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The Brown Fairy Book
The Brown Fairy Book – Andrew Lang Fairy tales and stories of the ‚Arabian Nights‘ order are not often attempted by modern imaginations, but collections of the old legends are perennially popular. Mr. Andrew Lang has not yet exhausted the supply of these last, although he has to go to countries more and more remote […]
The Odyssey Of Homer
The Odyssey Of Homer – Andrew Lang This book contains one of the most famous literary works in history, „The Odyssey“ rendered into beautiful English prose. There can be, however, it appears, no final English translation of Homer. In each there must be, in addition to what is Greek and eternal, the element of what […]
The Nursery Rhyme Book
The Nursery Rhyme Book – Andrew Lang The babes of former generations were certainly lucky, for they possessed quite the best book of nursery rhymes which has ever been published. „The Nursery Rhyme Book“ by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke is a complete collection of the old nursery rhymes which have delighted […]
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies – Andrew Lang Mr. Lang’s book is the most curious imaginable. Written in 1691 by a Scotch divine, it is nothing less than a calm assumption of the existence at that time of a commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies, whose government, habits, etc., are minutely described […]
The Grey Fairy Book
The Grey Fairy Book – Andrew Lang Having stripped the rainbow of its primary colors for titles for his annual collection of fairy-tales, Mr. Lang was forced to employ a neutral tint. Besides „The Red Fairy Book,“ we have had a Blue, a Yellow, a Green, and a Pink, a “ Blue Poetry Book,“ a […]
The Life Of Sir Walter Scott
The Life Of Sir Walter Scott – Andrew Lang If all reading mankind had time to read Lockhart’s Life of Scott, a brief volume on Sir Walter would be a thing without excuse. The author still has tried to compress as much as possible of the essence of Lockhart’s great book into this space, with […]
The History Of Scotland – Volume 4: From the massacre of Glencoe to the end of Jacobitism
The History Of Scotland – Volume 4: From the massacre of Glencoe to the end of Jacobitism – Andrew Lang This is volume 3, covering the time from the early 17th century to the death of Dundee. In four volumes of more than 1500 combined pages the series „The History of Scotland“ deals with something […]
The History Of Scotland – Volume 3: From the early 17th century to the death of Dundee
The History Of Scotland – Volume 3: From the early 17th century to the death of Dundee – Andrew Lang This is volume 3, covering the time from the early 17th century to the death of Dundee. In four volumes of more than 1500 combined pages the series „The History of Scotland“ deals with something […]
The History Of Scotland – Volume 2: From Mary Stuart to James VI.
The History Of Scotland – Volume 2: From Mary Stuart to James VI. – Andrew Lang This is volume 2, covering the time from Mary Stuart to James VI. In four volumes of more than 1500 combined pages the series „The History of Scotland“ deals with something less than two millenniums of Scottish history. Every […]
The History Of Scotland Volume 1: From The Romans to Mary of Guise
The History Of Scotland Volume 1: From The Romans to Mary of Guise – Andrew Lang This is volume 1, covering the time from the Roman Occupation to Mary of Guise. In four volumes of more than 1500 combined pages the series „The History of Scotland“ deals with something less than two millenniums of Scottish […]