World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

by Eva March Tappan

111 chapters16h 40mEnglish1914

About this book

This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The ghost of Hamlet's father: Bernardo: alanmapstone / Francisco: Jim Locke / Horatio: Eva Davis / Marcellus: Tomas Peter / Hamlet: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia

Chapters (111)

1The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece

143

2Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note

121

3The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda

414

4The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda

282

5Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda

315

6Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda

757

7The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda

755

8Proverbs from the Eddas

9Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28

163

10Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note

132

11The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

380

12The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla

1141

13Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)

845

14Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

250

15Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)

1665

16The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76

119

17King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen

693

18How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen

293

19How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla

200

20Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88

114

21Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note

116

22Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie

1021

23A home in the North, photograph p. 92

155

24The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100

154

25How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

706

26Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106

146

27The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

277

28Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note

155

29The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley

134

30How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm

139

31How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould

461

32How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus

254

33The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm

467

34Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)

2123

35Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note

138

36The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

735

37Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

878

38The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen

778

39Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

1081

40The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg

144

41The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius

855

42How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire

1703

43Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208

166

44The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson

1558

45Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note

162

46The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare

877

47The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234

115

48The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark)

1112

49How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus

460

50The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus

887

51The letter of King Canute (1027)

290

52Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman

563

53Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note

54King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter)

578

55The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton

177

56Molboer stories

368

57Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note

143

58The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire

540

59King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald

176

60Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)

605

61The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin

965

62Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself

737

63Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note

151

64How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould

259

65How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary

918

66Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary

807

67How the laws were made in Saga time

131

68Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note

151

69The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

129

70Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''

862

71How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga

957

72Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

326

73How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould

561

74The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal

779

75How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris

679

76Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note

145

77The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin

561

78Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles

673

79Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor

896

80How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith

163

81Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note

156

82How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

645

83How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

596

84The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink

624

85The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis

1344

86A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

643

87Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note

88Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede

531

89How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

351

90The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine

1050

91The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine

465

92What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

1036

93Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

898

94The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note

102

95Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin

939

96Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik

1249

97How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen

1025

98The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518

133

99Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen

1022

100The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note

110

101The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten

317

102A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott

321

103The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen

808

104The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary

1442

105Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546

158

106The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note

107In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton

1260

108Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen

289

109At the South Pole, photograph p. 574

165

110The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly

638

111Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott

329

World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

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