• Publication: The Brown Fairy BookPublication Record # 380115
• Editor: Andrew Lang
• Date: 1904-00-00
• Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
• Price:
  6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: xiii+350
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: Price from brief review Manchester Guardian 1904-11-19 p7 "Christmas Books" What the Rose did to the Cypress was translated & adapted from 2 Persian manuscripts by Mrs. Beveridge. Pivi and Kabo is a tale from island of New Caledonia & was tranlated by Andrew Lang from Moncelon's papers in the Bulletins de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris-Series iii, vol.ix Asmund and Signy is an Icelandic tale translated by Miss Blackley from the collection Isländische Märchen by J.C. Poestion. All other translations by Mrs.(Andrew) Lang. Of the stories credited to no author: -3 tales are from the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin, USA, by Walter James Hoffman. -3 tales are from the Inuit & Innu tribes of Ungava, Quebec, Canada by Lucien M. Turner. -The Bunyip is a native Australian tale by W. Dunlop from the Journal of Anthropological Institute. -Father Grumbler & The Husband of the Rat's Daughter are from Charles Marelle(s)' collection Affenschwanz et cetera. -2 Brazilian tales from the collection Folk-lore Brésilien by Baron de Santa-Anna Nery. -4 Icelandic tales from the collection Die Neuisländischen Volksmärchen by Adeline Rittershaus. -The Sacred Milk of the Koumongoé is from the Contes Populaires des Bassoutos by E. Jacottet. -5 Lappish tales from Lappländische Märchen by J.C. Poestion. -Fortune and the Wood-cutter & The Enchanted Head are from Traditions populaires de l'Asie Mineure by Carnoy & Nicolaides. -The Prince and the Three Fates is from the collection Les contes populaires de l'Egypte ancienne by G. Maspero. -The Lion and the Cat is from North American Indian Legends & Fables(The Folk-lore Record v.5) by Stephen Powers. -Rübezahl is based on the first Legend of Rübezahl in the collection Volksmärchen der Deutschen by J.K. Musäus.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 04-25384
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 365881

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• vii • Preface (The Brown Fairy Book) • essay by Andrew Lang
• 1 • What the Rose did to the Cypress • novelette by Annette S. Beveridge
• 48 • Ball-Carrier and the Bad One • short story by Walter James Hoffman (variant of Na'ni' Naioq'tä, the Ball-Carrier: The Mystic Bridge & The Fate of Lung Woman 1896) [as by uncredited]
• 59 • How Ball-Carrier finished his Task • short story by Walter James Hoffman (variant of Na'ni' Naioq'tä, the Ball-Carrier: The Race with the Witch, The Red-Bird Ma'nido & Resurrection of Ball-Carrier 1896) [as by uncredited]
• 71 • The Bunyip • short story by W. Dunlop [as by uncredited]
• 77 • Father Grumbler • short story by Charles Marelles (trans. of Le Père Maugréant 1888) [as by uncredited]
• 88 • The Story of the Yara • short story by F.-J. de Santa-Anna Nery (trans. of La Yara. Version de Pará 1889) [as by uncredited]
• 100 • The Cunning Hare • short story by Lucien M. Turner (variant of The Venturesome Hare 1894) [as by uncredited]
• 106 • The Turtle and his Bride • short story by Walter James Hoffman (variant of Miqkä'no, the Turtle 1896) [as by uncredited]
• 114 • How Geirald the Coward was Punished • short story by Adeline Rittershaus (trans. of Rosáld und Geirald 1902) [as by uncredited]
• 126 • Hábogi • short story by Adeline Rittershaus (trans. of Hábogi 1902) [as by uncredited]
• 134 • How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers • (1896) • short story by Walter James Hoffman (variant of The Bear Ânâ'maqkí'u) [as by uncredited]
• 143 • The Sacred Milk of the Koumongoé • short story by E. Jacottet (trans. of Koumongoé 1895) [as by uncredited]
• 154 • The Wicked Wolverine • short story by Lucien M. Turner (variant of The Wolverene and the Rock-A Wolverene Destroys her Sister 1894) [as by uncredited]
• 161 • The Husband of the Rat's Daughter • short story by Charles Marelles (trans. of Le deux rats et leur gendre 1888) [as by uncredited]
• 165 • The Mermaid and the Boy • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Der Knabe, die Meerfrau und Ritter Roth 1886) [as by uncredited]
• 183 • Pivi and Kabo • short story by Moncelon (trans. of Pivi et Kabó 1886)
• 190 • The Elf Maiden • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Das Ulta-Mädchen 1886) [as by uncredited]
• 197 • How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Die wilden und die gezähmten Thiere 1886) [as by uncredited]
• 202 • Fortune and the Wood-cutter • short story by Henry Carnoy and Nicolaides (trans. of La fortune et le bûcheron 1889) [as by uncredited]
• 205 • The Enchanted Head • short story by Henry Carnoy and Nicolaides (trans. of La tête enchantée 1889) [as by uncredited]
• 215 • The Sister of the Sun • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Der Bauerssohn, der Königssohn und die Schwester der Sonne 1886) [as by uncredited]
• 233 • The Prince and the Three Fates • short story by G. Maspero (trans. of Le prince prédestiné 1882) [as by uncredited]
• 245 • The Fox and the Lapp • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Der Fuchs und der Bär (1st tale) 1886) [as by uncredited]
• 256 • Kisa the Cat • short story by Adeline Rittershaus (trans. of Kisa 1902) [as by uncredited]
• 263 • The Lion and the Cat • short story by Stephen Powers (variant of The Lion and the Cat (adapted)) [as by uncredited]
• 270 • Which was the Foolishest? • short story by Adeline Rittershaus (trans. of Wer ist der Dümmste? 1902) [as by uncredited]
• 275 • Asmund and Signy • (1903) • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Asmund und Signy 1884) [as by uncredited]
• 283 • Rübezahl • [
  Legenden von Rübezahl^?Legenden von Ruebezahl
  • 1] • novelette by
  Johann Karl August Musäus^?Johann Karl August Musaeus
  (trans. of Erste Legende 1782) [as by uncredited]
• 300 • Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate • short story by Major Campbell
• 315 • Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted • short story by Major Campbell
• 327 • Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey • short story by F.-J. de Santa-Anna Nery (trans. of Fables et Mythes: Contes de le Jaboty, le Singe et l'Once 1889) [as by uncredited]
• 343 • The Knights of the Fish • short story by Fernán Caballero (trans. of Los Caballeros del Pez 1878) [as by Fernan Caballaro]