The Red Fairy Book
Edited by Andrew Lang
37 familiar ("Rapunzel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Golden Goose,") and not-so-familiar stories ("The Voice of Death," "The Enchanted Pig," and "The Master Thief")
The Crimson Fairy Book
Edited by Andrew Lang
36 stories from Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic: "The Cottager and His Cat," "The Crab and the Monkey," "Little Wildrose," "The Gold-bearded Man," and more.
An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Book Description:
Topics
include: words, sentences and dictionaries a word and its parts (roots
and affixes) a word and its forms (inflection) a word and its relatives
(derivation) compound words word structure productivity and the
historical sources of English word formation. It presupposes no
linguistic training, is aimed at students of English (literature or
language) and also provides a sound basis for further linguistic study.
Exercise material, with answers and discussion, has been included, to
serve as models for further exercises.
Roumania, Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, and Russia are among the sources of these 35 stories that tell of a haunted forest, chests of gold coins, a magical dog, and a man who outwits a dragon.
American Indian, Russian, German, Icelandic, French, and other stories — 48 in all — among them "The Tinder-box," "The Nightingale," and "How to Tell a True Princess."
