The Norwegians whom we met, until we arrived in Bergen, were the nicest people we have ever been among. We were treated politely by every one, and there was such a personal interest in their attentions, such a desire that we should enjoy our stay in their country, and see its finest features, that we felt at times as though we were visiting among old friends.
It is said that the Swedes are a little jealous of the favor with which the Norwegians are regarded by travellers, but one naturally spends much more time in Norway, as its scenery is much finer, and its attractions far greater and more varied than those of Sweden; and while travelling through the country in such a leisurely old-fashioned way, one grows to know its people far more intimately than the Swedes or the Danes.
There is a certain independence in the Norwegian’s character that quickly rebels at being ordered about and commanded by a lordly domineering disposition, and the traveller will find that in Norway, as in all other lands, politeness, which costs but little, accomplishes much; and if you travel through the country with kind words, and the happy disposition to make the best of everything, the natives will give you no cause to complain of their treatment, and you will leave their land with the warmest regard for their kindness and hospitality.
Whoever has the time at his disposal, and the inclination to make a journey through Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, will return much benefited in health by the pure and invigorating sea and mountain air, with a rich store of unfading memory pictures of beautiful waterfalls, valleys with grand rock formations, winding fjords, stupendous glaciers, and a combination of ocean and mountain scenery such as is seen in no other land,—all illumined by days of unending light, and the midnight sunbeams of a sun which has no setting. The added remembrance of the interesting life and customs of the inhabitants of the North and their kindly treatment while sojourning among them, the pleasant memories of the charming city of Stockholm, with its unrivalled surroundings, Copenhagen with its treasury of art, and the historical and legendary souvenirs clustering around the old castles of Denmark, will always prove a source of unfailing enjoyment which neither time nor adversity can take away.
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| “ Edward F. Adams. | |
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| Mr. G. H. Appleton. | |
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| Mr. James C. Bates. | |
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| Miss Maria Gilbert Bradley. | |
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| Captain William Caldwell. | |
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| Mr. Harry W. Chase. | Five copies. |
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| “ Helen L. Fitts. | |
| Mr. William H. Floyd. | |
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| “ Henry B. George. | |
| Miss Annie C. Gilman. | |
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| “ Hazen B. Goodrich. | Two copies. |
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| Mr. C. H. Goodwin. | |
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| Miss Belle H. Greene. | |
| Mrs. E. J. M. Hale. | Two copies. |
| Mr. J. A. Hale. | Two copies. |
| “ George A. Hall. | |
| Mrs. Warren Hanscom. | |
| “ J. C. Hardy. | |
| Haverhill Book Club. | |
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| Miss Mary S. Hersey. | |
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| Mrs. John L. Hobson. | |
| Mr. George B. Holden. | |
| Miss Carrie T. How. | |
| Mrs. George C. How. | Two copies. |
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| Miss Clara L. Hunking. | |
| Mr. James A. Huntington. | |
| Miss Mary W. Johnson. | |
| Mr. Clarence E. Kelley. | |
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| Mrs. Abby B. Kimball. | |
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| Mrs. Mark Kimball. | |
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| Mr. George V. Ladd. | |
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| Mr. John J. Marsh. | Four copies. |
| “ R. C. Miller. | |
| Mrs. Kate W. C. Mitchell. | |
| Miss Nellie M. Moore. | |
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| Mrs. H. M. Newman. | |
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| Mr. George W. Noyes. | |
| Miss Grace I. Noyes. | Two copies. |
| “ S. Adelaide Palmer. | |
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| Mr. C. N. Rhodes. | |
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| Mrs. A. A. Sargent. | |
| Mr. Irving F. Sleeper. | |
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| Mr. D. F. Sprague. | |
| Mrs. Jackson B. Swett. | |
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| Mr. Martin Taylor. | |
| Mrs. Oliver Taylor. | Two copies. |
| Miss Alice O. Tenney. | |
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| Mr. Charles S. Titcomb. | |
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| “ Frank E. Watson. | |
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| Mrs. Julia H. West. | |
| Mr. A. Tenny White. | |
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