London
Adam and Charles Black
1911

First published September, 1909

Reprinted September, 1910

Contents

  1. Chapter Page
  2. I. [The Land of the Vikings] 1
  3. II. [Modern Norway] 5
  4. III. [The People and Their Industries] 9
  5. IV. [On the Farm] 15
  6. V. [Manners and Customs] 20
  7. VI. [School and Play] 25
  8. VII. [Some Fairy Tales] 32
  9. VIII. [The Hardanger Fjord] 37
  10. IX. [A Glimpse of the Fjelds] 43
  11. X. [Wild Nature—Beasts] 48
  12. XI. [Wild Nature—Birds] 54
  13. XII. [Waterfalls, Snowfields, and Glaciers] 60
  14. XIII. [Driving in Norway] 66
  15. XIV. [Arctic Days and Nights] 70
  16. XV. [Laplanders at Home] 78
  17. XVI. [Winter in Christiania] 84

List of Illustrations

  1. [Skjæggedalsfos, Hardanger Fjord] frontispiece
  2. Facing Page
  3. [Nærodal, from Stalheim, Sogne Fjord] viii
  4. [Fishing Through the Ice on Christiania Fjord] 9
  5. [Making “Fladbröd”—A Cottage Interior] 16
  6. [A Hardanger Bride] 25
  7. [A Baby of Telemarken] 32
  8. [Godösund, Hardanger Fjord] 41
  9. [A Sæter] 48
  10. [Bondhus Glacier, Hardanger Fjord] 57
  11. [Lærdalsören] 64
  12. [A Lapp Mother and Child] 73
  13. [Skiers Drinking Goosewine] 80
  14. [Sætersdalen Girl In National Costume] on the cover