The Yellow Fairy Book
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This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.
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The book: 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 F�es " 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.
Contents:
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
THE DONKEY CABBAGE
THE LITTLE GREEN FROG
THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT
THE GRATEFUL BEASTS
THE GIANTS AND THE HERD-BOY
THE INVISIBLE PRINCE
THE CROW
HOW SIX MEN TRAVELLED THROUGH THE WIDE WORLD
THE WIZARD KING
THE NIXY
THE GLASS MOUNTAIN
FAIRER-THAN-A-FAIRY
THE THREE BROTHERS
THE BOY AND THE WOLVES, OR THE BROKEN PROMISE
THE GLASS AXE
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
| Publisher | Jazzybee Publishing |
| Binding | Kindle Edition (166 editions) |
| Reading Level | Uncategorized
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| # of Pages | N/A |
| ISBN-10 | B004ZH3OY8 |
| Publication Date | 04/05/2011 |
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