The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. These 36 stories originated in Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic, and elsewhere. "Lovely Ilonka" "Lucky Luck" "The Hairy Man" "To Your Good Health!" "The Story of the Seven Simons" "The Language of Beasts" "The Boy Who Could Keep a Secret" "The Prince and the Dragon" "Little Wildrose" "Tiidu the Piper" "Paperarello" "The Gifts of the Magician" "The Strong Prince" "The Treasure Seeker" "The Cottager and his Cat" "The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality" "The Stone-cutter" "The Gold-bearded Man" "Tritill, Litill, and the Birds" "The Three Robes" "The Six Hungry Beasts" "How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro" "The Rogue and the Herdsman" "Eisenkopf" "The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife" "Motikatika" "Niels and the Giants" "Shepherd Paul" "How the Wicked Tanuki was Punished" "The Crab and the Monkey" "The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder" "The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor" "The Colony of Cats" "How to find out a True Friend" "Clever Maria" "The Magic Kettle" Andrew Gabriel Lang, a prolific Scotsman of letters, contributed poetry, novels, literary criticism, and collected now best folklore. Tales of known British writer and anthropologist Andrew Lang include The Blue Fairy Book (1889). The Young Scholar and Journalist Andrew Gabriel Lang, the son of the town clerk and the eldest of eight children, lived in Selkirk in the Scottish borderlands. The wild and beautiful landscape of childhood greatly affected the youth and inspired a lifelong love of the outdoors and a fascination with local folklore and history. Charles Edward Stuart and Robert I the Bruce surrounded him in the borders, a rich area in history. He later achieved his literary Short History of Scotland . A gifted student and avid reader, Lang went to the prestigious Saint Andrews University, which now holds a lecture series in his honor every few years, and then to Balliol College, Oxford. He later published Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes about the city in 1880.