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[CONTENTS]
| [I] | |
| PAGE | |
| The "Scandinavian Explorer," Du Chaillu, visits Kentucky—A cordial reception | 1 |
| [II] | |
| British Association Meeting at Newcastle, 1889—A sensational paper—Industrial activity of Modern Northumbria—A notable group of savants | 10 |
| [III] | |
| Revelations of ancient records bearing upon the origin of the English race | 20 |
| [IV] | |
| Characteristic traits of the early Normans—Transmission of racial qualities—Mid-century Kentuckians | 27 |
| [V] | |
| Doctor Craik's views—English more Scandinavian than German—George P. Marsh—Editorial comment on the "sensational paper" | 34 |
| [VI] | |
| Scandinavians and Kentuckians—Characteristic traits in common—Their passion for the "Horse"—Doncaster races—"Cabullus" in Normandy—Crusading "Cavaliers"—The "Man-on-Horseback"—His "effigies" on English seals—The production of cavaliers—The grasses | 42 |
| [VII] | |
| A French savant on English types—Weismann's "theory"—"Snorro Sturleson" quoted by Lord Lytton—The "homicidal humor" not invented by Kentuckians, but possibly inherited—Andrew D. White quoted | 51 |
| [VIII] | |
| John Fiske—Ethnic differentiation—the Hindoo and the Kentuckian—Aryan brothers—A broad historic "highway" from the Baltic Sea to the Bluegrass—Streams of Scandinavian migration—"The Virginian States"—Anglo-Norman "lawlessness"—Degenerate castes or breeds—"Political assassination" as practiced by Norman and Saxon—"The homicidal humor not an invention of Kentucky" (Shaler); Not invented, but derived—Andrew D. White on the American murder record | 58 |
| [IX] | |
| Peculiar Norman traits—Craft—Profanity—A "swearing" race—Historic oaths—Kentuckians full of strange oaths | 63 |
| [X] | |
| William, the Norman; Napoleon, the Corsican; great administrators—The conditions of English civilization—American statesmen | 76 |
| [XI] | |
| Early Virginian history—Researches of Doctor Alexander Brown—Kentucky a direct product of Elizabethan civilization—The "Vikings of the West"—Professor Barrett Wendell's views | 83 |
| [XII] | |
| The Norman as a colonizer—As a devastator—Revival of Northumbria by modern industrialism—The power of Scandinavian energy in pushing the victories of peace—English Unity established on Salisbury Plain—The Scandinavian in literature—Shakespeare and his Historical Plays—Psychological contrasts of modern Scandinavian races—Shakespeare's favorite author—Evolution of the "Melancholy Dane"—Advice from a thoughtful Frenchman: "Let us not disown the fortune and condition of our ancestors" | 90 |
| [XIII] | |
| A body of Anglo-Norman names in Kentucky—Concurrent testimony of many coinciding facts—The Race "lost," but not the Names—Ethnical transmutations—The Normans everywhere at home—Disraeli on descent—His theory of transmuted traits—Hæckel—The jungle of Bohun—Berwick and Gaston Phœbus—"Isaac le Bon"—Bismarck—Napoleon—Mid-century "claims of race"—Kentucky a sovereign Commonwealth—Shelby and Perry | 101 |
| [XIV] | |
| The Gothic migration—Scandinavian pirates—Their foot-prints on English soil—Normans hotly received by their kindred, the Danes—Old Gothic wars—"The Yenghees and the Dixees"—Westward march of the Teuton and the Goth—Genesis of the Scandinavian—Cradle of the race—Rolf Ganger a potential force—Reconstruction of the modern world—William of Normandy | 108 |
| [XV] | |
| Stragglers in the Gothic migration—Jutes, Angles, Saxons—The two great races; Teutons and Scandinavians—"Mixed races" planted on the southern shores of the North Sea | 114 |
| [XVI] | |
| Authentic lists of old Norman names—Descendants of illustrious families—The Norman capacity for leadership not "lost"—Alphabetical series of names (from "The Norman People"); English names originally Norman—Familiar as household words in Kentucky—A legal maxim—Elements of the English race—Preponderance of Scandinavian blood—Stevenson and Disraeli—Lord Lytton—Maltebrun—Scandinavian characteristics—Physique—Social traits—Passion for "strong liquor"—Hospitality | 117 |
| [XVII] | |
| Captain Shaler quoted—Measurements of American soldiers by the mathematician Gould—Superior physical vigor of the "rebel exiles"—General Humphrey Marshall—His aide Captain Guerrant—General William Nelson—"The Orphan Brigade"—Hereditary surnames as memorials of race—Every step of Norman migration noted by the historic eye—Montalembert—"Monks of the West"—The rude Saxon transfigured by the eloquence of the gifted writer—A field for the philologist | 123 |
| [XVIII] | |
| The alphabetical series of names—Anglo-Norman surnames—Names of obvious Scandinavian derivation—The original discussion of the general question—An excerpt from Sir Walter Scott—The "Elizabethan" a product of a balanced race—The march of the Goth resumed—The Virginian hunter—The Yankee skipper—A man of oak and bronze | 126 |
| [XIX] | |
| Norman craft—Mr. Freeman quoted—Popular attribution of the quality—Its value in mediæval days—Its prevalence to-day | 131 |
| [XX] | |
| Names and Notes—Kentuckian and Norman—Characteristics in common—Norman traits and Saxon names—Estimate of the Kentuckian from an English source | 133 |
| [XXI] | |
| Shadows in "Arcady"—Brief preface to the alphabetical list | 136 |
| [APPENDIX] | |
| Alphabetical Series of Norse, Norman, and Anglo-Norman, or Non-Saxon, Surnames | 141 |
THE QUEST FOR A LOST RACE
BY
THOMAS E. PICKETT, M. D.