The Brown Fairy Book

Dedicated to Diana Scott Lang Author and translator credits: see the 1st ed. for some detail notes.

Price from brief review Manchester Guardian 1904-11-19 p7 "Christmas Books" What the Rose did to the Cypress was translated & adapted from 2 Persian manuscripts by Mrs. Beveridge. Pivi and Kabo is a tale from island of New Caledonia & was tranlated by Andrew Lang from Moncelon's papers in the Bulletins de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris-Series iii, vol.ix Asmund and Signy is an Icelandic tale translated by Miss Blackley from the collection Isländische Märchen by J.C. Poestion. All other translations by Mrs.(Andrew) Lang. Of the stories credited to no author: -3 tales are from the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin, USA, by Walter James Hoffman. -3 tales are from the Inuit & Innu tribes of Ungava, Quebec, Canada by Lucien M. Turner. -The Bunyip is a native Australian tale by W. Dunlop from the Journal of Anthropological Institute. -Father Grumbler & The Husband of the Rat's Daughter are from Charles Marelle(s)' collection Affenschwanz et cetera. -2 Brazilian tales from the collection Folk-lore Brésilien by Baron de Santa-Anna Nery. -4 Icelandic tales from the collection Die Neuisländischen Volksmärchen by Adeline Rittershaus. -The Sacred Milk of the Koumongoé is from the Contes Populaires des Bassoutos by E. Jacottet. -5 Lappish tales from Lappländische Märchen by J.C. Poestion. -Fortune and the Wood-cutter & The Enchanted Head are from Traditions populaires de l'Asie Mineure by Carnoy & Nicolaides. -The Prince and the Three Fates is from the collection Les contes populaires de l'Egypte ancienne by G. Maspero. -The Lion and the Cat is from North American Indian Legends & Fables(The Folk-lore Record v.5) by Stephen Powers. -Rübezahl is based on the first Legend of Rübezahl in the collection Volksmärchen der Deutschen by J.K. Musäus.