The Strange Story Book

Abstract

Published after Andrew Lang's death, with an introduction by Leonora Blanche Lang. Contains thirty-four stories on a variety of subjects, including ghost stories, Native American legends, true stories, and tales from Washington Irving. Illustrated by H.J. Ford. Contains stories: "The Drowned Buccaneer" "The Perplexity of Zadig" "The Return of the Dead Wife" "Young Amazon Snell" "The Good Sir James" "Rip van Winkle" "The Wonderful Basket" "The Escape of the Galley-slaves" "The Beaver and the Porcupine" "An Old-world Ghost" "The Gentleman Highwayman" "The Vision of the Pope" "Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother" "The Handless Brigade" "The Son of the Wolf Chief" "Blind Jack of Knaresborough" "Blind Jack Again" "The Story of Djun" "What Became of Owen Parfitt?" "Blackskin" "The Pets of Aurore Dupin" "The Trials of M. Deschartres" "Aurore at Play" "How Aurore learned to Ride" "Land-Otter the Indian" "The Disinheriting of a Son" "The Siege of Rhodes" "The Princess of Babylon" "The Adventures of Fire-Drill's Son" "The Strange Story of Elizabeth Canning" "Mrs. Veal's Ghost" "The Chief's Daughter" "The Boyhood of a Painter" "The Adventures of a Spanish Nun"