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1906. While most widely known for his translations of classical literature and as a collector of folk and fairy-tales, Lang also wrote poetry, biographies, histories, novels, literary criticisms and even youngsters' books. An excellent assortment of stories from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Islamic nations. Items: Donkey Epidermis; The Goblin Pony; A Difficult Enchantment; The Story of Dschemil and Dachemila; Janni and the Draken; The Relationship of the Crook and the Liar; Fortunatus and his Handbag; The Goat-experienced Woman; What emerged of selecting Bouquets; The Story of Bensurdatu; The Wizard's Mount; The Small Gray Person; Herr Lazarus and the Draken; The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles; Udea and her Seven Siblings; The White Hair; Mohammed using the Secret Hand; Bobino; Your Dog and the Sparrow, The Story of the Three Sons of Hali; The Story of the Reasonable Circassians; The Jackal and the Springtime; The Bear; The Sunchild; The Child of Buk Ettemsuch; Giggling Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Monk; The Unlooked for King; The Fool; The Road Artists; The Double Siblings; Cannetella; The Ogre; A Fairyis Mistake; Long, Wide, and Quickeye; and Prunella.