Here are thirty-one enchanting selections drawn from Andrew Lang's famous series of colorfully titled fairy tale anthologies. Scholar, poet, novelist, and literary critic, Lang tirelessly collected magical stories from cultures all over the world-stories, according to Lang, that "have been inherited by our earliest civilised ancestors, who really believed that beasts and trees and stones can talk if they choose, and behave kindly or unkindly." The...

A beautiful version of the fairy tale about a nightingale whose song was so sweet it kept death away from the Emperor. Illustrations have the beauty of Chinese scrolls.

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.

When he is old and ill, an emperor realizes at last the value of a living nightingale over a mechanical one.

Thumbelina: In Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a tiny baby girl is snatched from her adopted family by an ugly toad but escapes to find happiness with the king of the flower angels. The emperor and the nightingale: In ancient China, the Emperor and his court are enchanted by the singing of a beautiful nightingale. But when the Emperor receives an artificial bird encrusted in jewels, will he forget what the real treasure is?

Experience great adventures in the company of Kings and Queens, talking animals and magical creatures in the fourth stunning volume A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at last the Mouse consented to live in the same house with her, and to go shares in the housekeeping. 'But we must provide for the winter or else we shall suffer hunger,' said the Cat.  'You, little...