Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Andrew Lang
Born: March 31, 1844
Died: July 20, 1912 (aged 68)
Bio: Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
Known for:
- Blue fairy book (1889)
- The red fairy book (1890)
- The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
- The green fairy book (1892)
- The violet fairy book (1901)