ANDREW LANG

TO NEW IMPRESSION. When this book first appeared (1886), the philological school of interpretation of religion and myth, being then still powerful in England, was criticised and opposed by the author. In Science, as on the Turkish throne of old, ""Amurath to Amurath succeeds""; the philological theories of religion and myth have now yielded to a...

Collection of classic fairy tales. According to Wikipedia: ""Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk ? July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales."" The active (hyperlinked...

The Lilac Fairy Book is the last of Andrew Lang's twelve Fairy Books, which were published between 1889 and 1910. A collection of fairy and folk tales from around the world, The Lilac Fairy Book includes ""The False Prince and the True,"" ""The Three Crowns,"" and ""The Lady of the Fountain."" Assembling and translating for the first time many n...