• Publication: The Yellow Fairy BookPublication Record # 651829
• Editor: Andrew Lang
• Date: 1894-00-00
• Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
• Pages: xviii+321
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: Tales translated by Miss Cheape, Miss Alma & Thyra Alleyne, Miss (May?) Sellar, Miss Blackley, Mrs. Dent & Mrs. Andrew Lang (Leonora Lang)(except the Icelandic ones). 4 stories from Hermann Kletke's Märchensaal are from Germany, Hungary, Poland & Russia. Of the stories with no credited author: -The first 2 stories, plus 4 others, are from the Brothers Grimm. -The Little Green Frog, Alphege or the Green Monkey & Fairer-than-a-Fairy (based on Le Prince Arc-en-ciel) are from the Cabinet des fées (attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly). -The Wizard King is from Les fées illustres(also by de Mailly). -The Invisible Prince is by Madame Levesque(Cabinet des fées). -The Dead Wife is from Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith. -2 other "Red Indian" tales are from the publications of the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. -The White Duck, The Magic Ring & the 3 Russian stories are from the collection Russische Märchen by Wilhelm Goldschmidt. -The Story of Big Klaus & Little Klaus & 9 other tales are from Hans Christian Andersen (including The Blue Mountains). -Prince Ring, The Witch in the Stone Boat and Hermod & Hadvor are from the Icelandic, translated by W. A. Craigie from J.C. Poestion's Islandische Märchen. Heinrich von Wlislocki's name is misspelled Wliolocki.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• ix • Preface (The Yellow Fairy Book) • essay by Andrew Lang
• 1 • The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership • [
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  • 2] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft 1812) [as by uncredited]
• 4 • The Six Swans • [
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  • 49] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Die sechs Schwäne 1812) [as by uncredited]
• 9 • The Dragon of the North • short story by Friedrich Kreutzwald (trans. of Der Nordlandsdrache 1869) [as by Kreutzwald]
• 21 • Story of the Emperor's New Clothes • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Kejserens nye Klæder 1837) [as by Andersen]
• 26 • The Golden Crab • short story by Bernhard Schmidt (trans. of Prinz Krebs 1877) [as by Schmidt]
• 32 • The Iron Stove • [
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  • 127] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Der Eisenofen 1815) [as by Grimm]
• 38 • The Dragon and His Grandmother • [
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  • 125] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Der Teufel und seine Großmutter 1815) [as by uncredited]
• 42 • The Donkey Cabbage • [
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  • 122] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Der Krautesel 1819) [as by uncredited]
• 50 • The Little Green Frog • short story by Jean de Mailly (trans. of La petite grenouille verte 1724) [as by uncredited]
• 60 • The Seven-Headed Serpent • short story by Bernhard Schmidt (trans. of Die siebenköpfige Schlange 1877) [as by Schmidt]
• 64 • The Grateful Beasts • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Die dankbaren Thiere 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 75 • The Giants and the Herd-boy • short story by Heinrich von Wlislocki (trans. of Die Riesen und der Hirtenknabe 1891) [as by Von Wliolocki]
• 78 • The Invisible Prince • short story by Louise Cavelier Levesque (trans. of Le prince invisible 1722) [as by uncredited]
• 92 • The Crow • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Die Krähe 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 95 • How Six Men Travelled through the Wide World • [
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  • 71] • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt 1819) [as by uncredited]
• 100 • The Wizard King • short story by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Le roi magicien 1698) [as by uncredited]
• 108 • The Nixy • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Die Nixe 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 114 • The Glass Mountain • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Der Glasberg 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 119 • Alphege, or the Green Monkey • short story by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Alphinge ou le singe vert 1724) [as by uncredited]
• 126 • Fairer-than-a-Fairy • short story by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Le prince Arc-en-ciel 1718) [as by uncredited]
• 134 • The Three Brothers • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Die drei Brüder 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 138 • The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (variant of Sheem; or, the Forsaken Boy 1839) [as by uncredited]
• 141 • The Glass Axe • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Die gläserne Hacke 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 149 • The Dead Wife • short story by Erminnie A. Smith [as by uncredited]
• 152 • In the Land of Souls • (1844) • short story by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (variant of The White Stone Canoe) [as by uncredited]
• 155 • The White Duck • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Das weisse Entchen 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 161 • The Witch and her Servants • short story by Hermann Kletke (trans. of Die Hexe Corva und ihre Knechte 1845) [as by Kletke]
• 178 • The Magic Ring • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Der Zauberring 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 192 • The Flower Queen's Daughter • short story by Heinrich von Wlislocki (trans. of Die Tochter der Blumenkönigin 1891) [as by Von Wliolocki]
• 198 • The Flying Ship • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Das fliegende Schiff 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 206 • The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son • short story by Heinrich von Wlislocki (trans. of Die Schneetochter und der Feuersohn 1891) [as by Von Wliolocki]
• 209 • The Story of King Frost • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Märchen vom Meister Frost 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 213 • The Death of the Sun-hero • short story by Heinrich von Wlislocki (trans. of Der Tod des Sonnenhelden 1891) [as by Von Wliolocki]
• 216 • The Witch • short story by Wilhelm Goldschmidt (trans. of Die Hexe 1883) [as by uncredited]
• 222 • The Hazel-nut Child • short story by Heinrich von Wlislocki (trans. of Das Haselnusskind 1891) [as by Von Wliolocki]
• 225 • The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Lille Claus og store Claus 1835) [as by uncredited]
• 237 • Prince Ring • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Ring, der Königssohn 1884) [as by uncredited]
• 249 • The Swineherd • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Svinedrengen 1841) [as by uncredited]
• 254 • How to Tell a True Princess • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Prinsessen paa Ærten 1835) [as by uncredited]
• 256 • The Blue Mountains • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of De blaae Bjerge unknown) [as by uncredited]
• 265 • The Tinder-Box • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Fyrtøiet 1835) [as by uncredited]
• 274 • The Witch in the Stone Boat • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Die Riesin in dem Steinboote 1884) [as by uncredited]
• 279 • Thumbelina • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Tommelise 1835) [as by uncredited]
• 291 • The Nightingale • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Nattergalen 1843) [as by uncredited]
• 301 • Hermod and Hadvor • short story by J. C. Poestion (trans. of Hermod und Hadvör 1884) [as by uncredited]
• 308 • The Steadfast Tin-soldier • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Den standhaftige Tinsoldat 1838) [as by uncredited]
• 313 • Blockhead-Hans • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Klods-Hans 1855) [as by uncredited]
• 319 • A Story About a Darning-Needle • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Stoppenaalen 1845) [as by uncredited]