Lang Lang: 1830 books

There is a goose in a bottle. So big now it can no longer squeeze through the small narrow glass neck. How then, can you free it from the bottle without damaging the goose or the bottle?

Books & Bookmen marks the distinction between the true book hunter and the mere literary person. It reveals Lang’s poetic enthusiasm for the great book chase among the bookstalls of Victorian London, as he hopes to discover an old French play by Moliere, a first edition of Shelley or perhaps an early English printing of Edgar Poe’s poetry.

ONCE upon a time, when Fairies were much more common than they are now, there lived a King and a Queen. Their country was close to Fairy Land, and very often the little Elves would cross over the border, and come into the King’s fields and gardens. The girl-fairies would swing out of the bells of...

Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang.

Classic verse. According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk - July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales."

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Snuff-Box” is a tale, entered in “The Green Fairy Book” collection. The story is about one youth, who once finds the magic snuff-box, which can grant any wish. So, the young man desires...

Classic collection of essays, including: Of Modern English Poetry, Of Modern English Poetry, Fielding, Longfellow, A Friend of Keats, On Virgil, Aucassin and Nicolette, Plotinus (A.D. 200-262), Lucretius, To a Young American Book-Hunter, Rochefoucauld, Of Vers de Societe, On Vers de Societe, Richardson,...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer best known for collecting folklore, legends, and fairy tales and making a compendium of them to celebrate ethnic heritage.

7 Optimistic Women Walk Various Roads to Reach Their Dreams   Connected to nature and carefree of heart seven historical women would prefer to travel through life without shoes, especially if giving away their only pair would comfort someone else in need. Will these women of faith change their ways...

A short story about the power of words to reach across generations and time.

In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of fewer than 25 who survived the eleven months before...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer best known for collecting folklore, legends, and fairy tales and making a compendium of them to celebrate ethnic heritage.

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Story Of The Fair Circassians” is a short story, entered in “The Grey Fairy Book” collection. Narrated by first person, this tale is about two young and so beautiful circassians, named...

26 short stories that will amaze you.Controversial technology, rumored to be in use by a global shadow government, to weave worlds of a fantastic future.Curiosity rover discovers a locked door in the side of Mount Sharp, on Mars, and three scientists are sent on a mission to discover what lies within...