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Title: The Green Fairy Book

Author: Various

Editor: Andrew Lang

Illustrator: H. J. Ford

Release Date: August 29, 2010 [EBook #33571]

Language: English

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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK

THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES.

EDITED BY ANDREW LANG.

_Crown 8vo. gilt edges, 6s. each._

THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. With 138 Illustrations.

THE RED FAIRY BOOK. With 100 Illustrations.

THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK. With 101 Illustrations.

THE GREY FAIRY BOOK. With 65 Illustrations.

THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK. With 104 Illustrations.

THE PINK FAIRY BOOK. With 67 Illustrations.

THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 54 other Illustrations.

THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 43 other Illustrations.

THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 42 other Illustrations.

THE BLUE POETRY BOOK. With 100 Illustrations.

THE TRUE STORY BOOK. With 66 Illustrations.

THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK. With 100 Illustrations.

THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK. With 67 Illustrations.

THE RED BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES. With 65 Illustrations.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. With 66 Illustrations.

THE BOOK OF ROMANCE. With 8 Coloured Plates, and 44 other Illustrations.

THE RED ROMANCE BOOK. With 8 Coloured Plates and 44 other Illustrations.

LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., 39 Paternoster Row, London;
New York and Bombay.

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THE

GREEN FAIRY BOOK

EDITED BY

ANDREW LANG

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_WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD_

SEVENTH IMPRESSION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
89 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1906

_All rights reserved_

_TO
STELLA MARGARET ALLEYNE
THE
GREEN FAIRY BOOK
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