This captivating image comes from a collection of 12 books, known as Lang's Fairy Books&(or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colours). Compiled by Andrew Lang, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford and published under the editorial direction of Lang's wife, Leonora Alleyne, the books were a sensation among British schoolchildren and were sold all around the world. Each book in&the series was named for the colour of its featured fairy, and this Olive Fairy notebook reproduces the front cover of that book's first edition. Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist and anthropologist who specialized in collecting folk and fairy tales from around the globe.