The brown fairy book


Title

The brown fairy book

Alternative Title

The brown fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford

Date

Description

The fairy book series
Part of the Lindsay Shaw Collection

Table Of Contents

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 - The cunning hare - The turtle and his bride - How Geirald the coward was punished - Hábogi - How the little brother set free his big brothers - The sacred milk of Koumongoé - 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 - 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 Dâd the simple-hearted - Tale of a tortoise and of a mischievous monkey - The knights of the fish

Source

Held by Monash University Library's Rare Books Collection. Find this item in the Library catalogue.

Type

Medium

Extent

350 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm

Rights

Out of copyright

Download File(s)

https://repository.monash.edu/files/upload/Rare-Books/Fairy_Tales_Collection/rb_fairytales_021.pdf

Citation

Lang, Andrew, 1844 - 1912 and Ford, Henry Justice, 1860 - 1941, “The brown fairy book,” Monash Collections Online, accessed September 25, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/93643.

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