The Grey Fairy Book

Overview:

  • Title: The Grey Fairy Book
  • Author: Andrew Lang
  • Year: 1900
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Pages: xiv+387
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Grey Fairy Book
  • 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.