Blue Book of Fairies
ANDREW LANG'S FAIRY BOOKS
The Blue Fairy Book (1889)
TO ELSPETH ANGELA CAMPBELL
THE TALES in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
The tales of Perrault are printed from the old English version of the eighteenth century.
The stories from the Cabinet des Fées and from Madame d'Aulnoy are translated, or rather adapted, by Miss Minnie Wright, who has also, by M. Henri Carnoy's kind permission, rendered "The Bronze Ring" from his Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure (Maisonneuve, Paris, 1889).
The stories from Grimm are translated by Miss May Sellar; another from the German by Miss Sylvia Hunt; the Norse tales are a version by Mrs. Alfred Hunt; "The Terrible Head" is adapted from Apollodorus, Simonides, and Pindar by the Editor; Miss Violet Hunt condensed "Aladdin"; Miss May Kendall did the same for Gulliver's Travels; "The Fairy Paribanou" is abridged from the old English translation of Galland.
Messrs. Chambers have kindly allowed us to reprint "The Red Etin" and "The Black Bull of Norroway" from Mr. Robert Chambers' Popular Traditions of Scotland.
"Dick Whittington" is from the chap book edited by Mr. Gomme and Mr. Wheatley for the Villon Society; "Jack the Giant-Killer" is from a chap book, but a good version of this old favourite is hard to procure.
MidEast/Central Asian. Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure. Carnoy et Nicolaides. VIEW
BLUE PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS European. French. Par Madame Leprince de Beaumont VIEW
BLUE EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON European. Norwegian. Asbjornsen and Moe VIEW
BLUE YELLOW DWARF European. French. Madame d'Aulnoy VIEW
BLUE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD Unknown. (without bibliography by Lang) VIEW
BLUE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN WOOD Unknown. (without bibliography by Lang) VIEW
BLUE CINDERELLA. OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER European. French. Perrault VIEW
BLUE ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP MidEast/Central Asian. Arabian Nights VIEW
BLUE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS European. German. Grimm. VIEW
BLUE RUMPELSTILTZKIN European. German. Grimm. VIEW
BLUE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST European. French. Villeneuve. La Belle et la Bete. Par Madame de Villeneuve VIEW
BLUE MASTER-MAID European. Norwegian. Asbjornsen and Moe VIEW
BLUE WHY THE SEA IS SALT European. Norwegian. Asbjornsen and Moe VIEW
BLUE MASTER CAT. OR PUSS IN BOOTS European. French. Perrault VIEW
BLUE FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS European. French. Madame d'Aulnoy. Fortunee. VIEW
BLUE WHITE CAT European. French. Madame d'Aulnoy. La Chatte blanche. VIEW
BLUE WATER-LILY. GOLD-SPINNERS Unknown. (without bibliography by Lang) VIEW
BLUE TERRIBLE HEAD Unknown. (without bibliography by Lang) VIEW
BLUE STORY OF PRETTY GOLDILOCKS European. French. Madame d'Aulnoy VIEW
BLUE HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON Unknown. (without bibliography by Lang) VIEW
BLUE WONDERFUL SHEEP European. French. Madame d'Aulnoy VIEW
BLUE LITTLE THUMB European. French. Perrault VIEW
BLUE FORTY THIEVES MidEast/Central Asian. Arabian Nights VIEW
BLUE HANSEL AND GRETTEL European. German. Grimm. VIEW
BLUE SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED European. German. Grimm. VIEW
BLUE GOOSE-GIRL European. German. Grimm. VIEW
BLUE TOADS AND DIAMONDS European. French. Perrault VIEW
BLUE PRINCE DARLING European. French. Cabinet des Fées VIEW
BLUE BLUE BEARD European. French. Perrault VIEW
BLUE TRUSTY JOHN European. German. Grimm. VIEW
BLUE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR Unknown. (without bibliography by Lang) VIEW
BLUE VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT European. English. Swift VIEW
BLUE PRINCESS ON GLASS HILL European. Norwegian. Asbjornsen and Moe VIEW
BLUE STORY OF PRINCE AHMED AND FAIRY PARIBANOU MidEast/Central Asian. Arabian Nights VIEW
BLUE HISTORY OF JACK GIANT-KILLER European. English. Old Chapbook VIEW
BLUE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY Celtic. Scotland. Chambers. Popular Traditions of Scotland. VIEW
BLUE RED ETIN Celtic. Scotland. Chambers. Popular Traditions of Scotland. VIEW
