piThe Red Fairy Booki 1890 is a collection of fairy tales by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang. Published in time for Christmas, iThe Red Fairy Booki was the second volume out of 25 in the iLang's Fairy Booksi series, compiled, written, and edited by Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. Using such sources as the Brothers Grimm and Madame d'Aulnoy, they selected culturally significant stories from all over Europe, crafting carefully organized and beautifully illustrated compilations featuring beloved Russian, French, Scottish, Norse, and Danish myths and legends. In The Twelve Dancing Princesses, a classic German tale, a powerful king locks his twelve beautiful daughters in their room at night only to discover their shoes worn down each morning. Confused and unused to disobedience, he promises his kingdom and his daughters to the first man who manages to discover the secret of their nightly endeavors. Soria Moria Castle is a Norwegian fairy tale that follows a young boy who goes to