The Violet Fairy Book Annotated

The Violet Fairy Book is the thirteenth volume in Andrew Lang's Fairy Books series. A collection of 35 fairy tales: 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 Of The Dawn; The Enchanted Knife; Jesper Who Herded The Hares; The Underground Workers; The History Of Dwarf Long Nose; The Nunda, Eater Of People; The Story Of Hassebu; 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; The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground; The Girl Who Pretended To Be A Boy; The Story Of Halfman; The Prince Who Wanted To See The World; Virgilius The Sorcerer; and, Mogarzea And His Son.

The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1901, The Violet Fairy Book is the 7th volume in this series.

The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales 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 poems in The Blue Poetry Book.

This is a new collection of Fairy stories in continuation of the series which "The Blue Fairy Book" was the initial volume.The Violet Fairy Book is packed with stories (35 of them) from many countries and most continents, stirring illustrations by H. J. Ford, and a captivating collection of magical creatures, brave princes, lovely princesses, plucky peasants, clever rogues, things delightfully familiar, and things surprising and unique. There are more than a months worth of bedtime stories here

GRANDMA'S TREASURES THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang The Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations. - Andrew Lang FAIRY BOOKS: CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. The Blue Fairy Book The Red Fairy Book The Green Fairy Book The Yellow Fairy Book The Pink Fairy Book The Grey Fairy Book The Violet Fairy Book The Crimson Fairy Book The Brown Fairy Book The Orange Fairy Book The Olive Fairy Book The Lilac Fairy Book

GRANDMA'S TREASURES THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang The Tales in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations. - Andrew Lang FAIRY BOOKS: CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. The Blue Fairy Book The Red Fairy Book The Green Fairy Book The Yellow Fairy Book The Pink Fairy Book The Grey Fairy Book The Violet Fairy Book The Crimson Fairy Book The Brown Fairy Book The Orange Fairy Book The Olive Fairy Book The Lilac Fairy Book

There are still unused colors in the spectrum, and Mr. Andrew Lang's "The Violet Fairy Book", with its handsome illustrations by Mr. H. J. Ford, has the merits of its predecessors, with some of its own added. Doubtless the stories suitable for inclusion in these volumes are innumerable, but the later books show the tendency to go farther and farther afield. Many of those in this book are from African and Romanian sources, and of much interest and worth. This book is fully illustrated and annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.