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The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the
world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are translated, or
adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses in Hungary; others are
familiar to Russian nurseries; the Servians are responsible for some; a rather
peculiarly fanciful set of stories are adapted from the Roumanians; others
are from the Baltic shores; others from sunny Sicily; a few are from Finland,
and Iceland, and Japan, and Tunis, and Portugal. No doubt many children
will like to look out these places on the map, and study their mountains,
rivers, soil, products, and fiscal policies, in the geography books. The
peoples who tell the stories differ in colour; language, religion, and almost
everything else; but they all love a nursery tale. The stories have mainly
been adapted or translated by Mrs. Lang, a few by Miss Lang and Miss
Blackley. (Summary from the preface)

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