• Publication: The Olive Fairy BookPublication Record # 380117
• Editor: Andrew Lang
• Date: 1907-00-00
• Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
• Pages: xv+336
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: Little King Loc is translated by Mrs. Lang from Anatole France's tale Abeille. The tales from India are from Major Campbell (Feroshepore, Punjab region). 2 Danish tales are translated by Mrs. Skovgaard-Pedersen from the collections of Evald Tang Kristensen. Armenian tales are from the collection Contes Arménians by M.(Frédéric)Macler. Other stories translated by Mrs.(Andrew)Lang. Of the stories with no credited author: - The Blue Parrot is from an anomymous tale in the Cabinet des Fees. -The Satin Surgeon & The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana are by the Chevalier du Mailly, from Les Cabinet des Fées - Geirlaug the King's Daughter is from Adeline Rittershaus' collection Neuisländischen Märchen. The Story of Zoulvisia is wrongly attributed to Louis Macler instead of Frédéric Macler.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 07-31208
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2743900

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  The Olive Fairy Book • interior artwork by H. J. Ford
• v • Preface (The Olive Fairy Book) • essay by Andrew Lang
• 1 • Madschun • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Madschun 1905)
• 9 • The Blue Parrot • short story by Anonymous (trans. of Grisdelin et Charmante 1746) [as by uncredited]
• 27 • Geirlaug the King's Daughter • short story by Adeline Rittershaus (trans. of Die vergessene Braut 1902) [as by uncredited]
• 43 • The Story of Little King Loc • novella by Anatole France (trans. of Abeille 1883)
• 64 • 'A Long-Bow Story' • novelette by Major Campbell
• 71 • Jackal or Tiger? • short story by Major Campbell
• 87 • The Comb and the Collar • short story by Count Anthony Hamilton (trans. of Histoire de Pertharite et de Férandine 1730)
• 103 • The Thanksgiving of the Wazir • short story by Major Campbell
• 108 • Samba the Coward • short story by C. Monteil (trans. of Samba le Lâche 1905)
• 119 • Kupti and Imani • short story by Major Campbell
• 131 • The Strange Adventures of Little Maia • short story by uncredited
• 144 • Diamond Cut Diamond • short story by Major Campbell
• 152 • The Green Knight • short story by Evald Tang Kristensen (trans. of
  Den grønne Ridder^?Den gronne Ridder
  1895)
• 167 • The Five Wise Words of the Guru • short story by Major Campbell
• 178 • The Golden-Headed Fish • short story by Frédéric Macler (trans. of Le poisson à tête d'or 1905)
• 188 • Dorani • short story by Major Campbell
• 198 • The Satin Surgeon • short story by Jean de Mailly (trans. of Le médecin de satin 1718) [as by uncredited]
• 211 • The Billy Goat and the King • short story by Major Campbell
• 216 • The Story of Zoulvisia • short story by Frédéric Macler (trans. of Zoulvisia 1905)
• 234 • Grasp All, Lose All • short story by Major Campbell
• 242 • The Fate of the Turtle • short story by Antoine Galland (trans. of Les deux canards et la tortue 1724) [as by M. Galland]
• 247 • The Snake Prince • short story by Major Campbell
• 256 • The Prince and Princess in the Forest • novelette by Evald Tang Kristensen (trans. of Prinsen og Prinsessen i den vilde skov 1895)
• 276 • The Clever Weaver • short story by Frédéric Macler (trans. of Le tisserand intelligent 1905)
• 279 • The Boy Who Found Fear at Last • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Die Furcht 1905)
• 289 • He Wins Who Waits • short story by Frédéric Macler (trans. of Le fils de la vieille 1905)
• 301 • The Steel Cane • short story by Frédéric Macler (trans. of La canne d'acier 1905)
• 305 • The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana • short story by Philippe de Caylus (trans. of Cadichon 1775) [as by uncredited]
• 318 • The Silent Princess • short story by
  Dr. Ignaz Kunös^?Dr. Ignaz Kunoes
  (trans. of Die schweigende Sultanstochter 1905)