HONOR THE HARDY NORSEMEN.
The Rev. B. F. De Costa, D. D., a well-known New York divine and social reformer of the present day. Founder of the White Cross Society.
Prof. Rafri, in "Antiquitates Americanæ," gives notices of numerous Icelandic voyages to American and other lands of the West. The existence of a great country southwest of Greenland is referred to, not as a matter of speculation merely, but as something perfectly well known. Let us remember that in vindicating the Northmen we honor those who not only give us the first knowledge possessed of the American continent, but to whom we are indebted besides for much that we esteem valuable.