The Orange Fairy Book
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Overview:
- Title: The Orange Fairy Book
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Year: 1906
- Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
- Pages: xiii+358
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Anthology
- Title Reference: The Orange Fairy Book
- Notes:
- The 2 tales from the Sen(n)a were collected by Mr. Fairbridge in Northern Rhodesia(Zimbabwe).
- 3 tales from the Punjab region of India(2 Pathan & 1 Pushto) are from Major Campbell.
- A tale from the (Ma)shona tribe was collected by Mr. Cripps in Uganda.
- 3 tales are from the aboriginals of North America & originally published in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute.
- The Magic Book was translated by Mrs. Skavgaard-Pedersen from the Danish of E.T. Kristensen.
- All other translations (mainly French, Spanish & German) were by Mrs.(Andrew) Lang.
- 3 uncredited tales are Scottish stories from John Francis Campbell's collections.
- Doctor Macleod Clarke is actually 2 persons. Covan the Brown-Haired is from the collection Reminiscences of a Highland Parish by Norman Macleod, with the story translated by his brother-in-law the Rev. Clerk.
- Title page states "eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford"