This one, I think, has more weak tales than the earlier ones, especially since many of them are other kinds of folk tales. Some are very good; I particularly mention ""The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples," "Jesper who Herded Hares," and "The Frog."

This was fun. I enjoy fairy tales, and these are all from other countries and stories I have not come across before.

A good variety of quests, princesses, brave young men and sneaky paranormals trying to trick the unsuspecting.

This was an interesting, fun read.

Some were enjoyable most were repetitive.

This is possibly my favourite from the Andrew Lang Fairy Books. At least it contains two of my favourite stories: "The Girl who Pretended to be a Boy" and "The History of Dwarf Long Nose". It is very surprising that the first of these should have made it into a book for children at all back in 1910

This was the first anthology by Andrew Lang I read, and after doing so I was hooked. I marvelled at how uniquely told all of the tales within this collection are, some are known and others much more obscure. I find this more of an adult fascination that arose in me for the need that was hardly taken

July 2023 reread:

This is the final volume in this year's rereading of the fairy books. This is one of the ones I enjoy the most, as I like something in each tale, and I reread every one.

There is something so cozy about The Child Who Came from an Egg. It is probably the basket and the ongoing presen