The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang 'The Crimson Fairy Book', the eighth in Andrew Lang's 'Coloured' Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1903. This edition contains all 36 of the original stories and all 53 of the original black-and-white illustrations. The collections were specifically intended for children, and consequently edited for that end. When Andrew began publishing these books there were almost no English fairy tale books in circulation. The series proved of grea