“M. Du Chaillu’s book is full of valuable information respecting the manners and character of the ancient Norse people. It is, in fact, a perfect museum of Northern antiquities, covering the entire field of Scandinavian archæology. The extracts from the Sagas which are furnished must whet the appetite of students of Norse literature.”
Boston Transcript.
“Mr. Du Chaillu’s monumental work, ‘The Viking Age,’ upon which the careful labor of over eight years has been expended, is one for which scholars will be profoundly grateful. It brings together from innumerable sources a vast amount of information, relative to the period covered, never before put in systematic form. The chapters on the mythology and cosmogony of the Norsemen, on the superstitions, slavery, graves, finds, weapons, occupations, feasts, warfare, etc., are intensely interesting. The text is accompanied by nearly fourteen hundred illustrations.”
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
| Page | Changed from | Changed to |
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| [190] | six legs were cut off, one after the other, in this way | eight legs were cut off, one after the other, in this way |
- Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.