A collection of stories compiled by the widow of the renowned children's short-story collector, Andrew Lang. She describes this as the final installment of his series of fairy stories and includes some of those stories he had not included in other collections. In the preface, she pays tribute to her husband, saying he liked old things more than new, he loved all beasts' because they were beasts', fairies, cricket and dancing. He longed to visit far away places, but hated to travel. But most of all he befriended children wherever he went and they shared stories with him. Only his own children mocked him. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
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Preface by Mrs. Andrew Lang Read by Kalyn Heminger 12:11
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The Perplexity of Zadig Read by Sheri Elizabeth 6:49
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The Return of the Dead Wife Read by aishah143 8:08
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Young Amazon Snell Read by NoelBadrian 22:40
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The Good Sir James Read by Ulrike Denis 10:37
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Rip van Winkle Read by Diane Neigebauer 26:05
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The Wonderful Basket Read by NoelBadrian 10:43
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The Escape of the Galley-Slaves Read by Kalynda 10:26
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The Beaver and the Porcupine Read by EmmaS 10:31
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An Old-World Ghost Read by Lynne T 8:22
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The Gentleman Highwayman Read by drwebber 17:03
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The Vision of the Pope Read by Christine Lehman 3:55
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Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother Read by Aaron M. Lebowitz 18:16
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The Handless Brigade Read by Kathleen Moore 8:47
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The Son of the Wolf Chief Read by Susan Bell 11:10
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Blind Jack of Knaresborough Read by Susan Bell 28:11
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Blind Jack Again Read by Susan Bell 16:16
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The Story of Djun Read by Matthew Datcher 15:06
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What Became of Owen Parfitt? Read by Teresa McPeat 11:09
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Blackskin Read by JoeBlu 15:27
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The Pets of Aurore Dupin Read by JoeBlu 15:36
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The Trials of M. Deschartres Read by Ulrike Denis 17:08
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Aurore at Play Read by Deon Gines 36:02
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How Aurore Learned to Ride Read by Ulrike Denis 13:41
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Land-Otter the Indian Read by Kathleen Moore 7:42
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The Disinheriting of a Son Read by Kathleen Moore 10:10
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The Siege of Rhodes Read by DebK 21:42
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The Princess of Babylon Read by Kathrine Engan 39:37
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The Adventures of Fire-Drill's Son Read by Aaron M. Lebowitz 16:08
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The Strange Story of Elizabeth Canning Read by Kathleen Moore 23:45
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Mrs. Veal's Ghost Read by Kathleen Moore 18:43
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The Chief's Daughter Read by Omar H. Eldahan 13:36
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The Boyhood of a Painter Read by 3Dad 19:07
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The Adventures of a Spanish Nun Read by Christine Lehman 33:46
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