This vintage volume contains Andrew Lang’s 1892 work, ‘The Green Fairy Book’. Lang wrote twelve coloured fairy books in total, each of which contain a lovely selection of fairy tales that can be enjoyed by all the family. In total the books comprise 437 fairy tales that originate from, or are inspired by a wide range of cultures and countries. These wonderful fairy tales make for timeless bedtime reading, and will appeal to collectors of fairy-based literature. The stories contained herein include: ‘The Blue Bird’, ‘The Half-Chick’, ‘The Enchanted Watch’, ‘Rosanella’, ‘Sylvain and Jocosa’, ‘Fairy Gifts’, ‘Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Heart of Ice’, ‘The Enchanted Ring’, ‘The Snuff-Box’, and many more. Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and critic. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition – complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.