The red fairy book. By: Andrew Lang, illustrations By: H. J. Ford (1860-1941), and By: Lancelot Speed (1860-1931). and The lilac fairy book (1910). By: Andrew Lang, illustrated By: H. J. Ford: (Children's Classics). Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book.

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. As acknowledged in t...