The Olive Fairy Book Dodo Press Paperback 1409914186 9781409914181 Lang, Andrew

• Format: Paperback
• Author: Lang, Andrew
• ISBN10: 1409914186
• ISBN13: 9781409914181

Andrew Lang 1844-1912 was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of 'Psychical Research, ' and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams and Ghosts 1897 , Magic and Religion 1901 and The Secret of the Totem 1905 . He was a Homeric scholar of conservative views. His other works include: Ballads and Lyrics of Old France 1872 , The Library 1881 , Rhymes a la Mode 1884 , The Gold of Fairnilee 1888 , The Red Fairy Book 1890 and Homer and the Epic 1893 .