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{{Short description|1889 to 1913 books by the Langs}}
{{Infobox book series
| name             = ''The Langs' Fairy Books''
| image            =  Rumpelstiltskin.jpg
| image_caption    = [[Rumpelstiltskin]] from ''The Blue Fairy Book'', illustrated by [[Henry Justice Ford|Henry J. Ford]].
| books            = ''The Blue Fairy Book''<br/>''The Red Fairy Book''<br/>''The Blue Poetry Book''<br/>''The Green Fairy Book''<br/>''The True Story Book''<br/>''The Yellow Fairy Book''<br/>''The Red True Story Book''<br/>''The Animal Story Book''<br/>''The Pink Fairy Book''<br/>''The Arabian Nights' Entertainments''<br/>''The Red Book of Animal Stories''<br/>''The Grey Fairy Book''<br/>''The Violet Fairy Book''<br/>''The Book of Romance''<br/>''The Crimson Fairy Book''<br/>''The Brown Fairy Book''<br/>''The Red Romance Book''<br/>''The Orange Fairy Book''<br/>''The Olive Fairy Book''<br/>''The Red Book of Heroes''<br/>''The Lilac Fairy Book''<br/>''The All Sorts of Stories Book''<br/>''The Book of Saints and Heroes''<br/>''The Strange Story Book''
| author           = [[Andrew Lang]]<br/>[[Leonora Blanche Alleyne|Nora Lang]]
| illustrator      = [[Henry Justice Ford|Henry J. Ford]] (and others)
| cover_artist     = 
| country          = United Kingdom
| language         = [[English language|English]]
| genre            = [[Fairy tale]]s
| publisher        = 
| pub_date         = 1889–1913
| media_type       = 
| number_of_books  = 25
| list_books       = 
}}

'''''The Langs' Fairy Books''''' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional [[children's literature|stories for children]] published between [[1889 in literature|1889]] and [[1913 in literature|1913]] by [[Andrew Lang]] and [[Leonora Blanche Alleyne]], a married couple. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of [[fairy tale]]s also known as ''Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books'' or ''Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors''. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 [[children's poetry|poems]] in ''The Blue Poetry Book''.

Leonora Blanche Alleyne (1851–1933) was an English [[author]], [[editor]], and [[Translation|translator]]. Known to her family and friends as Nora, she assumed editorial control of the series in the 1890s,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Day|first=Andrea|date=2017-09-19|title="Almost wholly the work of Mrs. Lang": Nora Lang, Literary Labour, and the Fairy Books|journal=Women's Writing |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=400–420 |url=https://www.growkudos.com/publications/10.1080%252F09699082.2017.1371938|doi=10.1080/09699082.2017.1371938|s2cid=164414996 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> while her husband, Andrew Lang (1844–1912), a [[Scottish people|Scots]] [[poet]], [[novelist]], and [[literary critic]], edited the series and wrote prefaces for its entire run.

According to [[Anita Silvey]], "The irony of Lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on [[anthropology]], [[mythology]], history, and [[travel literature|travel]] ... he is best recognized for the works he did ''not'' write."<ref>Anita Silvey, ''Children's Books and Their Creators'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995; p. 387.</ref>

The authorship and translation of the ''Coloured Fairy Books'' is often and incorrectly attributed to Andrew Lang  alone. Nora is not named on the front cover or spines of any of the Coloured Fairy Books, which all tout Andrew as their editor. However, as Andrew acknowledges in a preface to ''The Lilac Fairy Book'' (1910), "The fairy books have been almost wholly the work of Mrs. Lang, who has translated and adapted them from the French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and other languages."

The ''12 Coloured Fairy Books'' were illustrated by [[Henry Justice Ford]], with credit for the first two volumes shared by [[G. P. Jacomb-Hood]] and [[Lancelot Speed]], respectively.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Encyclopedia of Fantasy |year=1997 |editor1=John Clute |editor2=John Grant |entry=Ford, H. J. |author=Richard Dalby |url=http://sf-encyclopedia.uk/fe.php?nm=ford_h_j |publisher=sf-encyclopedia.uk |access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> [[A. Wallis Mills]] also contributed some illustrations.

==''The Fairy Books''==
===Origin and influence===
[[File:Illustration by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Orange Fairy Book.jpg|thumb|"The Crown Returns to the Queen of the Fishes". Illustration by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's ''The Orange Fairy Book'']]
[[File:Coloured Fairy Books, Folio Society editions.jpg|thumb|[[Folio Society]] editions of the Coloured Fairy Books]]

The best-known volumes of the series are the 12 ''Fairy Books'', each of which is distinguished by its own color. The Langs did not collect any fairy tales from [[folklore|oral]] [[primary source]]s, yet only they and [[Madame d'Aulnoy]] (1651–1705) have collected tales from such a large variety of sources. These collections have been immensely influential; the Langs gave many of the tales their first appearance in English. Andrew selected the tales for the first four books, while Nora took over the series thereafter.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Day|first=Andrea|date=2017-09-19|title="Almost wholly the work of Mrs. Lang": Nora Lang, Literary Labour, and the Fairy Books|journal=Women's Writing |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=400–420 |url=https://www.growkudos.com/publications/10.1080%252F09699082.2017.1371938|doi=10.1080/09699082.2017.1371938|s2cid=164414996 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> She and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories.

Lang's urge to gather and publish fairy tales was rooted in his own experience with the folk and fairy tales of his home territory along the [[Anglo-Scottish border]]. British fairy tale collections were rare at the time; [[Dinah Craik]]'s ''The Fairy Book'' (1869) was a lonely precedent. According to Roger Lancelyn Green, Lang "was fighting against the critics and educationists of the day" who judged the traditional tales' "unreality, brutality, and escapism to be harmful for young readers, while holding that such stories were beneath the serious consideration of those of mature age".<ref>Roger Lancelyn Green, "Andrew Lang in Fairyland", in: Sheila Egoff, G. T. Stubbs, and L. F. Ashley, eds., ''Only Connect: Readings on Children's Literature'', New York, Oxford University Press; second edition, 1980; p. 250.</ref> Over a generation, Lang's books worked a revolution in this public perception.

The series was immensely popular, helped by Lang's reputation as a [[folklorist]] and by the packaging device of the uniform books. The series proved of great influence in children's literature, increasing the popularity of fairy tales over tales of real life.<ref>Betsy Hearne, "Booking the Brothers Grimm: Art, Adaptations and Economics", p 221 James M. McGlathery, ed. ''The Brothers Grimm and Folktale'', {{ISBN|0-252-01549-5}}</ref> It inspired such imitators as ''English Fairy Tales'' (1890) and ''More English Fairy Tales'' (1894) by [[Joseph Jacobs]]. Other followers included the American ''The Oak-Tree Fairy Book'' (1905), ''The Elm-Tree Fairy Book'' (1909), and ''The Fir-Tree Fairy Book'' (1912) series edited by [[Clifton Johnson (author)]], and the collections of [[Kate Douglas Wiggin]] and [[Nora Archibald Smith]].

===Sources===
Some of Lang's collected stories were included without any attribution at all (e.g., "[[The Blue Mountains (fairy tale)|The Blue Mountains]]"), and the rest are listed with brief notes. The sources can be tracked down when given as "[[Brothers Grimm|Grimm]]" or "[[Madame d'Aulnoy]]" or attributed to a specific collection, but other notes are less helpful. For instance, "[[The Wonderful Birch]]" is listed only as "from the [[Karelian language|Russo-Karelian]]". Lang repeatedly explained in the prefaces that the tales which he told were all old and not his, and that he found new fairy tales no match for them:

<blockquote><poem>But the three hundred and sixty-five authors who try to write new fairy tales are very tiresome. They always begin with a little boy or girl who goes out and meets the fairies of [[Primula#Garden hybrids and cultivars|polyanthuses]] and [[gardenia]]s and apple blossoms: "Flowers and fruits, and other winged things". These fairies try to be funny, and fail; or they try to preach, and succeed. Real fairies never preach or talk slang. At the end, the little boy or girl wakes up and finds that he has been dreaming.

Such are the new fairy stories. May we be preserved from all the sort of them!</poem></blockquote>

The collections were specifically intended for children and were [[bowdlerised]], as Lang explained in his prefaces. [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] stated in his essay "[[On Fairy-Stories]]" (1939) that he appreciated the collections but objected to his editing the stories for children. He also criticized Lang for including stories without magical elements in them, with "[[The Heart of a Monkey]]" given as an example, where the monkey merely claims (falsely) that his heart is outside his body, unlike "[[The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body]]" or other similar stories, where the villain really does keep his heart in some safer location than his chest. However, many fairy tale collectors include tales with no strictly marvelous elements.

==Books==
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/503/503-h/503-h.htm#2H_4_0001 ''The Blue Fairy Book'' (1889)]===
{{Wikisource|The Blue Fairy Book}}
The first edition consisted of 5,000 copies, which sold for 6 [[shilling]]s each. The book assembled a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from [[Madame d'Aulnoy]], three from the ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]'', and four [[Asbjørnsen and Moe|Norwegian fairytales]], among other sources.<ref>[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/blue.htm “The Blue Fairy Book (1889)”]. Mythfolklore.net</ref> The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series, and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources.<br/>
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*"[[The Bronze Ring]]"
*"[[Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess]]"
*"[[East of the Sun and West of the Moon]]"
*"[[The Yellow Dwarf]]"
*"[[Little Red Riding Hood]]"
*"The [[Sleeping Beauty]] in the Wood"
*"[[Cinderella]] or the Little Glass Slipper"
*"[[Aladdin]] and the Wonderful Lamp"
*"[[The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was|The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was]]"
*"[[Rumpelstiltskin]]"
*"[[Beauty and the Beast]]"
*"[[The Master Maid]]"
*"[[Why the Sea Is Salt]]"
*"The Master Cat or [[Puss in Boots]]"
*"[[Felicia and the Pot of Pinks]]"
*"[[The White Cat (fairy tale)|The White Cat]]"
*"[[The Water-lily. The Gold-spinners]]"
*"[[Perseus|The Terrible Head]]"
*"[[The Story of Pretty Goldilocks]]"
*"[[Dick Whittington|The History of Whittington]]"
*"[[The Wonderful Sheep]]"
*"[[Hop o' My Thumb|Little Thumb]]"
*"[[Ali Baba|The Forty Thieves]]"
*"[[Hansel and Gretel]]"
*"[[Snow-White and Rose-Red]]"
*"[[The Goose Girl|The Goose-girl]]"
*"[[Diamonds and Toads|Toads and Diamonds]]"
*"[[Prince Darling]]"
*"[[Bluebeard|Blue Beard]]"
*"[[Trusty John]]"
*"[[The Valiant Little Tailor|The Brave Little Tailor]]"
*"[[Gulliver's Travels#Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput|A Voyage to Lilliput]]"
*"[[The Princess on the Glass Hill]]"
*"[[Ahmed and Paribanou|The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou]]"
*"[[Jack the Giant Killer|The History of Jack the Giant-killer]]"
*"[[The Black Bull of Norroway]]"
*"[[The Red Ettin|The Red Etin]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|Blue Fairy Book}}

===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/540/540-h/540-h.htm#2H_4_0002 ''The Red Fairy Book'' (1890)]===
{{wikisource|The Red Fairy Book}}
''The Red Fairy Book'' appeared at Christmas 1890 in a first printing of 10,000 copies. Sources include [[French folklore|French]], [[Folklore of Russia|Russian]], [[Danish folklore|Danish]], and [[Folklore of Romania|Romanian]] tales as well as [[Norse mythology]].<br/>
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*"[[The Twelve Dancing Princesses]]"
*"[[The Princess Mayblossom]]"
*"[[Soria Moria Castle]]"
*"[[The Death of Koschei the Deathless]]"
*"[[The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen]]"
*"[[The Master Thief]]"
*"[[Brother and Sister]]"
*"[[Princess Rosette]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Pig]]"
*"[[The Norka]]"
*"[[The Wonderful Birch]]"
*"[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]"
*"[[The Little Good Mouse]]"
*"[[Graciosa and Percinet]]"
*"[[The Three Princesses of Whiteland]]"
*"{{ill|The Voice of Death|fr|La Voix de la Mort}}"
*"[[The Six Sillies]]"
*"[[Katie Woodencloak|Kari Woodengown]]"
*"[[Drakestail]]"
*"[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin|The Ratcatcher]]"
*"[[Little Red Riding Hood|The True History of Little Goldenhood]]"
*"[[The Golden Branch]]"
*"[[The Three Dwarfs]]"
*"[[Dapplegrim]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Canary]]"
*"[[The Twelve Brothers]]"
*"[[Rapunzel]]"
*"[[The Nettle Spinner]]"
*"[[Farmer Weathersky|Farmer Weatherbeard]]"
*"[[Mother Holle]]"
*"[[Shortshanks|Minnikin]]"
*"[[Bushy Bride]]"
*"[[Snow White|Snowdrop]]"
*"[[The Golden Goose]]"
*"[[The Seven Foals]]"
*"[[The Marvellous Musician]]"
*"[[Sigurd|The Story of Sigurd]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|The Red Fairy Book}}

===''The Blue Poetry Book'' (1891)===
Contains 153 poems by great British and American poets.<br/>
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*Anonymous
**"[[A Red, Red Rose]]"
**"[[Annan Water]]"
**"[[The Battle of Otterburn (ballad)|Battle of Otterbourne]]"
**"[[Cherry Ripe (song)|Cherry Ripe]]"
**"[[The Daemon Lover|The Demon Lover]]"
**"[[Helen of Kirkconnel]]"
**"[[Kinmont Willie]]"
**"[[Lowlands of Holland|Lawlands of Holland]]"
**"[[Lyke-Wake Dirge]]"
**"[[Mary Ambree]]"
**"[[Sir Hugh|Sir Hugh, or the Jew's Daughter]]"
**"[[Sir Patrick Spens]]"
**"[[The Twa Corbies]]"
**"[[The Wife of Usher's Well]]"
**"[[Willie Drowned in Yarrow]]"
*[[Richard Barnfield]]
**"The Nightingale"
*[[William Blake]]
**"Night"
**"[[Nurse's Song]]"
**"[[The Chimney-sweeper]]"
**"[[The Lamb (poem)|The Lamb]]"
*[[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]]
**"[[To Flush, my Dog]]"
*[[William Cullen Bryant]]
**"[[To a Waterfowl]]"
*[[John Bunyan]]
**"[[The Pilgrim's Progress|The Pilgrim]]"
*Minstrel Burn
**"[[Leader Haughs]]"
*[[Robert Burns]]
**"Bannockburn"
**"[[I Love my Jean]]"
**"[[O, wert Thou in the Cauld Blast]]"
**"[[The Banks o' Doon]]"
**"The Farewell"
**"[[There'll never be Peace till Jamie comes Hame]]"
*[[Lord Byron]]
**"[[Could Love for Ever, Run like a River]]"
**"[[So, we'll go no more a Roving]]"
**"[[Stanzas written on the Road between Florence and Pisa]]"
**"[[The Destruction of Sennacherib]]"
*[[Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell]]
**"[[Hohenlinden]]"
**"Lord Ullin's Daughter"
**"[[The Battle of the Baltic]]"
**"The Last Man"
**"[[The Soldier's Dream]]"
**"[[Ye Mariners of England]]"
*[[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]
**"[[Christabel (poem)|Christabel]]"
**"[[Kubla Khan]]"
**"[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]"
*[[William Collins (poet)|William Collins]]
**"[[Ode written in MDCCXLVI]]"
**"[[To Evening]]"
*[[William Cowper]]
**"[[Boadicea]]"
**"[[Epitaph on a Hare]]"
**"[[John Gilpin]]"
**"[[On a Spaniel called 'Beau' Killing a Young Bird]]"
**"[[The Dog and the Water-lily]]"
**"[[The Poplar Field]]"
**"[[The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk]]"
*[[Charles Dibdin]]
**"Tom Bowling"
*[[Michael Drayton]]
**"[[Ballad of Agincourt]]"
*[[John Dryden]]
**"[[Alexander's Feast; or, the Power of Music]]"
*[[Jean Elliot]]
**"[[The Flowers o' the Forest]]"
*[[Oliver Goldsmith]]
**"[[Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog]]"
*[[Thomas Gray]]
**"[[Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]]"
**"[[The Bard (poem)|The Bard]]"
*[[Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick]]
**"[[To Blossoms]]"
**"[[To Daffodils]]"
*[[Thomas Heywood]]
**"Morning"
*[[James Hogg]]
**"[[A Boy's Song]]"
**"[[The Skylark]]"
*[[Thomas Hood]]
**"[[A Lake and a Fairy Boat]]"
**"[[I Remember, I Remember]]"
*[[Ben Jonson]]
**"[[Hymn to Diana]]"
*[[John Keats]]
**"[[La Belle Dame Sans Mercy]]"
**"[[On First Looking into Chapman's Homer]]"
**"Winter"
*[[Charles Lamb]]
**"Hester"
*[[Mary Lamb]]
**"[[The Child and the Snake]]"
*[[Walter Savage Landor]]
**"[[Rose Aylmer]]"
*[[Lady Anne Barnard]]
**"[[Auld Robin Gray]]"
*[[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]
**"[[The Beleaguered City]]"
**"The Day is Done"
**"[[The Fire of Drift-wood]]"
**"[[The Village Blacksmith]]"
**"[[The Wreck of the Hesperus]]"
*[[Richard Lovelace (poet)|Richard Lovelace]]
**"[[To Althea from Prison]]"
**"[[To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars]]"
*[[Thomas Babington Macaulay]]
**"[[Ivry (poem)|Ivry]]"
**"[[The Armada (poem)|The Armada]]"
**"[[The Battle of Naseby]]"
*[[Christopher Marlowe]]
**"[[The Passionate Shepherd to his Love]]"
*[[Andrew Marvell]]
**"[[Song of the Emigrants in Bermuda]]"
**"[[The Girl Describes her Fawn]]"
*[[William Julius Mickle]]
**"[[Cumnor Hall]]"
*[[John Milton]]
**"[[L'Allegro]]"
**"[[Il Penseroso]]"
**"[[Lycidas]]"
**"[[On The Morning of Christ's Nativity]]"
*[[Thomas Moore]]
**"[[As Slow our Ship]]"
**"The Light of Other Days"
**"[[The Harp that once through Tara's Halls]]"
**"[[The Minstrel-Boy]]"
*[[Carolina Nairne]]
**"[[The Land o' the Leal]]"
*[[Thomas Nashe]]
**"[[Thomas Nashe|Spring]]"
*[[Thomas Love Peacock]]
**"[[War-song of Dinas Vawr]]"
*[[Edgar Allan Poe]]
**"[[Annabel Lee]]"
**"[[The Haunted Palace]]"
**"[[The Sleeper (poem)|The Sleeper]]"
**"[[The Valley of Unrest]]"
**"[[To Helen]]"
**"[[To One in Paradise]]"
**"[[Ulalume]]"
*[[Winthrop Mackworth Praed]]
**"[[The Red Fisherman; or, the Devil's Decoy]]"
*[[Walter Scott]]
**"[[A Weary Lot is Thine, Fair Maid]]"
**"[[Alice Brand]]"
**"[[Allen-a-Dale]]"
**"[[County Guy]]"
**"Evening"
**"[[Gathering Song of Donald Dhu]]"
**"[[Hunting Song]]"
**"[[Hymn for the Dead]]"
**"[[Jock of Hazeldean]]"
**"[[Lucy Ashton's Song]]"
**"[[Nora's Vow]]"
**"[[Proud Maisie]]"
**"[[Rosabelle]]"
**"[[St. Swithin's Chair]]"
**"The Cavalier"
**"[[The Eve of St. John]]"
**"The Outlaw"
**"[[The Sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill]]"
**"[[Twist ye, Twine ye]]"
**"[[Where Shall the Lover Rest?]]"
**"[[Young Lochinvar]]"
*[[William Shakespeare]]
**"[[A Sea Dirge]]"
**"[[Fidele (Shakespeare)|Fidele]]"
**"[[Orpheus with his Lute]]"
**"[[Where the Bee Sucks, there Suck I]]"
**"[[Who is Silvia? What is she]]"
**"Winter"
*[[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]
**"[[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Arethusa]]"
**"[[To a Skylark]]"
**"The Recollection"
*[[James Shirley]]
**"[[Death the Leveller]]"
*[[Philip Sidney]]
**"Sleep"
*[[Robert Surtees (antiquarian)|Robert Surtees]]
**"[[Barthram's Dirge]]"
*[[Charles Wolfe]]
**"[[The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna]]"
**"[[To Mary]]"
*[[William Wordsworth]]
**"[[I Wandered Lonely]]"
**"[[Lucy Gray; or, Solitude]]"
**"[[On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott]]"
**"[[from Abbotsford for Naples, 1831]]"
**"[[The Kitten and Falling Leaves]]"
**"[[The Reverie of Poor Susan]]"
**"[[The Solitary Reaper]]"
**"[[To the Cuckoo]]"
**"[[Two April Mornings]]"
**"[[Yarrow poems (Wordsworth)|Yarrow Unvisited, 1803]]"
**"[[Yarrow poems (Wordsworth)|Yarrow Visited, September 1814]]"
*[[Henry Wotton]]
**"[[Elizabeth of Bohemia]]"
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===[[gutenberg:33571|''The Green Fairy Book'' (1892)]]===
[[Image:Green_Fairy_Book_1892_Cover.png|right|200px|thumb|First edition, 1892]] 
In his Preface to this volume, Lang expressed the view that it would be "probably the last" of the collection. Their continuing popularity, however, demanded subsequent collections. In The Green Fairy Book, the third in the series, Lang has assembled stories from Spanish and [[Chinese folklore|Chinese]] traditions.
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*"[[The Blue Bird (fairy tale)|The Blue Bird]]"
*"[[The Half-Chick]]"
*"[[The Story of Caliph Stork]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Watch]]"
*"[[Rosanella]]"
*"[[Sylvain and Jocosa]]"
*"[[Fairy Gifts]]"
*"[[Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla]]"
*"[[Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine]]"
*"[[The Three Little Pigs]]"
*"[[Heart of Ice (fairy tale)|Heart of Ice]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Ring]]"
*"[[The Snuff-box]]"
*"[[The Golden Bird|The Golden Blackbird]]"
*"[[The Little Soldier (tale)|The Little Soldier]]"
*"[[The Magic Swan]]"
*"[[The Dirty Shepherdess]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Snake]]"
*"The Biter Bit"
*"[[King Kojata]]"
*"[[Prince Fickle and Fair Helena]]"
*"[[Puddocky]]"
*"[[The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs]]"
*"[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears|The Story of the Three Bears]]"
*"[[Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida]]"
*"[[Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes]]"
*"[[Jorinde and Joringel]]"
*"[[Allerleirauh]]; or, the Many-furred Creature"
*"[[The Twelve Huntsmen]]"
*"[[Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle]]"
*"[[The Crystal Coffin]]"
*"[[The Three Snake-leaves]]"
*"[[The Riddle (fairy tale)|The Riddle]]"
*"[[Hans My Hedgehog|Jack my Hedgehog]]"
*"[[The Gold-Children|The Golden Lads]]"
*"[[The White Snake]]"
*"[[The Story of a Clever Tailor]]"
*"[[The Golden Bird#The princess as the object of the quest|The Golden Mermaid]]"
*"[[The War of the Wolf and the Fox]]"
*"[[The Fisherman and His Wife|The Story of the Fisherman and his Wife]]"
*"[[The Three Musicians (fairy tale)|The Three Musicians]]"
*"[[The Three Dogs]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|Green Fairy Book}}

===''The True Story Book'' (1893)===
Contains 24 true stories, mainly drawn from European history.<br/>
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*"[[John Tanner (captive)|A Boy among the Red Indians]]"
*"[[Casanova|Casanova's]] Escape"
*"Adventures on the [[Findhorn]]"
*"The Story of [[Grace Darling]]"
*"[[Capture of USS Chesapeake|The 'Shannon' and the 'Chesapeake']]"
*"[[William Snelgrave|Captain Snelgrave]] and the Pirates"
*"[[Battle of Thermopylae|The Spartan Three Hundred]]"
*"[[Charles Edward Stuart|Prince Charlie's Wanderings]]"
*"[[Cricket (Sport)|Two Great Matches]]"
*"The Story of [[Kaspar Hauser]]"
*"[[Benevenuto Cellini|An Artist's Adventure]]"
*"The Tale of [[Battle of Isandlwana|Isandhlwana]] and [[Battle of Rorke's Drift|Rorke's Drift]]"
*"How [[Leif Erikson|Leif the Lucky]] found Vineland the Good"
*"The Escapes of [[Cervantes]]"
*"The Worthy Enterprise of John Foxe"
*"[[Baron Franz von der Trenck|Baron Trenck]]"
*"The Adventure of John Rawlins"
*"The [[Chevalier de Johnstone|Chevalier Johnstone's]] Escape from Culloden"
*"The Adventures of [[Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo|Lord Pitsligo]]"
*"The Escape of [[Caesar Borgia]] from the Castle of Medina del Campo"
*"[[Kunz von Kaufungen|The Kidnapping of the Princes]]"
*"[[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|The Conquest of Montezuma's Empire]]"
*"Adventures of [[Bartholomew Portugues]], a Pirate"
*"[[Raveneau de Lussan|The Return of the French Freebooters]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|The true story book (1893)}}

===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28314/28314-h/28314-h.htm ''The Yellow Fairy Book'' (1894)]===
{{Wikisource|The Yellow Fairy Book}}
[[Image:Yellow Fairy Book 1894.jpg|right|200px|thumb| First edition, 1894]]
Its initial printing was 15,000 copies. The Yellow Fairy Book is a collection of tales from all over the world. It features many tales from [[Hans Christian Andersen]].

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*"[[Cat and Mouse in Partnership]]"
*"[[The Six Swans]]"
*"[[The Dragon of the North]]"
*"[[Emperor's New Clothes|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 (fairy tale)|The Crow]]"
*"[[How Six Made Their Way in the World|How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World]]"
*"[[The Wizard King]]"
*"[[The Nixie of the Mill-Pond|The Nixy]]"
*"[[The Glass Mountain (fairy tale)|The Glass Mountain]]"
*"[[Alphege, or the Green Monkey]]"
*"[[Fairer-than-a-Fairy (Mailly)|Fairer-than-a-Fairy]]"
*"[[The Three Brothers (fairy tale)|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]]"
*"[[Flying Ship]]"
*"[[The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son]]"
*"[[Father Frost (fairy tale)|The Story of King Frost]]"
*"[[The Death of the Sun-hero]]"
*"[[The Witch (fairy tale)|The Witch]]"
*"[[The Hazel-nut Child]]"
*"[[Little Claus and Big Claus|The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus]]"
*"[[Prince Ring]]"
*"[[The Swineherd]]"
*"[[The Princess and the Pea|How to tell a True Princess]]"
*"[[The Blue Mountains (fairy tale)|The Blue Mountains]]"
*"[[The Tinder Box|The Tinder-box]]"
*"[[The Witch in the Stone Boat]]"
*"[[Thumbelina]]"
*"[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Nightingale]]"
*"[[Hermod and Hadvor]]"
*"[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier|The Steadfast Tin-soldier]]"
*"[[Blockhead Hans]]"
*"[[A Story about a Darning-needle]]"
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===''The Red True Story Book'' (1895)===
Contains 30 true stories, mainly drawn from European history. Includes the life of [[Joan of Arc]] and the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|Jacobite uprising of 1745]].<br/>
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*"[[Battle of the Shangani|Wilson's Last Fight]]"
*"The Life and Death of [[Joan of Arc|Joan the Maid]]"
*"How the [[Bass Rock|Bass]] was held for King James"
*"The Crowning of [[Ines de Castro]]"
*"The Story of Orthon"
*"How [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustavus Vasa]] won his Kingdom"
*"[[Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard|Monsieur de Bayard's]] Duel"
*"Story of Gudbrand of the Dales"
*"[[Sir Richard Grenville]]"
*"The Story of [[Molly Pitcher]]"
*"The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes of [[William Rufus Chetwood|Captain Richard Falconer]]"
*"[[Marcellin Marbot|Marbot's]] March"
*"[[Battle of Eylau|Eylau.]] The Mare Lisette"
*"How [[Marcellin Marbot|Marbot]] crossed the Danube"
*"[[Gaston III, Count of Foix|The Piteous Death of Gaston, Son of the Count of Foix]]"
*"[[Hrólfr Kraki|Rolf Stake]]"
*"The Wreck of the [[John Byron|'Wager']]"
*"[[Peter Williamson (memoirist)|Peter Williamson]]"
*"[[HMS Bounty|A Wonderful Voyage]]"
*"The [[Pitcairn Island]]ers"
*"A Relation of three years' Suffering of Robert Everard upon the Island of [[Nosy Be|Assada]], near Madagascar, in a voyage to India, in the year 1686"
*"[[Battle of Svolder|The Fight at Svolder Island]]"
*"The Death of [[Haakon the Good|Hacon the Good]]"
*"[[Jacobite Rising of 1745|Prince Charlie's War]]"
*"[[Burke and Wills expedition|The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition]]"
*"The Story of Emund"
*"[[Charlotte Aïssé|The Man in White]]"
*"The Adventures of 'The Bull of Earlstoun"
*"The Story of [[Lady Grizel Baillie|Grisell Baillie's]] Sheep's Head"
*"[[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire|The Conquest of Peru]]"
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===''The Animal Story Book'' (1896)===
Contains 65 stories about animals. Some of them are simple accounts of how animals live in the wild. Others are stories about pets, or remarkable wild animals, or about hunting expeditions. Many are taken from [[Alexandre Dumas]].<br/>
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*"'Tom': an Adventure in the Life of a [[Bear]] in Paris"
*"Saï the [[Black panther|Panther]]"
*"The [[Buzzard]] and the Priest"
*"[[William Cowper|Cowper]] and his Hares"
*"A Rat Tale"
*"Snake Stories"
*"What Elephants can Do"
*"The Dog of [[Montargis]]"
*"How a Beaver builds his House"
*"[[Bucephalus|The War Horse of Alexander]]"
*"Stories about Bears"
*"Stories about Ants"
*"The Taming of an Otter"
*"The Story of [[Androcles and the Lion]]"
*"Monsieur [[Alexandre Dumas|Dumas]] and his Beasts"
*"The Adventures of Pyramus"
*"The Story of a Weasel"
*"Stories about Wolves"
*"Two Highland Dogs"
*"Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo"
*"How the [[Caiman|Cayman]] was killed"
*"The Story of Fido"
*"[[Théophile Gautier|Beasts Besieged]]"
*"[[Gull|Mr. Gully]]"
*"Stories from [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]"
*"The Strange History of [[Théophile Gautier|Cagnotte]]"
*"Still Waters Run Deep; or, the Dancing Dog"
*"[[Théophile Gautier|Theo]] and his Horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche"
*"Madame [[Théophile Gautier|Théophile]] and the [[Parrot]]"
*"The Battle of the [[Mullet (fish)|Mullets]] and the [[Dolphin]]s"
*"[[Monkey]] Stories"
*"Eccentric Bird Builders"
*"[[Camel|The Ship of the Desert]]"
*"Hame, hame, hame, where I fain wad be"
*"[[Edible bird's nest|Nests for Dinner]]"
*"Fire-eating Djijam"
*"The Story of the Dog Oscar"
*"[[Dolphin]]s at Play"
*"The [[Starling]] of Segringen"
*"Grateful Dogs"
*"[[Gazelle]]"
*"[[Cockatoo]] Stories"
*"The [[Otter]] who was reared by a Cat"
*"Stories about Lions"
*"Builders and Weavers"
*"More Faithful than Favoured"
*"[[Dolphin]]s, [[Turtle]]s, and [[Cod]]"
*"More about [[Elephant]]s"
*"Bungey"
*"Lions and their Ways"
*"The History of Jacko I."
*"Signora and Lori"
*"Of the [[Linnet]], Popinjay, or Parrot, and other Birds that can Speak"
*"Patch and the Chickens"
*"The Fierce Falcon"
*"Mr. Bolt, the [[Scotch Terrier]]"
*"A Raven's Funeral"
*"A Strange Tiger"
*"[[Kingfisher|Halcyons]] and their Biographers"
*"The Story of a Frog"
*"The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree"
*"Dogs Over the Water"
*"The Capocier and his Mate"
*"Owls and [[Marmot]]s"
*"Eagles' Nests"
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5615/5615-h/5615-h.htm#2H_4_0002 ''The Pink Fairy Book'' (1897)]===
Forty-one [[Japanese folktales|Japanese]], [[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]], and [[Donas de fuera|Sicilian]] tales.
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*"[[The Cat's Elopement]]"
*"[[How the Dragon Was Tricked]]"
*"[[The Goblin and the Grocer]]"
*"[[The House in the Wood]]"
*"[[Urashimataro and the Turtle]]"
*"[[Kachi-kachi Yama|The Slaying of the Tanuki]]"
*"[[The Flying Trunk]]"
*"The Snow Man"
*"[[The Shirt-Collar]]"
*"[[The Princess in the Chest]]"
*"[[The Three Brothers (fairy tale)|The Three Brothers]]"
*"[[The Snow Queen|The Snow-queen]]"
*"[[The Fir-Tree]]"
*"[[Hans, the Mermaid's Son]]"
*"Peter Bull"
*"[[The Bird 'Grip']]"
*"[[Snowflake (fairy tale)|Snowflake]]"
*"[[I Know What I Have Learned]]"
*"[[The Cunning Shoemaker]]"
*"[[The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife]]"
*"[[Catherine and Her Destiny]]"
*"[[How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter]]"
*"[[The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale)|The Water of Life]]"
*"[[The Wounded Lion]]"
*"[[The Man Without a Heart]]"
*"[[The Two Brothers]]"
*"[[Master and Pupil]]"
*"[[The Golden Lion]]"
*"[[The Sprig of Rosemary]]"
*"[[The White Dove (Danish fairy tale)|The White Dove]]"
*"[[The Troll's Daughter]]"
*"[[Esben and the Witch]]"
*"[[Princess Minon-Minette]]"
*"[[Maiden Bright-eye]]"
*"[[The Merry Wives]]"
*"[[Lindworm#In tales|King Lindworm]]"
*"[[The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther]]"
*"[[The Little Hare]]"
*"[[The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue]]"
*"[[The Story of Ciccu]]"
*"[[Bearskin (German fairy tale)|Don Giovanni de la Fortuna]]"
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===''The Arabian Nights' Entertainments'' (1898)===
Contains 34 stories from the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', adapted for children. The story of [[Aladdin]] is in this volume as well as in the ''Blue Fairy Book''.<br/>
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*"The Arabian Nights"
*"The Story of the Merchant and the Genius"
*"The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind"
*"The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs"
*"[[The Fisherman and the Jinni|The Story of the Fisherman]]"
*"The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban"
*"The Story of the Husband and the Parrot"
*"The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished"
*"The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles"
*"The Story of the Three Calendars, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad"
*"The Story of the First Calendar, Son of a King"
*"The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied"
*"The Story of the Second Calendar, Son of a King"
*"The Story of the Third Calendar, Son of a King"
*"[[Sinbad|The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor]]"
*"First Voyage"
*"Second Voyage"
*"Third Voyage"
*"Fourth Voyage"
*"Fifth Voyage"
*"Sixth Voyage"
*"Seventh and Last Voyage"
*"The Little Hunchback"
*"The Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother"
*"The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother"
*"The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura"
*"Noureddin and the Fair Persian"
*"[[Aladdin|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]"
*"The Adventures of [[Harun al-Rashid|Haroun-al-Raschid]], Caliph of Bagdad"
*"The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla"
*"The Story of Sidi-Nouman"
*"The Story of Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad"
*"[[The Ebony Horse|The Enchanted Horse]]"
*"[[The Sisters Envious of Their Cadette|The Story of Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister]]"
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===''The Red Book of Animal Stories'' (1899)===
[[File:The red animal story book - plate facing page 104.png|thumb|Illustration from "[[:s:The_red_book_of_animal_stories/Joseph:_Whose_proper_name_was_Josephine|Joseph: Whose proper name was Josephine]]" by H. J. Ford]]
Contains 46 stories about real and mythical animals. Some of them are simple accounts of how animals live in the wild. Others are stories about pets, or remarkable wild animals, or about hunting expeditions. <br/>
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*"The [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phœnix]]"
*"[[Griffin]]s and [[Unicorn]]s"
*"About [[Gold-digging ant|Ants]], [[Amphisbaena|Amphisbænas]], and [[Basilisk]]s"
*"Dragons"
*"The Story of [[Beowulf]], [[Grendel]]', and Grendel's Mother"
*"The Story of [[Beowulf]] and the Fire Drake"
*"A Fox Tale"
*"An Egyptian [[Snake charming|Snake Charmer]]"
*"An Adventure of Gérard, the Lion Hunter"
*"Pumas and Jaguars in South America"
*"Mathurin and Mathurine"
*"Joseph: Whose proper name was Josephine"
*"The Homes of the [[Viscacha|Vizcachas]]"
*"[[Guanaco|Guanacos: Living and Dying]]"
*"In the [[American Desert]]"
*"The Story of Jacko II"
*"Princess"
*"[[Saint Jerome|The Lion and the Saint]]"
*"The Further Adventures of 'Tom,' a Bear, in Paris"
*"Recollections of a [[Lion Tamer]]"
*"Sheep Farming on the Border"
*"When the World was Young"
*"Bats and Vampires"
*"[[Rhinoceros|The Ugliest Beast in the World]]"
*"The Games of Orang-Outangs, and Kees the Baboon"
*"Greyhounds and their Masters"
*"The Great Father, and Snakes' Ways"
*"Elephant Shooting"
*"Hyenas and Children"
*"A Fight with a Hippopotamus"
*"Kanny, the Kangaroo"
*"Collies or Sheep Dogs"
*"Two Big Dogs and a Little One"
*"Crocodile Stories"
*"Lion-Hunting and Lions"
*"On the Trail of a Man-eater"
*"Greyhounds and their Arab Masters"
*"The Life and Death of Pincher"
*"A Boar Hunt by Moonlight"
*"Thieving Dogs and Horses"
*"To the Memory of Squouncer"
*"How Tom the Bear was born a Frenchman"
*"Charley"
*"[[American Bison|Fairy Rings; and the Fairies who make them]]"
*"How the Reindeer Live"
*"The Cow and the Crocodile"
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===[[gutenberg:33547|''The Grey Fairy Book'' (1900)]] ===
Thirty-five stories, many from oral traditions, and others from French, [[German folklore|German]] and [[Folklore of Italy|Italian]] collections.
{{Wikisource|The Grey Fairy Book}}[[Image:Grey Fairy Book 1900.jpg|right|200px|thumb|First edition, 1900]]
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*"[[Donkey Skin]]"
*"[[The Goblin Pony]]"
*"[[An Impossible Enchantment]]"
*"[[The Story of Dschemil and Dschemila]]"
*"[[Janni and the Draken]]"
*"[[The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar]]"
*"[[Fortunatus' purse|Fortunatus and his Purse]]"
*"[[The Goat-faced Girl]]"
*"[[What came of picking Flowers]]"
*"[[The Story of Bensurdatu]]"
*"[[The Magician's Horse]]"
*"[[The Little Gray Man]]"
*"[[Herr Lazarus and the Draken]]"
*"[[The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles]]"
*"[[Udea and her Seven Brothers]]"
*"The White Wolf"
*"[[Mohammed with the Magic Finger]]"
*"[[Bobino (fairy tale)|Bobino]]"
*"[[The Dog and the Sparrow]]"
*"[[The Story of the Three Sons of Hali]]"
*"[[The Story of the Fair Circassians]]"
*"[[The Jackal and the Spring]]"
*"[[The Bear (fairy tale)|The Bear]]"
*"[[The Sunchild]]"
*"[[The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch]]"
*"[[Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye]], or the Limping Fox"
*"[[The Unlooked for Prince]]"
*"[[The Simpleton]]"
*"[[The Street Musicians]]"
*"The Twin Brothers"
*"[[Cannetella]]"
*"[[The Ogre (fairy tale)|The Ogre]]"
*"[[A Fairy's Blunder]]"
*"[[Long, Broad, and Quickeye]]"
*"[[Prunella (fairy tale)|Prunella]]"
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/641/641-h/641-h.htm#2H_4_0002 ''The Violet Fairy Book'' (1901)]===
Romania, Japan, [[Serbian folklore|Serbia]], [[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuania]], Africa, Portugal, and Russia are among the sources of these 35 stories that tell of a haunted forest, chests of gold coins, a magical dog, and a man who outwits a dragon.
{{Wikisource|The Violet Fairy Book}}
[[Image:Violet Fairy Book 1902.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Second edition, 1902]]
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*"[[A Tale Of the Tontlawald]]"
*"[[The Finest Liar in the World]]"
*"[[The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars]]"
*"[[Schippeitaro]]"
*"[[The Three Princes and their Beasts]]"
*"[[The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan]]"
*"[[The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples]]"
*"[[The Lute Player]]"
*"[[The Grateful Prince]]"
*"[[The Child who came from an Egg]]"
*"[[Stan Bolovan]]"
*"[[The Two Frogs]]"
*"[[The Story of a Gazelle]]"
*"[[How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water]]"
*"[[Two in a Sack]]"
*"[[The Envious Neighbour]]"
*"[[The Fairy Aurora|The Fairy of the Dawn]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Knife]]"
*"[[Jesper Who Herded the Hares]]"
*"[[The Underground Workers]]"
*"[[Little Longnose|The History of Dwarf Long Nose]]"
*"[[The Nunda, Eater of People]]"
*"[[The Story of Hassebu]]"
*"[[Hachikazuki|The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet]]"
*"[[The Monkey and the Jelly-fish]]"
*"[[The Headless Dwarfs]]"
*"[[The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened]]"
*"[[The Boys with the Golden Stars]]"
*"[[The Frog Princess|The Frog]]"
*"[[The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground]]"
*"[[Ileana Simziana|The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy]]"
*"[[The Story of Halfman]]"
*"[[The Prince Who Wanted to See the World]]"
*"[[Virgilius the Sorcerer]]"
*"[[Mogarzea and his Son]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|The Violet Fairy Book}}

===''The Book of Romance'' (1902)===
Contains nineteen stories from various medieval and Renaissance romances of [[chivalry]], adapted for children. Includes stories about [[King Arthur]], [[Charlemagne]], [[William of Gellone|William of Orange]], and [[Robin Hood]].<br/>
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*"[[Excalibur#The Sword in the Stone and the Sword in the Lake|The Drawing of the Sword]]"
*"[[The Questing Beast]]"
*"[[Excalibur|The Sword Excalibur]]"
*"The Story of [[Sir Balin]]"
*"How the [[Round Table]] began"
*"The Passing of [[Merlin]]"
*"How [[Morgan Le Fay]] tried to kill King Arthur"
*"What [[Beaumains]] asked of the King"
*"The Quest of the [[Holy Grail|Holy Graal]]"
*"[[Guinevere|The Fight for the Queen]]"
*"[[Elaine of Astolat|The Fair Maid of Astolat]]"
*"[[Lancelot]] and [[Guenevere]]"
*"[[Battle of Camlann|The End of it All]]"
*"[[Battle of Roncevaux Pass|The Battle of Roncevalles]]"
*"The Pursuit of [[Diarmuid Ua Duibhne|Diarmid]]"
*"Some Adventures of [[William of Gellone|William Short Nose]]"
*"[[Wayland the Smith]]"
*"The Story of [[Robin Hood]]"
*"The Story of [[Grettir the Strong]]"
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2435/2435-h/2435-h.htm#2H_4_0002 ''The Crimson Fairy Book'' (1903)]===
These 36 stories originated in Hungary, Russia, [[Folklore of Finland|Finland]], Iceland, Tunisia, the [[Baltic mythology|Baltic]], and elsewhere. 
[[Image:Crimson Fairy Book 1903.jpg|right|thumb|160px|First edition, 1903]]
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*"[[Lovely Ilonka]]"
*"[[Lucky Luck]]"
*"[[The Hairy Man]]"
*"[[To Your Good Health!]]"
*"[[The Story of the Seven Simons]]"
*"[[The Language of Beasts]]"
*"[[The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret]]"
*"[[The Prince and the Dragon]]"
*"[[Little Wildrose]]"
*"[[Tiidu the Piper]]"
*"[[Paperarello]]"
*"[[The Gifts of the Magician]]"
*"[[The Strong Prince]]"
*"[[Volksmärchen der Deutschen|The Treasure Seeker]]"
*"[[The Cottager and his Cat]]"
*"[[The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality]]"
*"[[The Stonecutter|The Stone-cutter]]"
*"[[The Gold-bearded Man]]"
*"[[Tritill, Litill, and the Birds]]"
*"[[The Three Robes]]"
*"[[The Six Hungry Beasts]]"
*"[[How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro]]"
*"[[The Rogue and the Herdsman]]"
*"[[Eisenkopf]]"
*"[[The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife]]"
*"[[Motikatika]]"
*"[[Niels and the Giants]]"
*"[[Shepherd Paul]]"
*"[[How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished]]"
*"[[The Crab and the Monkey]]"
*"[[The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder]]"
*"[[The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor]]"
*"[[The Colony of Cats]]"
*"[[How to find out a True Friend]]"
*"[[Clever Maria]]"
*"[[Bunbuku Chagama|The Magic Kettle]]"
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31201/31201-h/31201-h.htm ''The Brown Fairy Book'' (1904)]===
The Brown Fairy Book contains stories from the [[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indians]], [[Bush ballad|Australian Bushmen]] and African [[Sotho people|Sothos]], and from [[Persian mythology|Persia]], [[Sami shamanism|Lapland]], [[Brazilian mythology|Brazil]], and [[Folklore of India|India]].
[[Image:Brown Fairy Book 190.jpg|50px|thumb|Spine of first edition, 1904]]
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*"[[What the Rose did to the Cypress]]"
*"[[Ball-Carrier and the Bad One]]"
*"[[How Ball-Carrier finished his Task]]"
*"The [[Bunyip]]"
*"[[Father Grumbler]]"
*"The Story of the [[Yara (mythology)|Yara]]"
*"[[The Cunning Hare]]"
*"[[The Turtle and his Bride]]"
*"[[How Geirald the Coward was Punished]]"
*"[[Habogi]]"
*"[[How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers]]"
*"[[The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe]]"
*"[[The Wicked Wolverine]]"
*"[[The Husband of the Rat's Daughter]]"
*"[[The Mermaid and the Boy]]"
*"[[Pivi and Kabo]]"
*"[[The Elf Maiden]]"
*"[[How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones]]"
*"[[Fortune and the Wood-Cutter]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Head]]"
*"The Sister of the Sun"
*"[[Tale of the doomed prince#Adaptations|The Prince and the Three Fates]]"
*"[[The Fox and the Lapp]]"
*"[[Kisa the Cat]]"
*"[[The Lion and the Cat]]"
*"[[Which was the Foolishest?]]"
*"[[Asmund and Signy]]"
*"[[Rübezahl]]"
*"[[Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate]]"
*"[[Story of Wali Dad the Simple-hearted]]"
*"[[Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey]]"
*"[[The Knights of the Fish]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|Brown Fairy Book}}

===''The Red Romance Book'' (1905)===
Contains 29 stories from various medieval and Renaissance romances of chivalry, adapted for children. Includes stories about [[Don Quixote]], Charlemagne, [[Bevis of Hampton]] and [[Guy of Warwick]].<br/>
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*"How [[Guillaume de Palerme|William of Palermo]] was carried off by the Werwolf"
*"[[Guillaume de Palerme|The Disenchantment of the Werwolf]]"
*"[[Njáls saga|The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands]]"
*"[[Njáls saga|The Death of Gunnar]]"
*"[[Njáls saga|Njal's Burning]]"
*"[[Gesta Romanorum|The Lady of Solace]]"
*"[[The Faerie Queene|Una and the Lion]]"
*"[[The Faerie Queene|How the Red Cross Knight slew the Dragon]]"
*"[[Amis et Amiles|Amys and Amyle]]"
*"[[El Cid|The Tale of the Cid]]"
*"[[Don Quixote|The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance]]"
*"[[Don Quixote|The Adventure of the Two Armies who turned out to be Flocks of Sheep]]"
*"[[Don Quixote|The Adventure of the Bobbing Lights]]"
*"[[Don Quixote|The Helmet of Mambrino]]"
*"How [[Don Quixote]] was Enchanted while guarding the Castle"
*"[[Don Quixote|Don Quixote's Home-coming]]"
*"The Meeting of [[Huon of Bordeaux|Huon]] and [[Oberon]], King of the Fairies"
*"How [[Oberon]] saved [[Huon of Bordeaux|Huon]]"
*"[[Havelok the Dane|Havelok and Goldborough]]"
*"[[Cupid and Psyche]]"
*"[[Bevis of Hampton|Sir Bevis the Strong]]"
*"[[Ogier the Dane]]"
*"[[The Golden Ass|How the Ass became a Man again]]"
*"[[Guy of Warwick]]"
*"[[Orlando Furioso|How Bradamante conquered the Wizard]]"
*"[[Orlando Furioso|The Ring of Bradamante]]"
*"[[Orlando Furioso|The Fulfilling of the Prophecy]]"
*"The Knight of the Sun"
*"How the Knight of the Sun rescued his Father"
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===[[gutenberg:36532|''The Orange Fairy Book'' (1906)]]===
Includes 33 tales from Jutland, Rhodesia, Uganda, and various other European traditions.
[[File:Ian and the Blue Falcon by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Orange Fairy Book.jpg|upright|thumb|Ian and the Blue Falcon by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's ''The Orange Fairy Book'']]

[[Image:Orange Fairy Book 1906.jpg|right|160px|thumb| First edition, 1906]]
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*"[[The Story of the Hero Makoma]]"
*"[[The Magic Mirror (fairy tale)|The Magic Mirror]]"
*"[[Story of the King who would see Paradise]]"
*"[[How Isuro the Rabbit tricked Gudu]]"
*"[[Ian, the Soldier's Son]]"
*"The Fox and the Wolf"
*"[[How Ian Direach got the Blue Falcon]]"
*"The [[Ugly Duckling]]"
*"[[The Two Caskets]]"
*"[[The Goldsmith's Fortune]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Wreath]]"
*"[[The Foolish Weaver]]"
*"[[The Clever Cat]]"
*"[[The Story of Manus Pinkel the Thief]]"
*"[[The Adventures of a Jackal]]"
*"[[The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son]]"
*"[[The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal]]"
*"[[The Three Treasures of the Giants]]"
*"[[The Rover of the Plain]]"
*"[[The White Doe]]"
*"[[The Girl-Fish]]"
*"[[The Owl and the Eagle]]"
*"[[The Frog and the Lion Fairy]]"
*"[[The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired]]"
*"[[The Princess Bella-Flor]]"
*"[[The Bird of Truth]]"
*"[[The Mink and the Wolf]]"
*"[[Adventures of an Indian Brave]]"
*"[[How the Stalos were Tricked]]"
*"[[Andras Baive]]"
*"[[The White Slipper]]"
*"[[The Magic Book]]"
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27826/27826-h/27826-h.htm ''The Olive Fairy Book'' (1907)]===
The ''Olive Fairy Book'' includes unusual stories from [[Turkish folklore|Turkey]], India, Denmark, [[Armenian mythology|Armenia]], the Sudan, and the pen of [[Anatole France]].
[[File:The Blue Parrot. by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Olive Fairy Book.jpg|upright|thumb|The Blue Parrot. by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Olive Fairy Book]]
[[Image:The Olive Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, Cover, 1st edition.jpg|right|thumb|160px|First edition, 1907]]
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*"[[Madschun]]"
*"[[The Blue Parrot (fairy tale)|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"
*"[[Thumbelina|The Strange Adventures of Little Maia]]"
*"[[Diamond Cut Diamond (fairy tale)|Diamond Cut Diamond]]"
*"[[The Green Knight (fairy tale)|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]]"
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{{Commons category-inline|The Olive Fairy Book (Andrew Lang)}}

===''The Book of Princes and Princesses'' (1908)===
Published by Longmans as written by "Mrs. Lang"; illustrated by H. J. Ford ({{LCCN|08028404}}).

Contains 14 stories about the childhoods of European monarchs, including [[Napoleon]], [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], and [[Frederick the Great]].<br/>
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*"[[Napoleon]]"
*"[[Napoleon II|His Majesty the King of Rome]]"
*"[[Jeanne d'Albret|The Princess Jeanne]]"
*"[[Haakon IV of Norway|Hacon the King]]"
*"[[Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689)|Mi Reina! Mi Reina!]]"
*"[[Henrietta of England|Henriette the Siege Baby]]"
*"[[Henry VII of England|The Red Rose]]"
*"[[Elizabeth of York|The White Rose]]"
*"[[Richard I of Normandy|Richard the Fearless]]"
*"[[Frederick the Great|Frederick]] and [[Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Wilhelmine]]"
*"[[Marie Antoinette|Une Reine Malheureuse]]"
*"[[Isabella of Valois|The 'Little Queen']]"
*"[[Blanche of England|Two]] Little [[Philippa of England|Girls]] and their [[Mary de Bohun|Mother]]"
*"The Troubles of the Princess [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]]"
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===''The Red Book of Heroes'' (1909)===
Published by Longmans as written by "Mrs. Lang"; illustrated by H. J. Ford ({{LCCN|09017962}}).

Contains 12 true stories about role models for children, including [[Hannibal]], [[Florence Nightingale]], and [[Thomas More|Saint Thomas More]].<br/>
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*"[[Florence Nightingale|The Lady-in-Chief]]"
*"[[John Howard (prison reformer)|Prisoners and Captives]]"
*"[[Hannibal]]"
*"[[Father Damien|The Apostle of the Lepers]]"
*"[[Ferdinand the Holy Prince|The Constant Prince]]"
*"[[James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose|The Marquis of Montrose]]"
*"[[Henry Havelock|A Child's Hero]]"
*"[[Thomas More|Conscience or King]]"
*"[[Marie Angélique Arnauld|The Little Abbess]]"
*"[[Charles George Gordon|Gordon]]"
*"[[Saint Ambrose|The Crime of Theodosius]]"
*"[[Bernard Palissy|Palissy the Potter]]"
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===[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28096/28096-h/28096-h.htm ''The Lilac Fairy Book'' (1910)]===
The ''Lilac Fairy Book'' contains stories from Portugal, [[Irish mythology|Ireland]], [[Welsh mythology|Wales]], and points East and West.
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*"[[The Shifty Lad]]"
*"[[The False Prince and the True]]"
*"[[The Jogi's Punishment]]"
*"[[The Heart of a Monkey]]"
*"[[The Fairy Nurse]]"
*"[[A Lost Paradise (fairy tale)|A Lost Paradise]]"
*"[[How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves]]"
*"[[The King of the Waterfalls]]"
*"[[A French Puck]]"
*"[[The Three Crowns]]"
*"[[The Story of a Very Bad Boy]]"
*"[[The Brown Bear of Norway]]"
*"[[Little Lasse]]"
*"[[Moti (fairy tale)|Moti]]"
*"[[The Enchanted Deer]]"
*"[[A Fish Story (fairy tale)|A Fish Story]]"
*"[[The Wonderful Tune]]"
*"[[The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother]]"
*"[[The One-Handed Girl]]"
*"[[The Bones of Djulung]]"
*"[[The Sea King's Gift]]"
*"[[The Raspberry Worm]]"
*"[[The Stones of Plouhinec]]"
*"[[The Castle of Kerglas]]"
*"[[The Battle of the Birds]]"
*"[[The Lady of the Fountain]]"
*"[[The Four Gifts]]"
*"[[The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok]]"
*"[[Llwyd ap Cil Coed|The Escape of the Mouse]]"
*"[[The Believing Husbands]]"
*"[[The Hoodie-Crow]]"
*"[[The Brownie of the Lake]]"
*"[[Olwen|The Winning of Olwen]]"
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===''The All Sorts of Stories Book'' (1911)===
Published by Longmans as written by "Mrs. Lang"; illustrated by H. J. Ford.({{LCCN|11027934}}).

Contains 30 stories on a variety of subjects, including true stories, [[Greek mythology|Greek myths]], and stories from [[Alexandre Dumas]], [[Walter Scott]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. <br/>
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*"How a Boy became first a Lamb and then an Apple"
*"The Battle of the White Bull"
*"[[Melampus|The Serpents' Gift]]"
*"[[Meleager]] the Hunter"
*"The Vanishing of [[Benjamin Bathurst (diplomat)|Bathurst]]"
*"[[Antoine Marie Chamans, comte de Lavalette|In the Shadow of the Guillotine]]"
*"The Flight of the [[Charles II of England|King]]"
*"[[Alexander Selkirk|The Real Robinson Crusoe]]"
*"[[Marcellin Marbot|How the Russian Soldier was Saved]]"
*"[[Marcellin Marbot|Marbot]] and the Young Cossack"
*"[[Heracles]] the Dragon-Killer"
*"[[Old Rectory, Epworth|Old Jeffery]]"
*"The Adventures of a Prisoner"
*"[[The Campden Wonder|What became of Old Mr. Harrison?]]"
*"[[The Keepsake Stories|Aunt Margaret's Mirror]]"
*"[[The Count of Monte Cristo|The Prisoner of the Chateau d'lf]]"
*"[[The Count of Monte Cristo|The Hunt for the Treasure]]"
*"[[The Gold-Bug|The Story of the Gold Beetle]]"
*"[[Loreta Velazquez]], the Military Spy"
*"The Farmer's Dream"
*"[[The Three Musketeers|The Sword of D'Artagnan]]"
*"[[The Three Musketeers|The Bastion Saint-Gervais]]"
*"[[The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later|Little General Monk]]"
*"[[Pegasus|The Horse with Wings]]"
*"The Prize of [[Jeanne Jugan]]"
*"Unlucky John"
*"[[Ok-khun Chamnan|How the Siamese Ambassadors reached the Cape]]"
*"The Strange Tale of Ambrose Gwinnett"
*"[[Mary Rowlandson|With the Redskins]]"
*"The Wreck of the ''Drake''"
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===''The Book of Saints and Heroes'' (1912)===
Published by Longmans as written by "Mrs. Lang"; illustrated by H. J. Ford ({{LCCN|12024314}}).

Contains 23 [[Hagiography|stories about saints]]. Most of these are true stories, although a few legends are also included. <br/>
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*"[[Paul of Thebes|The First of the Hermits]]"
*"[[Dorothea of Caesarea|The Roses from Paradise]]"
*"[[Saint Jerome|The Saint with the Lion]]"
*"[[Synesius]], the Ostrich Hunter"
*"The Struggles of [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]]"
*"[[Germanus of Auxerre|Germanus the Governor]]"
*"[[Malchus of Syria|Malchus the Monk]]"
*"[[Simeon Stylites|The Saint on the Pillar]]"
*"[[Cuthbert|The Apostle of Northumbria]]"
*"[[Columba|St. Columba]]"
*"[[Brendan the Navigator|Brendan the Sailor]]"
*"[[Saint Senan|The Charm Queller]]"
*"[[Dunstan]] the Friend of Kings"
*"[[St. Margaret of Scotland]]"
*"[[St. Elizabeth of Hungary]]"
*"[[Louis IX of France|Saint and King]]"
*"[[Francis of Assisi|The Preacher to the Birds]]"
*"[[Richard of Chichester|Richard the Bishop]]"
*"[[Colette of Corbie|Colette]]"
*"[[Francis Xavier|The Apostle of the Japanese]]"
*"[[John of God|The Servant of the Poor]]"
*"[[Vincent de Paul|The Founder of Hospitals]]"
*"[[Saint George|The Patron Saint of England]]"
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===''The Strange Story Book'' (1913)===
Published after Andrew Lang's death, with an introduction by Leonora Blanche Lang. Contains thirty-four stories on a variety of subjects, including ghost stories, Native American legends, true stories, and tales from [[Washington Irving]].<br/>
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*"[[Tales of a Traveller|The Drowned Buccaneer]]"
*"The Perplexity of Zadig"
*"The Return of the Dead Wife"
*"[[Hannah Snell|Young Amazon Snell]]"
*"The Good Sir James"
*"[[Rip van Winkle]]"
*"The Wonderful Basket"
*"The Escape of the Galley-slaves"
*"The Beaver and the Porcupine"
*"An Old-world Ghost"
*"[[James MacLaine|The Gentleman Highwayman]]"
*"The Vision of the [[Pope Pius V|Pope]]"
*"Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother"
*"The Handless Brigade"
*"The Son of the Wolf Chief"
*"[[John Metcalf (civil engineer)|Blind Jack of Knaresborough]]"
*"[[John Metcalf (civil engineer)|Blind Jack Again]]"
*"The Story of Djun"
*"What Became of Owen Parfitt?"
*"Blackskin"
*"The Pets of [[George Sand|Aurore Dupin]]"
*"[[George Sand|The Trials of M. Deschartres]]"
*"[[George Sand|Aurore]] at Play"
*"How [[George Sand|Aurore]] learned to Ride"
*"Land-Otter the Indian"
*"The Disinheriting of a Son"
*"[[Siege of Rhodes (1522)|The Siege of Rhodes]]"
*"The Princess of Babylon"
*"The Adventures of Fire-Drill's Son"
*"The Strange Story of [[Elizabeth Canning]]"
*"[[The Apparition of Mrs. Veal|Mrs. Veal's Ghost]]"
*"The Chief's Daughter"
*"[[Leonardo da Vinci|The Boyhood of a Painter]]"
*"[[Catalina de Erauso|The Adventures of a Spanish Nun]]"
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://onemorelibrary.com/index.php/en/languages/english/fairy-books-317 Full Andrew Lang's Fairy Books collection] at [https://onemorelibrary.com/index.php/en One More Library]
*[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/ Andrew Lang collection]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408052643/http://www.foliosociety.com/category/9319/andrew-lang-s-fairy-books The Folio Society "Rainbow Fairy Books"]
* {{FadedPage|id=20100815|name=The Green Fairy Book}}
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* {{librivox book | title=Andrew Lang's Fairy Books | author=Andrew LANG}}
* {https://www.sites.google.com/site/andrewlangfairybooks/home} Illustrated list of all the first editions.


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