Letters To Dead Authors

Andrew Lang was born in Selkirk, Scotland, the eldest of the eight children. After a comprehensive education including St Andrews and Oxford he soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day. His list of works is extensive and covers everything from biographies to fairy tales and poetry. He usually published several volumes a year such was his output. But the standards were high. A scholarly approach to detail served him well. His love of literature is expressed rather well in this volume written in 1896 Letters to Dead Authors.