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Andrew Lang

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A Scottish authority on fables, folk-tale and fairy stories from around the world.

  • A photo pf Charles Perrault telling a fairy tale to his son, with the help of his thumb.

    01 • Charles Perrault

    An Undaunted Amateur

    French fabulist Charles Perrault was one of those writers who could have been our friend.

    Andrew Lang

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Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.