Author: Paul b Du chailluPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Land of the Midnight Sun, Vol. 1, by Paul B. Du Chaillu
Author: Paul b Du chailluThe land of the midnight sun, vol.2, by paul b. du chaillu
Author: Paul b Du chailluThe Land of the Midnight Sun, Vol. 1 of 2
Author: Paul Belloni Du ChailluPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656105199
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Excerpt from The Land of the Midnight Sun, Vol. 1 of 2: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland; With Descriptions of the Inner Life of the People, Their Manners and Customs, the Primitive Antiquities, Etc I have adopted the spelling of each country when referring to the names of places and people, etc.; but, as the Swedish and Norwegian languages are very similar, and both now in a state of transition, gradually conforming the spelling to one standard, no confusion will result from this plan. I submit this work to the public, with the hope that they may share with me in the interest attaching to the Scandi navian people and their country. I cannot refrain, before sending these volumes to press, from thanking my old friend and publisher, Mr. Murray, for the kind and liberal manner in which he has always attended to my interests in the publication of my books of travels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Viking Age Vol.1 (of 2) (Illustrations)
Author: Paul B. Du ChailluPublisher: Press of J. J. Little & Co
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Example in this ebook CHAPTER I. CIVILISATION AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE NORTH. A study of the ancient literature and abundant archæology of the North gives us a true picture of the character and life of the Norse ancestors of the English-speaking peoples. We can form a satisfactory idea of their religious, social, political, and warlike life. We can follow them from their birth to their grave. We see the infant exposed to die, or water sprinkled, and a name bestowed upon it; follow the child in his education, in his sports; the young man in his practice of arms; the maiden in her domestic duties and embroidery; the adult in his warlike expeditions; hear the clash of swords and the songs of the Scald, looking on and inciting the warriors to greater deeds of daring, or it may be recounting afterwards the glorious death of the hero. We listen to the old man giving his advice at the Thing. We learn about their dress, ornaments, implements, weapons; their expressive names and complicated relationships; their dwellings and convivial halls, with their primitive or magnificent furniture; their temples, sacrifices, gods, and sacred ceremonies; their personal appearance, even to the hair, eyes, face and limbs. Their festivals, betrothal and marriage feasts are open to us. We are present at their athletic games preparatory to the stern realities of the life of that period, where honour and renown were won on the battle-field; at the revel and drunken bout; behold the dead warrior on his burning ship or on the pyre, and surrounded by his weapons, horses, slaves, or fallen companions who are to enter with him into Valhalla; look into the death chamber, see the mounding and the Arvel, or inheritance feast. These Norsemen had carriages or chariots, as well as horses, and the numerous skeletons of this animal in graves or bogs prove it to have been in common use at a very early period. Their dress, and the splendour of their riding equipment for war, the richness of the ornamentation of their weapons of offence and defence are often carefully described. Everywhere we see that gold was in the greatest abundance. The descriptions of such wealth might seem to be very much exaggerated; but, as will be seen in the course of this work, the antiquities treasured in the museums of the North bear witness to the truthfulness of the records. The spade has developed the history of Scandinavia, as it has done that of Assyria and Etruria, but in addition the Northmen had the Saga and Edda literature to perpetuate their deeds. We are the more astonished as we peruse the Eddas and Sagas giving the history of the North, and examine the antiquities found in the country, for we hear hardly anything about the customs of the people from the Roman writers, and our ideas regarding them have been thoroughly vitiated by the earlier Frankish and English chronicles and other monkish writings, or by the historians who have taken these records as a trustworthy authority. Some writers, in order to give more weight to these chronicles, and to show the great difference that existed between the invaders and invaded, and how superior the latter were to the former, paint in a graphic manner, without a shadow of authority, the contrast between the two peoples. England is described as being at that time a most beautiful country, a panegyric which does not apply to fifteen or twenty centuries ago; while the country of the aggressor is depicted as one of swamp and forest inhabited by wild and savage men. It is forgotten that after a while the people of the country attacked were the same people as those of the North or their descendants, who in intelligence, civilisation, and manly virtues were far superior to the original and effete inhabitants of the shores they invaded. To be continue in this ebook...
The School Journal
Author: Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Midnight Sun
Author: Jo NesboPublisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0804172587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches, a “forcefully written story of personal defeat, despair, and salvation” (The New York Times Book Review) about a man with one small problem—his former boss, Oslo's most notorious drug kingpin, wants him dead. "A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace." —Los Angeles Times Ulf was once the kingpin's fixer, but after betraying him, Ulf is now the one his former boss wants fixed. Hiding out at the end of the line in northern Norway, Ulf lives among the locals. A mother and son befriend him, and their companionship stirs something deep in him that he thought was long dead. As he awaits the inevitable arrival of his murderous pursuers, he questions if redemption is at all possible or if, as he's always believed, “hope is a real bastard.”
Catalogue of the Library ...
Author: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of IllinoisPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Supplement to the 1904 Finding List of the Traveling Libraries, 1905
Author: Public Library Commission of IndianaPublisher:
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Category : Traveling libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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