The ninth book in Andrew Lang's Fairy Books series, The Brown Fairy
Book, published in 1904, contains myths and fairy tales from around the
world. The tales-many from Native American and South American sources,
others from Australia, Iceland, and India-include: . "The Ball-Carrier
and the Bad One" . "The Wicked Wolverine" . "How the Little Brother Set
Free His Big Brothers" . "The Lion and the Cat" . "The Story of Yara" .
"The Bunyip" . "Asmund and Signy" . "The Story of Wali Dad the
Simple-Hearted" Scottish journalist and author ANDREW LANG (1844-1912),
a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, produced a stunning variety and
number of volumes, including books of poetry, novels, children's books,
histories, and biographies, as well as criticism, essays, scholarly
works of anthropology, and translations of classical literature.