CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION BY STEINGRIMUR J. PORSTEINSSON
ANONYMOUS (13TH CENTURY) THE STORY OF AUDUNN AND THE BEAR TRANSLATED BY G. TURVILLE-PEIRE
EINAR H. KVARAN A DRY SPELL (1905) TRANSLATED BY JAKOBINA JOHNSON
GUÐMUNDUR FRIÐJÓNSSON THE OLD HAY (1909) TRANSLATED BY MEKKIN SVEINSON PERKINS
JON TRAUSTI WHEN I WAS ON THE FRIGATE (1910) TRANSLATED BY ARNOLD R. TAYLOR
GUNNAR GUNNARSSON FATHER AND SON (1916) TRANSLATED BY PETER FOOTE
GUÐMUNDUR G. HAGALIN THE FOX SKIN (1923) TRANSLATED BY MEKKIN SVEINSON PERKINS
HALLDÓR KILJAN LAXNESS NEW ICELAND (1927) TRANSLATED BY AXEL EYBERG AND JOHN WATKINS