Folklore Books

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in December 1918. The tale is based on the Aesop fable, "T..

The Lilac Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, ..

Japanese Fairy Tales

Yei Theodora Ozaki

This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami ..

The Celtic Twilight

William Butler Yeats

The Celtic Twilight is a collection of Irish Folk tales written by William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.Author's Preface:Many of the..

The Red Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Red Fairy Book is the second in a series of twelve books known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Books. The series was immensely popular and proved of great influence in chi..

Folk Lore

James Napier

Folk Lore, Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century is a collection of folk tales written by James Napier, who is also the author of Manufacturing Art in Ancient Times, N..

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

James Knowles

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights is a collection of folk tales based on the legendary character King Arthur written by James Knowles and Illustrated by Lancelot Speed.King Arthur a..

Irish Fairy Tales

James Stephens

Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustr..