THE ORANGE
FAIRY BOOK
Edited by
ANDREW LANG
With Numerous Illustrations by
H. J. FORD
Crown Edition
LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
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LANG
THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK
COPYRIGHT · 1906
BY LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
All Rights Reserved
First Edition August 1906
Reprinted March 1911, August 1914
January 1917, February 1919, May 1922
January 1925, November 1927, August 1929
February 1937
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE LANG FAIRY BOOKS
Crown Edition
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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. With 4 Coloured Platesand 128 Illustrations.
THE BOOK OF ROMANCE. With 8 Coloured Platesand 43 Illustrations.
THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Platesand 42 Illustrations.
THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK. With 8 ColouredPlates and 45 Illustrations.
THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK. With 4 Coloured Platesand 100 Illustrations.
THE GREY FAIRY BOOK. With 4 Coloured Plates and56 Illustrations.
THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK. With 6 Coloured Plates and46 Illustrations.
THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and43 Illustrations.
THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Platesand 50 Illustrations.
THE PINK FAIRY BOOK. With 4 Coloured Plates and68 Illustrations.
THE RED BOOK OF HEROES. By Mrs. Lang. With8 Coloured Plates and 40 Illustrations.
THE RED FAIRY BOOK. With 4 Coloured Plates and91 Illustrations.
THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Platesand 59 Illustrations.
THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK. With 4 Coloured Platesand 105 Illustrations.
PREFACE
The children who read fairy books, or have fairy booksread to them, do not read prefaces, and the parents,aunts, uncles, and cousins, who give fairy books to theirdaughters, nieces, and cousines, leave prefaces unread.For whom, then, are prefaces written? When an authorpublishes a book ‘out of his own head,’ he writes thepreface for his own pleasure.