"Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting--from all over the world--fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love."--Kirkus Reviews The...
The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame...
Andrew Lang's 12 Coloured Fairy Books are some of his best known works.In The Yellow Fairy Book, the fourth in the series, Lang includes tales from all over the world, with many fairy ales from Hans Christian Andersen.In the Preface to the third volume, Lang expressed...
A COLLECTION OF FAIRY TALES
The Yellow Fairy Book is one of Lang's first collections of fairy tales. Stories from across the world are included.
DETAILS:
Includes the Original Illustrations
American Indian, Russian, German, Icelandic, French, & other stories-48 in all.
Originally published in 1894, The Yellow Fairy Book is a collection of stories from world-renown authors such as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. These are classic tales with heroes and villains that have stood the test of time. In The Yellow...
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,...
American Indian, Russian, German, Icelandic, French, & other stories-48 in all.
The 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...
Fairy Tales collected from around the world, including: Story of the Emperor's New Clothes -- The Dragon and his Grandmother -- The Donkey Cabbage -- The Little Green Frog -- The Giants and the Herd-boy -- The Invisible Prince -- The Crow -- The Wizard King -- The Nixy -- The...
The 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...
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators...