One of many of Andrew Lang’s color themed fairy books. The introduction is dated, and of its time, but the stories are lovely. This book contains 32 folk tales from American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, India, Persia, Lapland, Brazil, India, New Caledonia and more.

Andrew Lang was a scholar, but his most famous books are The Rainbow Fairy Books, growing from Lang's interest in myths and folklore which continued to grow as he and Leonore traveled through France and Italy hearing local legends. In the late 19th century, interest in the native fairy tales of Britain had declined and there were very few books recounting them for young readers. In fact fairy tales and magical stories in general were being attacked by some educationalists as being harmful to children. It was to challenge this notion that Lang first began collecting fairy stories for the first of his colored fairy books, The Blue Fairy Book.

This is an Ex Library edition. Published by Longmans, Green and Co in 1927 with eight colored plates and numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford. There is no dust jacket. The book has library stamps and the card holder has been torn out of the back of the book.