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The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

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001 - The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece

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001 - The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece
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002 - Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note
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003 - The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda
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004 - The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda
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005 - Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda
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006 - Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda
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007 - The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda
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008 - Proverbs from the Eddas
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009 - Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28
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010 - Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note
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011 - The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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012 - The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla
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013 - Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)
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014 - Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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015 - Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)
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016 - The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76
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017 - King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen
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018 - How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen
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019 - How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla
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020 - Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88
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021 - Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note
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022 - Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie
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023 - A home in the North, photograph p. 92
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024 - The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100
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025 - How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman
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026 - Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106
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027 - The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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028 - Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note
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029 - The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley
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030 - How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm
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031 - How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould
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032 - How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus
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033 - The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm
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034 - Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)
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035 - Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note
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036 - The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.
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037 - Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.
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038 - The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen
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039 - Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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040 - The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg
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041 - The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius
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042 - How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire
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043 - Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208
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044 - The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson
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045 - Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note
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046 - The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare
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047 - The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234
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048 - The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark)
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049 - How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus
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050 - The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus
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051 - The letter of King Canute (1027)
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052 - Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman
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053 - Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note
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054 - King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter)
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055 - The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton
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056 - Molboer stories
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057 - Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note
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058 - The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire
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059 - King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald
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060 - Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)
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061 - The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin
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062 - Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself
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063 - Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note
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064 - How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould
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065 - How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary
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066 - Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary
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067 - How the laws were made in Saga time
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068 - Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note
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069 - The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
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070 - Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''
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071 - How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga
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072 - Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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073 - How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould
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074 - The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal
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075 - How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris
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076 - Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note
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077 - The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin
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078 - Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles
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079 - Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor
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080 - How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith
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081 - Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note
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082 - How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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083 - How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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084 - The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink
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085 - The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis
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086 - A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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087 - Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note
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088 - Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede
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089 - How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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090 - The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine
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091 - The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine
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092 - What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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093 - Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
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094 - The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note
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095 - Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin
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096 - Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik
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097 - How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen
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098 - The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518
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099 - Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen
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100 - The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note
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101 - The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten
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102 - A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott
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103 - The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen
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104 - The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary
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105 - Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546
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106 - The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note
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107 - In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton
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108 - Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen
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109 - At the South Pole, photograph p. 574
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110 - The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly
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111 - Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott