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The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

First published 1894
Series Coloured Fairy Books #4
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages xviii+321

  • Non-Icelandic tales: {{Tr|{{A|Leonora Lang}}}} (as Mrs. Andrew Lang), Miss Cheape, Miss Alma Alleyne, Miss Thyra Alleyne, Miss (May?) Sellar, Miss Blackley, and Mrs. Dent.
  • Four stories from {{a|Hermann Kletke}}'s Märchensaal are from Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.
Uncredited stories:
  • The first two stories and four later stories are from the Brothers Grimm.
  • The Little Green Frog, Alphege or the Green Monkey, and Fairer-than-a-Fairy (based on Le Prince Arc-en-ciel) are from the Cabinet des fĂ©es attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly.
  • The Wizard King is from Les fĂ©es illustres by Chevalier de Mailly.
  • The Invisible Prince is by Madame Levesque from Cabinet des fĂ©es by Chevalier de Mailly.
  • The Dead Wife is from Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith.
  • Two "Red Indian" tales are from Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology publications.
  • The White Duck, The Magic Ring, and the three Russian stories are from the collection Russische Märchen by Wilhelm Goldschmidt.
  • The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus and nine other tales (including The Blue Mountains) are from Hans Christian Andersen.
  • Prince Ring, The Witch in the Stone Boat, and Hermod and Hadvor are from the Icelandic. {{tr|W. A. Craigie}} from J. C. Poestion's Islandische Märchen.
  • Heinrich von Wlislocki's name is misspelled Wliolocki.

Tales translated by Miss Cheape, Miss Alma & Thyra Alleyne, Miss (May?) Sellar, Miss Blackley, Mrs. Dent & Mrs. Andrew Lang ({{A|Leonora Lang}})(except the Icelandic ones). 4 stories from Hermann Kletke's Märchensaal are from Germany, Hungary, Poland & Russia. Of the stories with no credited author: -The first 2 stories, plus 4 others, are from the Brothers Grimm. -The Little Green Frog, Alphege or the Green Monkey & Fairer-than-a-Fairy (based on Le Prince Arc-en-ciel) are from the Cabinet des fées (attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly). -The Wizard King is from Les fées illustres(also by de Mailly). -The Invisible Prince is by Madame Levesque(Cabinet des fées). -The Dead Wife is from Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith. -2 other "Red Indian" tales are from the publications of the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. -The White Duck, The Magic Ring & the 3 Russian stories are from the collection Russische Märchen by Wilhelm Goldschmidt. -The Story of Big Klaus & Little Klaus & 9 other tales are from Hans Christian Andersen (including The Blue Mountains). -Prince Ring, The Witch in the Stone Boat and Hermod & Hadvor are from the Icelandic, translated by W. A. Craigie from J.C. Poestion's Islandische Märchen. Heinrich von Wlislocki's name is misspelled Wliolocki.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership uncredited Short Story
4 The Six Swans uncredited Short Story
9 The Dragon of the North Kreutzwald Short Story
21 Story of the Emperor's New Clothes Andersen Short Story
26 The Golden Crab Schmidt Short Story
32 The Iron Stove Grimm Short Story
38 The Dragon and His Grandmother uncredited Short Story
42 The Donkey Cabbage uncredited Short Story
50 The Little Green Frog uncredited Short Story
60 The Seven-Headed Serpent Schmidt Short Story
64 The Grateful Beasts Kletke Short Story
75 The Giants and the Herd-boy Von Wliolocki Short Story
78 The Invisible Prince uncredited Short Story
92 The Crow Kletke Short Story
95 How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World uncredited Short Story
100 The Wizard King uncredited Short Story
108 The Nixy Kletke Short Story
114 The Glass Mountain Kletke Short Story
119 Alphege, or the Green Monkey uncredited Short Story
126 Fairer-than-a-Fairy uncredited Short Story
134 The Three Brothers Kletke Short Story
138 The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise uncredited Short Story
141 The Glass Axe Kletke Short Story
149 The Dead Wife uncredited Short Story
152 In the Land of Souls uncredited Short Story
155 The White Duck uncredited Short Story
161 The Witch and her Servants Kletke (in error German) Short Story
178 The Magic Ring uncredited Short Story
192 The Flower Queen's Daughter Von Wliolocki Short Story
198 The Flying Ship uncredited Short Story
206 The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son Von Wliolocki Short Story
209 The Story of King Frost uncredited Short Story
213 The Death of the Sun-hero Von Wliolocki Short Story
216 The Witch uncredited Short Story
222 The Hazel-nut Child Von Wliolocki Short Story
225 The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus uncredited Short Story
237 Prince Ring uncredited Short Story
249 The Swineherd uncredited Short Story
254 How to Tell a True Princess uncredited Short Story
256 The Blue Mountains uncredited Short Story
265 The Tinder-Box uncredited Short Story
274 The Witch in the Stone Boat uncredited Short Story
279 Thumbelina uncredited Short Story
291 The Nightingale uncredited Short Story
301 Hermod and Hadvor uncredited Short Story
308 The Steadfast Tin-soldier uncredited Short Story
313 Blockhead-Hans uncredited Short Story
319 A Story About a Darning-Needle uncredited Short Story
ix Preface (The Yellow Fairy Book) Andrew Lang Essay

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