The Yellow Fairy Book

Front matter

Reading edition

THE

YELLOW FAIRY BOOK

WORKS BY ANDREW LANG.

COCK LANE AND COMMON SENSE: a Series of

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BAN and ARRIÈRE BAN: a Rally of Fugitive

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ST. ANDREWS. With 8 Plates and 24 Illustrations

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THE RED FAIRY BOOK. Edited by Andrew Lang.

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THE TRUE STORY BOOK. Edited by Andrew lang.

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London: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. New York: 15 East 16^th Street.

THE Yellow Fairy Book

EDITED BY

ANDREW LANG

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16^th STREET 1894

Dedication

JOAN, TODDLES, AND TINY

Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for you! Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books—Green, Blue, and Red For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met. And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows? The Garden of the Singing Rose.