One of England's top folklorists presents another volume in his much-loved rainbow series of fairy books. These?36 stories originated in?Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic, and elsewhere. They include The Cottager and His Cat, The Crab and the Monkey, Little Wildrose, The Gold-bearded Man, and others. 53 illustrations.

 

This book features in the following series: Dover Childrens Classics, Fairy Books .

There are 372 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Dover Publications Inc. .

Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, as well as a well-known collector of fairy tales. He was born in Selkirk, Scotland. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote, edited, collected, or contributed to more than 150 works, most notable of which are his Fairy Books. He died on July 20th, 1912, at age 68.