Andrew Lang - The Orange Fairy Book: The Frog And The Lion Fairy

THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK..... Is a collection of traditional fairy tales from around the world, compiled by Andrew Lang and first published in 1906. It features stories from diverse sources like Jutland, Rhodesia, Uganda, and Native American traditions, including tales of magical creatures, quests, and clever tricksters. The collection includes well-known stories like "The Ugly Duckling" and others like "The Story of the Hero Makoma" and "The Magic Mirror". AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY..... Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844 – July 20, 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was born in Selkirk. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first duke of Sutherland. On April 17, 1875 he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, the youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados. He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School, Loretto, and at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a first class in the final classical schools in 1868, becoming a fellow and subsequently honorary fellow of Merton College. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day. In 1906 he was elected FBA. He died of angina pectoris at the Tor-na-Coille Hotel in Banchory, Banchory, survived by his wife. He was buried in the cathedral precincts at St. Andrews. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------