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Leonora B. Lang

Where is the harm? The truth is that the Folk Lore Societymade up of the most clever, learned, and beautiful men and women of the countryis fond of studying the history and geography of Fairy Land. This is contained in very old tales, such as country people tell, and savages:'Little Sioux and little Crow, Little frosty Eskimo.'These people are thought to know most about fairyland and its inhabitants. But, in the Yellow Fairy Book, and the rest, are many tales by persons who are neither sav...

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Lang, Leonora Blance

Collection of classic stories by the wife of author Andrew Lang. As explained in the Preface: "The people whose stories are told in this book were very different from each other in many ways. The child abbess, Mere Angelique, ruling her convent, and at war with naughty abbesses who hated being earnest, does not at once remind us of Hannibal. The great Montrose, with his poems and his scented love-locks, his devotion to his cause, his chivalry, his death, to which he went gaily clad like a ...

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Leonora B. Lang

Where is the harm? The truth is that the Folk Lore Society—made up of the most clever, learned, and beautiful men and women of the country—is fond of studying the history and geography of Fairy Land. This is contained in very old tales, such as country people tell, and savages:'Little Sioux and little Crow,Little frosty Eskimo.'These people are thought to know most about fairyland and its inhabitants. But, in the Yellow Fairy Book, and the rest, are many tales by per...

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Leonora Blanche LANG

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Jazlyn Princess

This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang "Color" Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stories and he had edited them before his demise. It is a collection of stories that are a bit different than the Fairy Books: still colorful and well written but telling tales about decidedly odd topics. A word of Caution: please read the stories before your children do, some of them contain some violent imagery. - Summary by Linda Andrus

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Leonora Blanche Lang

ALL the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about fairies are true, and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people, who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies, because, though I never saw a fairy, any more than I have seen the little...

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Leonora Blanche Lang

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Leonora Blanche Lang

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Aplicazona Estudios

This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang Color Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stories and he had edited them before his demise. It is a collection of stories that are a bit different than the Fairy Books: still colorful and well written but telling tales about decidedly odd topics.

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Leonora Blanche Lang

All the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about fairies are true, and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people, who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies, because, though I never saw a fairy, any more than I have seen the little...

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Leonora Blanche Lang

PREFACEAll the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about fairies are true, and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people, who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies, because, though I never saw a fairy, any more than I have s...

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Andrew Lang, Leonora Alleyne Lang

This is a collection of popular fairy tales from the pages of Andrew Lang's delightful fairy books. It includes such classics as "The Emperor's New Clothes". Henry J. Ford created gorgeous illustrations for the tales. Ford was so well known in his time that he was asked to design Peter Pan's costume by the author of "Peter Pan" himself. This edition includes links to over 21 hours of free audio books.This Books Includes:The Full Text of 14 Fai...

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Algernon Blackwood, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, W. Bob Holland, M.R. James, Leonora Lang, E. Nesbit, Elizabeth Semple

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Tom Burton, Andrew Coppin, Chris Coxon, Jenny Cullen

Spectres, Spooks & Spirits brings together more than 5 hours of the greatest ghost stories ever told. This collection, written by a selection of the best writers of the 19th and Early 20th Century, contains tales that are genuinely scary and unsettling alongside comedic and romantic narratives, some of which have perfectly plausible explanations, while others can only be ascribed to supernatural causes. This anthology includes "The Occupant of the Room" by Algernon Blackwood, "The Signalma...

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Ray Kay

Many of these stories are different to the version you know from TV and books. Original story lines or different endings to what you are aware of today.These stories been brought up-to-date with derogatory 'old English' removed so readers are not offended.Take an imaginative journey before falling asleep, or entertain yourself on a long journey. Discover new stories and discover original plots that Hollywood today have changed.The Half-ChickThe Story Of Calip...