Lang and his helpers hunted out stories told by grandmothers from Zululand to Lochaber and adapted them for British children. Hungarian tales such as Lovely Ilonka and Lucky Luck sit beside The Story of the Seven Simons, The Language of Beasts, Tiidu the Piper and the fable of the stone-cutter who wished to be a prince.
One of the less familiar coloured Fairy Books, rich in tales seldom found anywhere else in English. Download the free EPUB.