The Grey Fairy Book

Author and translator credits: see the 1st ed. for some detail notes.

Stories translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs.(Andrew)Lang, Miss Eleanor Sellar, Miss Blackley and Miss Lang. The stories from Hermann Kletke's collection Märchensaal are from France, Germany & Italy. The stories from Louis Léger's collection Contes populaires slaves are from Bohemia, Poland & Serbia. Of the stories credited only as from the Cabinet des Fées: -Donkey Skin is by Charles Perrault. -The Queen of the Flowery Isles is by the Chevalier du Mailly. -The Story of the 3 Sons of Hali & The Story of the Fair Circassians is a 2-part story by Henri Pajon. -A Fairy's Blunder is by Mlle. de Lubert. Of the other uncredited stories: -An Impossible Enchantment is from the Comte de Caylus. -What Came of Picking Flowers is a Portuguese tale from Téofilo Braga's collection Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez. -The Story of Bensurdatu is from the Sicilianische Märchen of Laura Gonzenbach. -4 tales are from Greece & come from J.G von Hahn's collection Griechische und Albanesische Märchen. -3 tales are Lithuanian & come from Karl Brugmann's collection Litauische Volkslieder und Märchen.