The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (hardcover) 1930

Description: The tales in this volume are intended for chil-dren, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations." So wrote Andrew Lang in his preface to The Blue Fairy Book, the first of the famous collections of fairy tales that have made his name familiar to children everywhere. His words apply equally well to The Red Fairy Book, the second volume in the series. The children who love fairy lore may not, per-haps, realize that Mr. Lang's interest in these tales grew out of his study of very learned matters. He was a journalist and a literary critic, a poet and a college professor. Born in Scotland in 1814, found his greatest interest throughout a long life in the study of the philosophy, the religion, and the folklore of people in very early times. The fairy tales in this book and his other books were gathered out of many lands and many ages in the course of these studies. Perhaps some young reader of this volume may not know just what "folklore" means. It is the word...(preface)

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