TheYellowFairyBookisawonderfulcollectionoftalesfromallovertheworld.Therearesuchfamiliaroldfavoritesasthe“StoryoftheEmperor’sNewClothes,““TheTinder-box,““HowtoTellaTruePrincess,“and“TheNightingale.“TherearelessfamiliartalesbyMadamed’AulnoyandfromthecollectionsofAndersenandGrimm.ManytalescomefromHungary,Poland,andRussia,andthereareGerman,French,andEnglishstories,too.TherearetraditionaltalesoftheAmericanIndians,andthreeotherscomefromIceland.Allinall,thiscollectioncontains48stories,allnarratedintheclear,livelyproseforwhichLangwasfamous.NotonlyareLang’sgenerallyconcededtobethebestEnglishversionsofstandardstories,hiscollectionsaretherichestandwidestinrange.
