The Three Bears, Prince Vivien And The Princess Placida, Little One-Eye, Little Two-Eyes, And Little Three-Eyes, Jorinde And Joringel, Allerleirauh; Or, The Many-Furred Creature, The Twelve Huntsmen, Spindle, Shuttle, And Needle, The Crystal Coffin, The Three Snake-Leaves, The Riddle, Jack My Hedgehog, The Golden Lads, The White Snake, The Story Of A Clever Tailor, The Golden Mermaid, The War Of The Wolf And The Fox, The Story Of The Fisherman And His Wife, The Three Musicians, and The Three Dogs.

Perhaps the best and handsomest of these tales of wonder is " The Green Fairy Book," edited by Andrew Lang. This is the third of Andrew Lang's stories of fairies, the blue book and the red book having preceded it. It is a volume of folklore. His stories are adapted from the tales of France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Scotland, England, and even China. It is enough to say that when such clever women as Madame d'Aulnoy and Mrs. Lang contribute to the book it must be really good. 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.Contents: To The Friendly ReaderThe Blue BirdThe Half-ChickRosanellaSylvain And JocosaFairy GiftsThe Three Little PigsHeart Of IceThe Enchanted RingThe Snuff-BoxThe Magic SwanThe Dirty ShepherdessThe Enchanted SnakeThe Biter BitKing KojataThe Story Of Hok Lee And The DwarfsPrince Vivien And The Princess PlacidaJorinde And JoringelAllerleirauh; Or, The Many-Furred CreatureThe Twelve HuntsmenSpindle, Shuttle, And NeedleThe Crystal CoffinThe Three Snake-LeavesJack My HedgehogThe Story Of A Clever TailorThe Golden MermaidThe Three Dogs

The Green Fairy Book contains a rich range of classic fairy tales, including ‘The Blue Beard’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and ‘The Story of the Three Bears’. No matter how far it has travelled, whether courtly entertainment or rustic yarn, each fairytale contains its lessons as well as its adventures: in Charles Deulin’s ‘The Little Soldier’, a soldier learns that an honest fishergirl is preferable to a greedy princess and in Madame D’Aulnoy’s ‘The Blue Bird’, a King and Queen learn the importance of trusting each other. This lovely edition is introduced by scholar Jack Zipes and illustrated by Julian de Narvaez with evocative watercolours in the great tradition of children’s illustration. Introduced by Jack Zipes. Illustrated by Julian de Narvaez. Bound in buckram. 354 pages; frontispiece and 12 colour illustrations, 3 black & white illustrations and decorative embellishments. Size: 10" x 7½".

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Perhaps the best and handsomest of these tales of wonder is " The Green Fairy Book," edited by Andrew Lang. This is the third of Andrew Lang's stories of fairies, the blue book and the red book having preceded it. It is a volume of folklore. His stories are adapted from the tales of France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Scotland, England, and even China. It is enough to say that when such clever women as Madame d'Aulnoy and Mrs. Lang contribute to the book it must be really good.

This vintage volume contains Andrew Lang's 1892 work, "The Green Fairy Book". Lang wrote twelve coloured fairy books in total, each of which contain a lovely selection of fairy tales that can be enjoyed by all the family. In total the books comprise 437 fairy tales that originate from, or are inspired by a wide range of cultures and countries. These wonderful fairy tales make for timeless bedtime reading, and will appeal to collectors of fairy-based literature. The stories contained herein include: "The Blue Bird", "The Half-Chick", "The Enchanted Watch", "Rosanella", "Sylvain and Jocosa", "Fairy Gifts", "Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine", "The Three Little Pigs", "Heart of Ice", "The Enchanted Ring", "The Snuff-Box", and many more. Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and critic. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.