The Lilac Fairy Book is is a collection of short stories and traditional tales from Portugal, Ireland, Wales, and points East and West.
Contents:
The Shifty Lad
The False Prince and the True
The Jogi’s Punishment
The Heart of a Monkey
The Fairy Nurse
A Lost Paradise
How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves
The King of the Waterfalls
A French Puck
The Three Crowns
The Story of a Very Bad Boy
The Brown Bear of Norway
Little Lasse
’Moti’
The Enchanted Deer
A Fish Story
The Wonderful Tune
The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother
The One-Handed Girl
The Bones of Djulung
The Sea King’s Gift
The Raspberry Worm
The Stones of Plouhinec
The Castle of Kerglas
The Battle of the Birds
The Lady of the Fountain
The Four Gifts
The Groac’h of the Isle of Lok
The Escape of the Mouse
The Believing Husbands
The Hoodie-Crow
The Brownie of the Lake
The Winning of Olwen
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Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.