Also known as 'The Libation Bearers' this is the second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy. Many years after king Agamemnon's murder at the hands of his wife Clytamnestra and her lover Aigisthos, his son Orestes returns home with Pylades to mourn at his grave. He has been living in exile and has come back to Argos in secret; his mission is to avenge Agamemnon's death.

A collection of more than 40 fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Poland, Iceland, Germany, France, England, and the American Indians.

The Yellow Fairy Book is a part of the Langs' Fairy Books series. It is a collection of short stories and traditional tales from all over the world, featuring many tales from Hans Christian Andersen. Table of Contents: The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership The Six Swans The Dragon of the North Story of the Emperor's New Clothes The Golden Crab The Iron Stove The Dragon and His Grandmother The Donkey Cabbage The Little Green Frog The Seven-Headed Serpent The Grateful Beasts The Giants and the Herd-Boy The Invisible Prince The Crow How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World The Wizard King The Nixy The Glass Mountain Alphege, or the Green Monkey Fairer-than-a-Fairy The Three Brothers The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise The Glass Axe The Dead Wife In the Land of Souls The White Duck The Witch and Her Servants The Magic Ring The Flower Queen's Daughter The Flying Ship The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son The Story of King Frost The Death of the Sun-Hero The Witch The Hazel-Nut Child The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus Prince Ring The Swineherd How to Tell a True Princess The Blue Mountains The Tinder-Box The Witch in the Stone Boat Thumbelina The Nightingale Hermod and Hadvor The Steadfast Tin-Soldier Blockhead Hans A Story About a Darning-Needle

The Yellow Fairy Book is on the 4th in the series of 12 books, edited by Andrew Lang. This book alone contains over 100 pictures and 48 stories, including some of the best-loved fairy tales in the world. Each one is told with charm and promises to give hungry young imaginations much to chew on.

It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Princes and princesses, flying dragons, monsters and magicians, giants and dwarfs, ogres and fairies--these are the companions who thrill youngsters of all lands and times. This book contains 19 such tales. Coming from all quarters of the world, including France, England, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Iceland and America, the stories provide rich insight into the lives and cultures of different peoples. Narrated in clear, lively and easy to understand language, the tales are enriched with beautiful illustrations.

‘The Yellow Fairy Book – Illustrated by H. J. Ford’ forms part of Andrew Lang’s ‘Coloured’ Fairy Books series - a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own colour, and all in all, 437 tales from a wide array of cultures and countries are presented. Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic, with a passion for folkloric story telling. Most of his volumes (including this, ‘The Yellow Fairy Book’) were beautifully illustrated by Henry J. Ford (1860 – 1941), an inordinately talented artist who came to public attention with his illustrations for Lang. The books captured the imagination of British children, and later became worldwide bestsellers in the 1880s and 1890s. This ‘Yellow Book’ contains classic fairy tales such as 'Story of the Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Seven Headed Serpent', 'The Three Brothers', 'In the Land of Souls', 'The Snow Daughter and the Fire Son', 'The Swineherd', 'The Tinderbox', 'Thumbelina' and many more. Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s classics and fairy tales – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

"The Yellow Fairy Book" is a compilation of interesting short stories designed for the consumption of the younger generation. It is a literature with a theme of royalty, partnership, trust, and other values. This book was written by Andrew Lang and other authors, and it is aimed to cultivate a better mindset. Table of Contents: The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership The Six Swans The Dragon of the North Story of the Emperor's New Clothes The Golden Crab The Iron Stove The Dragon and His Grandmother The Donkey Cabbage The Little Green Frog The Seven-Headed Serpent The Grateful Beasts The Giants and the Herd-Boy The Invisible Prince The Crow How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World The Wizard King The Nixy The Glass Mountain Alphege, or the Green Monkey Fairer-Than-A-Fairy The Three Brothers The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise The Glass Axe The Dead Wife In the Land of Souls The White Duck The Witch and Her Servants The Magic Ring The Flower Queen's Daughter The Flying Ship The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son The Story of King Frost The Death of the Sun-Hero The Witch The Hazel-Nut Child The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus Prince Ring The Swineherd How to Tell a True Princess The Blue Mountains The Tinder-Box The Witch in the Stone Boat Thumbelina The Nightingale Hermod and Hadvor The Steadfast Tin-Soldier Blockhead Hans A Story About a Darning-Needle