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R. ANDREW LANG was born at Selkirk, March 31, 1844, and was educated at Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Oxford, where he took high honours. Mr. Lang is well known as one of the most versatile and charming writers of the day. It apparently makes little difference to him whether he is producing a ballad, a set of society verses, a leading article in The Daily News, a translation of a classic, a history of religions, or a biography; everything he does is marked by the same peculiar charm of style and treatment which has made his name familiar to a host of readers.