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The Tinder-Box

uncredited

First published 1894
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

From The Yellow Fairy Book (1894-Longmans, Green, and Co.), edited by {{A|Andrew Lang}}. {{Tr|Miss Cheape}}, Miss Alma or Thyra Alleyne, Miss (May?) Sellar, Miss Blackley, Mrs. Dent, or Mrs. Andrew Lang ({{A|Leonora Lang)}}. Most likely Mrs. Lang's niece Alma Alleyne (1873-1953) as she did Andersen in the next anthology The Pink Fairy Book (1897). Most likely translated from the German.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1894 Cover The Yellow Fairy Book Longmans, Green and Co. Anthology 265
1966 Cover The Yellow Fairy Book Dover Publications Anthology 265
1979 Cover Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Treasury Avenel Books Anthology 327
March 2009 The Yellow Fairy Book Project Gutenberg Anthology |265
September 2013 Cover The Yellow Fairy Book Faded Page Anthology |265
September 2018 Cover The Yellow Fairy Book Open Road Integrated Media Anthology