{"product_id":"9781533689436","title":"The Orange Fairy Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Orange Fairy Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Various\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Andrew Lang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe children who read fairy books, or have fairy books read to them, do not read prefaces, and the parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who give fairy books to their daughters, nieces, and cousins, leave prefaces unread. For whom, then, are prefaces written? When an author publishes a book 'out of his own head,' he writes the preface for his own pleasure. After reading over his book in print—to make sure that all the 'u's' are not printed as 'n's,' and all the 'n's' as 'u's' in the proper names—then the author says, mildly, in his preface, what he thinks about his own book, and what he means it to prove—if he means it to prove anything—and why it is not a better book than it is. But, perhaps, nobody reads prefaces except other authors; and critics, who hope that they will find enough in the preface to enable them to do without reading any of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis appears to be the philosophy of prefaces in general, and perhaps authors might be more daring and candid than they are with advantage, and write regular criticisms of their own books in their prefaces, for nobody can be so good a critic of himself as the author—if he has a sense of humour. If he has not, the less he says in his preface the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Story of the Hero Makoma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Magic Mirror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory of the King Who Would See Paradise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIan, the Soldier's Son\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fox and the Wolf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ugly Duckling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Two Caskets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Goldsmith's Fortune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Enchanted Wreath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Foolish Weaver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Clever Cat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Story of Manus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePinkel the Thief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Adventures of a Jackal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Three Treasures of the Giants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rover of the Plain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Doe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Girl-Fish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Owl and the Eagle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Frog and the Lion Fairy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Princess Bella-Flor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bird of Truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mink and the Wolf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdventures of an Indian Brave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Stalos Were Tricked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndras Baive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Slipper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Magic Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46315449483505,"sku":"9781533689436","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781533689436_p0.jpg?v=1765274236","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781533689436","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}