Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912. The Violet Fairy Book Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library | The entire work (715 KB) | Table of Contents for this work | | All on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | Header Front Matter Story 1 A TALE OF THE TONTLAWALD Story 2 THE FINEST LIAR IN THE WORLD Story 3 THE STORY OF THREE WONDERFUL BEGGARS Story 4 SCHIPPEITARO Story 5 THE THREE PRINCES ...

Andrew Lang Lang's vast output included five books of poetry (eg Helen of Troy ) and two novels ( The Mark of Cain and The Disentanglers ), as well as several children's books (eg My Own Fairy Book ), but he is remembered as a scholar (eg translations of Homer), historian (eg History of Scotland ), anthropologist (eg Myth, Ritual and Religion ), biographer (eg of Lockhart), editor (eg of Scott), ...