This compilation consists of the best-known hand-written fairy tales by Mr. Lang. These are Prince Prigio, a literary and comic fairy tale written in 1889, the follow-up called "Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia" and a collection of short fairy tales under the name of called "Princess Nobody."

This book is fully illustrated and annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.