The Brown Fairy Book

The ninth book in Andrew Langs Fairy Books series The Brown Fairy Book published in 1904 contains myths and fairy tales from around the world. The tales-many from Native American and South American sources others from Australia Iceland and India-include: . The Ball-Carrier and the Bad One . The Wicked Wolverine . How the Little Brother Set Free His Big Brothers . The Lion and the Cat . The Story of Yara . The Bunyip . Asmund and Signy . The Story of Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted Scottish journalist and author ANDREW LANG (1844-1912) a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson produced a stunning variety and number of volumes including books of poetry novels childrens books histories and biographies as well as criticism essays scholarly works of anthropology and translations of classical literature.