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Prince Prigio

Andrew Lang

First published 1889
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Pantouflia #1

<br> "The prince is a great-grandson of the Giglio of Thackeray's <a href="/story/1378122/"><i>Rose and the Ring</i></a>, and many of the old fairy tricks serve a new purpose in Mr. Lang's story." --advance notice <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> 1889-10-13 p7, Longmans "will shortly publish" (Otherwise no hit for 'Prigio' in automated search of multiple 1889 newspapers 2016-11 and 2017-03)

17,500 words from the Project Gutenberg edition.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1889 Cover Prince Prigio J. W. Arrowsmith Chapbook
1889 Prince Prigio Longmans, Green and Co. Chapbook
1895 My Own Fairy Book: Namely, Certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, As Notably the Adventures of Prigio, Prince of That Country, and of His Son, Ricardo, with an Excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, As Touching Ker of Fairnilee, His Sojourn with the Queen of Faery J. W. Arrowsmith Collection 1
1902 Cover Tales of Fantasy Hall and Locke Anthology 113
1961 Cover Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo J. M. Dent Collection |1
May 1986 Cover Mythical Beasties Signet / New American Library Anthology 38
1988 Cover Mythic Beasts Robinson Anthology
March 2007 Cover Prince Prigio Project Gutenberg Chapbook
March 2015 Cover Victorian Fairy Tales Oxford University Press Anthology 233
May 2016 Cover Victorian Fairy Tales Oxford University Press Anthology