Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of

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. He is best known as a collector of

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and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the

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are named after him.

Biography

Lang was born in 1844 in

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. 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,

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to the first Duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875, he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados. She was (or should have been) variously credited as author, collaborator, or translator of '' Lang's Color/Rainbow Fairy Books'' which he edited. He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School,

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, and the

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, as well as the

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and 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. He soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day as a journalist, poet, critic, and historian. He was a member of the

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, a Neo-Jacobite society which attracted many writers and artists in the 1890s and 1900s. In 1906, he was elected FBA. He died of

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on 20 July 1912 at the Tor-na-Coille Hotel in

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, survived by his wife. He was buried in the cathedral precincts at St Andrews, where a monument can be visited in the south-east corner of the 19th century section.

Scholarship

Folklore and anthropology

Lang is now chiefly known for his publications on

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

mythology Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narra ...

, and

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

. The interest in folklore was from early life; he read

John Ferguson McLennan John Ferguson McLennan FRSE LLD (14 October 1827 – 16 June 1881), was a Scottish advocate, social anthropologist and ethnologist. Life He was born in Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent, and his wife, Jessie Ross. He was ...

before coming to Oxford, and then was influenced by E. B. Tylor. The earliest of his publications is ''Custom and Myth'' (1884). In '' Myth, Ritual and Religion'' (1887) he explained the "irrational" elements of mythology as survivals from more primitive forms. Lang's ''Making of Religion'' was heavily influenced by the 18th century idea of the " noble savage": in it, he maintained the existence of high spiritual ideas among so-called "savage" races, drawing parallels with the contemporary interest in occult phenomena in England. His '' Blue Fairy Book'' (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

despite most of the work for them being done by his wife Leonora Blanche Alleyne and a team of mostly female assistants. In the preface of the Lilac Fairy Book he credits his wife with translating and transcribing most of the stories in the collections. Lang examined the origins of

totemism A totem (from oj, ᑑᑌᒼ, italics=no or '' doodem'') is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. While ''the w ...

in ''Social Origins'' (1903).

Psychical research

Lang was one of the founders of "

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" and his other writings on

include ''The Book of Dreams and Ghosts'' (1897), ''Magic and Religion'' (1901) and ''The Secret of the Totem'' (1905). He served as President of the

Society for Psychical Research The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. It describes itself as the "first society to co ...

in 1911. Lang extensively cited nineteenth- and twentieth-century European

spiritualism Spiritualism is the metaphysical school of thought opposing physicalism and also is the category of all spiritual beliefs/views (in monism and Mind-body dualism, dualism) from ancient to modern. In the long nineteenth century, Spiritualism (w ...

to challenge the idea of his teacher, Tylor, that belief in spirits and

animism Animism (from Latin: ' meaning ' breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Potentially, animism perceives all things— animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather syst ...

were inherently irrational. Lang used Tylor's work and his own psychical research in an effort to posit an anthropological critique of materialism. Andrew Lang fiercely debated with his Folklore Society colleague Edward Clodd over 'Psycho-folklore' a strand of the discipline which aimed to connect folklore with psychical research.

Classical scholarship

He collaborated with S. H. Butcher in a prose translation (1879) of

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

's ''

Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Iliad'', th ...

'', and with E. Myers and

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in a prose version (1883) of the ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ...

'', both still noted for their archaic but attractive style. He was a Homeric scholar of conservative views. Other works include ''Homer and the Study of Greek'' found in ''Essays in Little'' (1891), ''Homer and the Epic'' (1893); a prose translation of ''The Homeric Hymns'' (1899), with literary and mythological essays in which he draws parallels between Greek myths and other mythologies; ''Homer and his Age'' (1906); and "Homer and Anthropology" (1908).

Historian

Lang's writings on Scottish history are characterised by a scholarly care for detail, a piquant literary style, and a gift for disentangling complicated questions. ''The Mystery of Mary Stuart'' (1901) was a consideration of the fresh light thrown on

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of S ...

, by the Lennox manuscripts in the University Library,

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, approving of her and criticising her accusers. He also wrote monographs on ''The Portraits and Jewels of Mary Stuart'' (1906) and ''

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and the Gowrie Mystery'' (1902). The somewhat unfavourable view of John Knox presented in his book ''John Knox and the Reformation'' (1905) aroused considerable controversy. He gave new information about the continental career of the

Young Pretender Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (20 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and ...

in ''Pickle the Spy'' (1897), an account of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, whom he identified with Pickle, a notorious Hanoverian spy. This was followed by ''The Companions of Pickle'' (1898) and a monograph on Prince Charles Edward (1900). In 1900 he began a ''History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation'' (1900). ''The Valet's Tragedy'' (1903), which takes its title from an essay on Dumas's ''

Man in the Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (French ; died 19 November 1703) was an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of King Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). Warranted for arrest on 28 July 1669 under the pseudonym of "Eustache Dauger", he wa ...

'', collects twelve papers on historical mysteries, and ''A Monk of Fife'' (1896) is a fictitious narrative purporting to be written by a young Scot in France in 1429–1431.

Other writings

Lang's earliest publication was a volume of metrical experiments, ''The Ballads and Lyrics of Old France'' (1872), and this was followed at intervals by other volumes of dainty verse, ''Ballades in Blue China'' (1880, enlarged edition, 1888), ''Ballads and Verses Vain'' (1884), selected by Mr Austin Dobson; ''Rhymes à la Mode'' (1884), ''Grass of Parnassus'' (1888), ''Ban and Arrière Ban'' (1894), ''New Collected Rhymes'' (1905). His 1890 collection, ''Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody'', contains letters combining characters from different sources, in what is now known as a

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, including one based on Jane Austen's ''

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'' and

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's ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...

'' – an early example of a published derivative work based on Austen. Lang was active as a journalist in various ways, ranging from sparkling "leaders" for the ''Daily News'' to miscellaneous articles for the ''Morning Post'', and for many years he was literary editor of '' Longman's Magazine''; no critic was in more request, whether for occasional articles and introductions to new editions or as editor of dainty reprints. He edited ''The Poems and Songs of

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'' (1896), and was responsible for the ''Life and Letters'' (1897) of JG Lockhart, and ''The Life, Letters and Diaries'' (1890) of Sir Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh. Lang discussed literary subjects with the same humour and acidity that marked his criticism of fellow folklorists, in ''Books and Bookmen'' (1886), ''Letters to Dead Authors'' (1886), ''Letters on Literature'' (1889), etc.

Works

To 1884

* ''St Leonards Magazine''. 1863. This was a reprint of several articles that appeared in the St Leonards Magazine that Lang edited at St Andrews University. Includes the following Lang contributions: Pages 10–13, ''Dawgley Manor; A sentimental burlesque''; Pages 25–26, ''Nugae Catulus''; Pages 27–30, ''Popular Philosophies''; pages 43–50 are Papers by Eminent Contributors, seven short parodies of which six are by Lang. * ''The Ballads and Lyrics of Old France'' (1872) * ''The Odyssey of Homer Rendered into English Prose'' (1879) translator with

Samuel Henry Butcher Samuel Henry Butcher DCL LLD (; 16 April 1850 – 29 December 1910) was an Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician. Life Samuel Henry Butcher was born in Dublin to Samuel Butcher, Bishop of Meath and Mary Leahy. He was educated at M ...

* ''Aristotle's Politics Books I. III. IV. (VII.). The Text of Bekker. With an English translation by W. E. Bolland. Together with short introductory essays by A. Lang'' To page 106 are Lang's Essays, pp. 107–305 are the translation. Lang's essays without the translated text were later published as The Politics of Aristotle. Introductory Essays. 1886. * ''The Folklore of France'' (1878) * ''Specimens of a Translation of Theocritus''. 1879. This was an advance issue of extracts from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English prose * ''XXXII Ballades in Blue China'' (1880) * ''Oxford. Brief historical & descriptive notes'' (1880). The 1915 edition of this work was illustrated by painter

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. * 'Theocritus Bion and Moschus. Rendered into English Prose with an Introductory Essay.'' 1880. * ''Notes by Mr A. Lang on a collection of pictures by Mr J. E. Millais R.A. exhibited at the Fine Arts Society Rooms. 148 New Bond Street.'' 1881. * '' The Library: with a chapter on modern illustrated books.'' 1881. * ''The Black Thief. A new and original drama (Adapted from the Irish) in four acts.'' (1882) * ''Helen of Troy, her life and translation. Done into rhyme from the Greek books.'' 1882. * ''The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche'' (1882) with William Aldington * ''The Iliad of Homer, a prose translation'' (1883) with

and Ernest Myers * ''Custom and Myth'' (1884) * '' The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland'' (1884) * ''Ballads and Verses Vain'' (1884) selected by Austin Dobson * ''Rhymes à la Mode'' (1884) * ''Much Darker Days. By A. Huge Longway.'' (1884) * ''Household tales; their origin, diffusion, and relations to the higher myths.'' 884 Separate pre-publication issue of the "introduction" to Bohn's edition of Grimm's Household tales.

1885–1889

* ''That Very Mab'' (1885) with May Kendall
''Books and Bookmen''
(1886) * ''Letters to Dead Authors'' (1886) * ''In the Wrong Paradise'' (1886) stories
''The Mark of Cain''
(1886) novel * ''Lines on the inaugural meeting of the Shelley Society.'' Reprinted for private distribution from the Saturday Review of 13 March 1886 and edited by Thomas Wise (1886) * ''La Mythologie Traduit de L'Anglais par Léon Léon Parmentier. Avec une préface par Charles Michel et des Additions de l'auteur. '' (1886) Never published as a complete book in English, although there was a Polish translation. The first 170 pages is a translation of the article in the 'Encyclopædia Britannica'. The rest is a combination of articles and material from 'Custom and Myth'. * ''Almae matres'' (1887) * ''He'' (1887 with

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) parody * ''

Aucassin and Nicolette ''Aucassin et Nicolette'' (12th or 13th century) is an anonymous medieval French fictional story. It is the unique example of a ''chantefable'', literally, a "sung story", a combination of prose and verse (similar to a ''prosimetrum''). History ...

'' (1887) * '' Myth, Ritual and Religion'' (2 vols., 1887) * ''Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose''. Done into English from the French of

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(1887) * ''Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes old and new''. (1888) * ''Perrault's Popular Tales'' (1888) * ''Gold of Fairnilee'' (1888) * ''Pictures at Play or Dialogues of the Galleries'' (1888) with

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* ''

Prince Prigio ''Prince Prigio'' is a literary and comic fairy tale written by Andrew Lang in 1889 and illustrated by Gordon Browne. It draws in Lang's folklorist background for many tropes. A sequel was published in 1893, ''Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia: Being ...

'' (1889) * ''

The Blue Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1889) (illustrations by Henry J. Ford)
''Letters on Literature''
(1889)
''Lost Leaders''
(1889) * ''Ode to Golf''. Contribution to On the Links; being Golfing Stories by various hands (1889)
''The Dead Leman and other tales from the French''
(1889) translator with Paul Sylvester

1890–1899

* ''

The Red Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1890) * '' The World's Desire'' (1890) with H. Rider Haggard * ''Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody'' (1890) * ''The Strife of Love in a Dream, Being the Elizabethan Version of the First Book of the Hypnerotomachia of Francesco Colonna'' (1890) * ''The Life, Letters and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh'' (1890) * '' Etudes traditionnistes'' (1890) * ''How to Fail in Literature'' (1890) * ''The Blue Poetry Book'' (1891) * ''Essays in Little'' (1891) * ''On Calais Sands'' (1891)
''Angling Sketches''
(1891) * ''

The Green Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1892) * ''The Library with a Chapter on Modern English Illustrated Books'' (1892) with Austin Dobson * ''William Young Sellar'' (1892)
''The True Story Book''
(1893)

(1893) * ''Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia'' (1893) * ''Waverley Novels'' (by Walter Scott), 48 volumes (1893) editor
''St. Andrews''
(1893) * ''Montezuma's Daughter'' (1893) with H. Rider Haggard * '' Kirk's Secret Commonwealth'' (1893) * ''The Tercentenary of Izaak Walton'' (1893) * ''

The Yellow Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1894) * ''Ban and Arrière Ban'' (1894) * ''Cock Lane and Common-Sense'' (1894)
''Memoir of R. F. Murray''
(1894) * ''The Red True Story Book'' (1895) * ''My Own Fairy Book'' (1895) * ''A Monk of Fife'' (1895) * ''The Voices of Jeanne D'Arc'' (1895) * ''The Animal Story Book'' (1896) * ''The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns'' (1896) editor * ''The Life and Letters of

John Gibson Lockhart John Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the seminal, and much-admired, seven-volume biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott: ''Memoirs of the Life of Sir ...

'' (1896) two volumes * ''Pickle the Spy; or the Incognito of Charles,'' (1897) * ''The Nursery Rhyme Book'' (1897) * ''The Miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois'' (1897) translator * ''

The Pink Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1897) * ''A Book of Dreams and Ghosts'' (1897) * ''Pickle the Spy'' (1897) *
''The Companions of Pickle''
(1898) * ''

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Entertainments'' (1898) * ''The Making of Religion'' (1898) * ''Selections from Coleridge'' (1898) * ''Waiting on the Glesca Train'' (1898) * ''The Red Book of Animal Stories'' (1899) * ''Parson Kelly'' (1899) Co-written with A. E. W. Mason * ''The Homeric Hymns ''(1899) translator * ''The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty-four Volumes'' (1899) editor

1900–1909

* ''

The Grey Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1900)
''Prince Charles Edward''
(1900)
''Parson Kelly''
(1900) * ''The Poems and Ballads of Sir Walter Scott, Bart'' (1900) editor
''A History of Scotland – From the Roman Occupation''
(1900–1907) four volumes * ''Notes and Names in Books'' (1900)

(1901) * ''Magic and Religion'' (1901) * ''Adventures Among Books'' (1901) * ''

The Crimson Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1903) * ''The Mystery of Mary Stuart'' (1901, new and revised ed., 1904) * ''The Book of Romance'' (1902) * ''The Disentanglers'' (1902) * ''James VI and the Gowrie Mystery'' (1902) * ''Notre-Dame of Paris'' (1902) translator * ''The Young Ruthvens'' (1902) * ''The Gowrie Conspiracy: the Confessions of Sprott'' (1902) editor * ''

The Violet Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1901) * ''Lyrics'' (1903) * ''Social England Illustrated'' (1903) editor * ''The Story of the Golden Fleece'' (1903) * ''The Valet's Tragedy'' (1903)
''Social Origins''
(1903) with ''Primal Law'' by James Jasper Atkinson * ''The Snowman and Other Fairy Stories'' (1903) * ''Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies'' (1903) with H. Rider Haggard * ''

The Brown Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1904)
''Historical Mysteries''
(1904) * ''The Secret of the Totem'' (1905) * ''New Collected Rhymes'' (1905) * ''John Knox and the Reformation'' (1905)
''The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot''
(1905) * ''The Clyde Mystery. A Study in Forgeries and Folklore'' (1905)
''Adventures among Books''
(1905)
''Homer and His Age''
(1906) * '' The Red Romance Book'' (1906) * ''

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'' (1906) * ''The Portraits and Jewels of Mary Stuart'' (1906) * ''Life of Sir Walter Scott'' (1906) * ''The Story of Joan of Arc''The Story of Joan of Arc — The Maid of Orleans. By Andrew Lang. Pictures by

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, New York, 1906. — 97 p. Online
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(1906) * ''New and Old Letters to Dead Authors'' (1906) * ''Tales of a Fairy Court'' (1907) * '' The Olive Fairy Book'' (1907) * ''Poets' Country'' (1907) editor, with

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, W. J. Loftie, E. Hartley Coleridge,

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* ''The King over the Water'' (1907) * ''Tales of Troy and Greece'' (1907) * ''The Origins of Religion'' (1908) essays * ''The Book of Princes and Princesses'' (1908) * ''Origins of Terms of Human Relationships'' (1908) * ''Select Poems of

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'' (1908) editor * ''The Maid of France, being the story of the life and death of Jeanne d'Arc'' (1908) * ''Three Poets of French Bohemia'' (1908) * ''The Red Book of Heroes'' (1909) * ''The Marvellous Musician and Other Stories'' (1909) * ''Sir George Mackenzie King's Advocate, of Rosehaugh, His Life and Times'' (1909)

1910–1912

* ''

The Lilac Fairy Book ''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections ...

'' (1910) * ''Does Ridicule Kill?'' (1910) * ''Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy'' (1910)
''The World of Homer''
(1910) * ''The All Sorts of Stories Book'' (1911) * ''Ballades and Rhymes'' (1911) * ''Method in the Study of Totemism'' (1911) * ''The Book of Saints and Heroes'' (1912) * ''Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown'' (1912)
''A History of English Literature''
(1912) * ''In Praise of Frugality'' (1912) * ''Ode on a Distant Memory of Jane Eyre'' (1912) * ''Ode to the Opening Century'' (1912)

Posthumous

* ''Highways and Byways in The Border'' (1913) with John Lang * ''The Strange Story Book'' (1913) with Mrs. Lang * ''The Poetical Works'' (1923) edited by Mrs. Lang, four volumes * ''Old Friends Among the Fairies: Puss in Boots and Other Stories. Chosen from the Fairy Books'' (1926) * ''Tartan Tales From Andrew Lang'' (1928) edited by Bertha L. Gunterman * ''From Omar Khayyam'' (1935)

Andrew Lang's ''Fairy Books''

Lang selected and edited 25 collections of stories that were published annually, beginning with ''The Blue Fairy Book'' in 1889 and ending with ''The Strange Story Book'' in 1913. They are sometimes called

although the ''Blue Fairy Book'' and other ''Coloured Fairy Books'' are only 12 in the series. In this chronological list the ''Coloured Fairy Books'' alone are numbered. *(1) ''

'' (1889) *(2) ''

'' (1890) * ''The Blue Poetry Book'' (1891) *(3) ''

'' (1892) * ''The True Story Book'' (1893) *(4) ''

'' (1894) * ''The Red True Story Book'' (1895) * ''The Animal Story Book'' (1896) *(5) ''

'' (1897) * ''The Arabian Nights' Entertainments'' (1898) * ''The Red Book of Animal Stories'' (1899) *(6) ''

'' (1900) *(7) ''

'' (1901) * ''The Book of Romance'' (1902) *(8) ''

'' (1903) *(9) ''

'' (1904) * ''The Red Romance Book'' (1905) *(10) ''

'' (1906) *(11) '' The Olive Fairy Book'' (1907) * ''The Book of Princes and Princesses'' (1908) * ''The Red Book of Heroes'' (1909) *(12) ''

'' (1910) * ''The All Sorts of Stories Book'' (1911) * ''The Book of Saints and Heroes'' (1912) * ''The Strange Story Book'' (1913)

References

Relevant literature

* de Cocq, Antonius P. L. (1968) ''Andrew Lang: A nineteenth century anthropologist'' (Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands). Tilburg: Zwijsen. * Demoor, Marysa. (1983) Andrew Lang (1844-1912) : late victorian humanist and journalistic critic with a descriptive checklist of the Lang letters. Vols. 1–2. RUG. Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte. * Demoor, Marysa (1987). Andrew Lang’s Letters to Edmund Gosse: The Record of a Fruitful Collaboration as Poets, Critics, and Biographers. ''The Review of English Studies'', 38(152), 492–509. * Lang, Andrew.(1989) “Friends over the Ocean: Andrew Lang’s American Correspondents, 1881-1921.” Edited by Marysa Demoor. Werken / Uitgegeven Door de Faculteit van de Letteren En Wijsbegegeerte, Rijksuniversiteit. Gent: Universa. * Lang, Andrew. (1990)''Dear Stevenson: Letters from Andrew Lang to Robert Louis Stevenson with Five Letters from Stevenson to Lang''. Edited by Marysa Demoor. Leuven: Peeters. * Green, Roger Lancelyn. (1946) ''Andrew Lang: A critical biography with a short-title bibliography''. Leicester: Ward. * Lang, Andrew. 2015. ''The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang'', Volume I. Edited by Andrew Teverson, Alexandra Warwick, and Leigh Wilson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 456 pages. (hard cover). * Lang, Andrew. 2015. ''The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang'', Volume II. Edited by Andrew Teverson, Alexandra Warwick, and Leigh Wilson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 416 pages. (hard cover).

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