Most of the following stories have appeared, from time to time, in the 'New Monthly Magazine,' and a few in other periodicals. They are now gathered together, and it is hoped that they may convey a favourable impression of the lighter literature of Denmark,--a country rich in genius, science, and art.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

[Cousin Carl].--By Carl Bernhard.

[The Doomed House].--By B. S. Ingemann.

[The Felon's Reverie].

[Morten Lange]. A Christmas Story.--By Hans Christian Andersen.

[A Tale of Jutland].--By S. S. Blicher.

[The Secret Witness].--By B. S. Ingemann.

[Agnete and the Merman].--By Jens Baggesen.