HE is a parody inspired by SHE by Andrew Lang's friend H. RIDER HAGGARD. Andrew Lang (31 March 1844, Selkirk - 20 July 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as one of the most important collector of folk and fairy tales.

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English. The Blue Fairy Book assembled a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three...

In Homer and the Epic, ten or twelve years ago, I examined the literary objections to Homeric unity. These objections are chiefly based on alleged discrepancies in the narrative, of which no one poet, it is supposed, could have been guilty. The critics repose, I venture to think, mainly on a fallacy. We may style it the fallacy of "the analytical reader." The poet is expected to satisfy a minutely critical reader, a personage whom he could not foresee, and whom he did not address. Nor are "contradictory instances" examined--that is, as Blass has recently reminded his countrymen, Homer is put...

Old Mortality is a novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the period 1679-89 in south west Scotland. It forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1816. Old Mortality is considered one of Scott's best novels.It was originally titled The Tale of Old Mortality, but is generally shortened in most references. *Plot summary* After an Introduction to the Tales of My Landlord, supposedly written by the novel's (fictional) editor Jedediah Cleishbotham, an introduction by the author describes Robert Paterson, a Scotsman of the...

Quentin Durward is a historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1823. The story concerns a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI (1423-1483). *Plot summary* The story takes place in the year 1468.The age of feudalism and chivalry was passing away, and the King of France was inciting the wealthy citizens of Flanders against his own rebellious vassal the Duke of Burgundy. Quentin Durward had come to Tours, where his uncle was one of the Scottish body guard maintained by Louis XI, to seek military service, and was invited by the king, disguised as a merchant, to...

The Princess Nobody by Andrew Lang, illustrated, unabridged republishing of a classic. The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land by Andrew Lang with Drawings by Richard Doyle and Edmund Evans. Printed in colour.

The Violet Fairy Book By Andrew Lang, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)

The Orange Fairy Book By Andrew Lang, Tao Editorial (Edited by)

Containing many tales from Hans Christian Anderson, Russian and Polish fairy tales and many others, this collection is a testament to the power of the imagination in medieval and ancient Europe. These tales are part of the shaping of the modern fictional mind and we owe many thanks to these and stories like these many times over.