• Publication: The Lilac Fairy BookPublication Record # 380118
• Editor: Andrew Lang
• Date: 1910-00-00
• Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
• Pages: xv+369
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: Contents from Dover reprint & Project Gutenberg. 2 Pushtoo (Pashto) tales from Major Campbell, Feroshepore(Firozpur), Punjab, India. 3 tales from Zacharias Topelius translated from the Swedish by Miss Harding. The Sea King's Gift, also from Topelius, translated by Miss Christie. All other translations(French, Portuguese,etc.) by Mrs.(Leonora) Lang. Of the stories with no credited author: -6 are from J.F. Campbell's collection Popular Tales of the West Highlands (though some take place in Ireland). -The False Prince & the True is from Teofilo Braga's collection Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez. -The Rich Brother & the Poor Brother is 'from the Portuguese' -A Fish Story is from an Australian tale collected by R.H. Mathews & published in the journal Folk-Lore, Vol. XIX (1908). -The Wonderful Tune is from T. Crofton Croker's collection Fairy Tales & Traditions of the South of Ireland. -3 tales are from Lady Guest's translation of The Mabingion . -The Brown Bear of Norway & The Three Crowns are wrongly attributed to Campbell's Popular Tales. They are actually from Patrick Kennedy's collection Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts. -The Bones of Djulung is wrongly attributed to A.F. Mackenzie. It is a tale from the Macassar tribe of Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia translated by A.F. Chamberlain & published in the article A Macassar Cinderella in the journal Folk-Lore Vol.XIX(1908).
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 10-23653
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2981276

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• v • Preface (The Lilac Fairy Book) • essay by Andrew Lang
• 1 • The Shifty Lad • novelette by J. F. Campbell (variant of The Shifty Lad, the Widow's Son 1860) [as by uncredited]
• 22 • The False Prince and the True • short story by Téofilo Braga (trans. of O falso principe e o verdadeiro 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 31 • The Jogi's Punishment • short story by Major Campbell
• 42 • The Heart of a Monkey • short story by Edward Steere (variant of The Story of the Washerman's Donkey 1870)
• 54 • The Fairy Nurse • (1866) • short story by Patrick Kennedy
• 62 • A Lost Paradise • short story by Paul Sébillot (trans. of Le Paradis perdu 1898)
• 67 • How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves • short story by Zacharias Topelius (trans. of Walters sjunde äfventyr: Huru den tappre Walter jagade vargar 1871) [as by Z. Topelius]
• 75 • The King of the Waterfalls • short story by J. F. Campbell (variant of The Young King of the Easaidh Ruadh 1860) [as by uncredited]
• 91 • A French Puck • short story by Paul Sébillot (trans. of Le Drac 1898)
• 95 • The Three Crowns • (1866) • short story by Patrick Kennedy
• 110 • The Story of a Very Bad Boy • short story by Paul Sébillot (trans. of Touéno-Bouéno 1898)
• 118 • The Brown Bear of Norway • short story by Patrick Kennedy [as by uncredited]
• 132 • Little Lasse • short story by Zacharias Topelius (trans. of Lasse liten 1881) [as by Z. Topelius]
• 141 • 'Moti' • short story by Major Campbell
• 151 • The Enchanted Deer • short story by J. F. Campbell (variant of The Widow's Son 1860) [as by uncredited]
• 162 • A Fish Story • short story by R. H. Mathews (variant of Why Fishes Inhabit the Water 1908) [as by uncredited]
• 165 • The Wonderful Tune • (1828) • short story by Thomas Crofton Croker [as by uncredited]
• 173 • The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother • short story by Téofilo Braga (trans. of Os dois irmãos 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 185 • The One-Handed Girl • novelette by Edward Steere (variant of Blessing or Property 1870)
• 209 • The Bones of Djulung • short story by A. F. Mackenzie
• 216 • The Sea King's Gift • short story by Zacharias Topelius (trans. of Hafskonungens gåfva 1871) [as by Z. Topelius]
• 229 • The Raspberry Worm • short story by Zacharias Topelius (trans. of Hallonmasken 1867) [as by Z. Topelius]
• 237 • The Stones of Plouhinec • short story by Émile Souvestre (trans. of Les pierres de Plouhinec 1844)
• 245 • The Castle of Kerglas • short story by Émile Souvestre (trans. of Peronnik l'idiot 1844)
• 262 • The Battle of the Birds • short story by J. F. Campbell [as by uncredited]
• 279 • The Lady of the Fountain • [The Lady of the Fountain] • (1849) • novelette by uncredited
• 299 • The Four Gifts • short story by Émile Souvestre (trans. of Les quatre dons 1844)
• 310 • The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok • short story by Émile Souvestre (trans. of La Groac'h de l'îsle de Lok 1844)
• 322 • The Escape of the Mouse • [Manawyddan Son of Llyr] • short story by uncredited
• 332 • The Believing Husbands • short story by J. F. Campbell (variant of The Tale of Sgire mo Chealag 1860) [as by uncredited]
• 336 • The Hoodie-Crow • short story by J. F. Campbell (variant of The Tale of the Hoodie 1860) [as by uncredited]
• 341 • The Brownie of the Lake • short story by Émile Souvestre (trans. of Teuz-ar-pouliet 1844)
• 349 • The Winning of Olwen • [Culhwch and Olwen] • short story by uncredited