The Brown Fairy Book contains 32 stories from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen and African Kaffirs, and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. This charming early work, first published in 1904, is the ninth book in a series of twelve 'coloured' fairy books by Andrew Lang. The Brown Fairy Book тАУ By Andrew Lang with Illustrations by H. J. Ford contains many traditional fairy tales such as тАШFather GrumblerтАЩ, тАШThe Cunning HareтАЩ, тАШThe Wicked WolverineтАЩ, тАШThe Elf MaidenтАЩ, тАШThe Enchanted HeadтАЩ, тАШKisa the CatтАЩ, тАШWhich was the Foolishest?тАЩ, тАШThe Sister of the SunтАЩ and many more. Andrew Lang (1844 тАУ 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic, with a passion for folkloric story telling. Most of his volumes (including this, тАШThe Brown Fairy BookтАЩ) were beautifully illustrated by Henry J. Ford (1860 тАУ 1941), an inordinately talented artist who came to public attention with his illustrations for Lang. The books captured the imagination of British children, and later became worldwide bestsellers in the 1880s and 1890s. This Brown Fairy Book forms part of Andrew LangтАЩs тАШColouredтАЩ Fairy Books series тАУ a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own colour, and all in all, 437 tales from a wide array of cultures and countries are presented.
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