The Olive Fairy Book

Overview:

  • Title: The Olive Fairy Book
  • Author: Andrew Lang
  • Year: 1907
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Pages: xv+336
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Olive Fairy Book
  • Notes:
    Little King Loc is translated by Mrs. Lang from Anatole France's tale Abeille. The tales from India are from Major Campbell (Feroshepore, Punjab region). 2 Danish tales are translated by Mrs. Skovgaard-Pedersen from the collections of Evald Tang Kristensen. Armenian tales are from the collection Contes Arménians by M.(Frédéric)Macler. Other stories translated by Mrs.(Andrew)Lang. Of the stories with no credited author: - The Blue Parrot is from an anomymous tale in the Cabinet des Fees. -The Satin Surgeon & The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana are by the Chevalier du Mailly, from Les Cabinet des Fées - Geirlaug the King's Daughter is from Adeline Rittershaus' collection Neuisländischen Märchen. The Story of Zoulvisia is wrongly attributed to Louis Macler instead of Frédéric Macler.