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Bibliography Tips: Andrew Lang Fairy Books

When you are citing from Andrew Lang, you need to provide the Fairy Book title (Green Fairy Book, Crimson Fairy Book, etc.), along with the year of publication.

In addition, you should also provide information about Andrew Lang's source, if available. When Andrew Lang published his Fairy Books, he took the stories from other printed sources. Sometimes Andrew Lang gives information about his sources, but very often he does not (Andrew Lang should have taken this class!)

If you are using the Andrew Lang Fairy Books website, you will find the title of the Fairy Book at the top of each story. You can then click on the title link to access the year of publication and other information about that particular fairy book. In addition, you may find additional information about Lang's particular source for the story.

In the example provided here, he just says "Madame d'Aulnoy" - which is not a complete citation, but it is better than nothing - a little web research using that name will get you to this famous collection of French fairy tales pretty fast!)