Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books (on Internet Archive)
/I’ve enjoyed browsing 8 books from the color series of Fairy Books attributed to Andrew Lang and illustrated by Henry Justice Ford this March. Lang credited his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang, with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections; it’s heartening that he publicly acknowledged her contribution since other women were given no credit at all for their authorship during the late 1800s/early 1900s when these books were published. According to Wikipedia: “The Langs' collections did much to shift (the) public perception of fairy stories as unsuitable for children and unworthy of critical analysis.” Enjoy the 8 sample images….and browse some of these books!
The Orange Fairy Book - The Violet Fairy Book - The Green Fairy Book - The Brown Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book - The Yellow Fairy Book - The Grey Fairy Book - The Olive Fairy Book
There are more Lang Fairy Books to explore on Internet Archive….outside the color series. Evidently there were 25 Lang fairy collections published between 1889 and 1913!
