The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. Madschun The Blue Parrot Geirlug 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 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 the 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 The Silent Princess Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 - 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.... Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941) was a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s. Sometimes known as H. J. Ford or Henry J. Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous beautiful illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, which captured the imagination of a generation of British children and were sold worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s.
The Olive Fairy Book is illustrated with numerous black and white illustrations by the master artist H.J. Ford. This book is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the shelf of all folklorists and lovers of fairy tales.
Compiled in 1907 by Lang and illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, the book was one in a 12-part series known as Lang's Fairy Books, with each book named for the colour of its fairy.
Compiled in 1907 by Lang, under the editorial guidance of his wife, Leonora (Nora) Alleyne, and illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, the book was one in a twelve-part series known as Lang's Fairy Books, with each book named for the colour of ...
The Olive Fairy Book zo ul levr kontadennoù saoznek gant Andrew Lang e 1907, er rummad The Lang's Fairy Books.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This edition of ‘A Fairy Garland’ further contains a set of dazzling coloured illustrations by a true master of the ‘Golden Age'; Edmund Dulac (1882 – 1953).
The Fantasy Illustrations of H. J. Ford H. J. Ford, Jeff A. Menges ... Olive Fairy Book, 1907; Tales of Troy and Greece, 1907; The Book of Princes and Princesses, selected by Mrs. Lang and edited by Andrew Lang, 1908; The Lilac Fairy ...
This book contains 21 such tales. Coming from all quarters of the world, including France, England, Germany, Denmark and Romania, the stories provide rich insight into the lives and cultures of different peoples.