Pen and pencil sketches of Faröe and Iceland

About this eBook

Author

Symington, Andrew James, 1825-1898

Title

Pen and pencil sketches of Faröe and Iceland : With an appendix containing translations from the Icelandic and 51 illustrations engraved on wood by W. J. Linton

Original Publication

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Gísli Valgeirsson, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DL: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Northern Europe, Scandinavia

Subject

Faroe Islands

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71936

Release Date

October 23, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF FARÖE AND ICELAND.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.LEITH TO THORSHAVN.
6. 6.THE WESTMANNA ISLANDS—REYKJAVIK. — BANNOCK-BURN ÁVARP ROBERT BRUCE TIL HERLITHS SINS. EPTIR BURNS.
7. 7.RIDE TO THE GEYSERS.
8. 8.REYKJAVIK. — ISLANDS MINNI. — THE REMEMBRANCE OF ICELAND.
9. 9.JÖKUL-RANGES AND VOLCANOES ON THE SOUTH COAST. — KÖTLUGJÁ’S ERUPTIONS. — ICELANDIC STATISTICS — ERUPTION OF SKAPTÁR JÖKUL, — VOLCANIC HISTORY,
10. 10.THE EAST COAST. BREIDAMERKR—SEYDISFIORD. — SEYDISFIORD, BY FARÖE TO LEITH
11. 11.APPENDIX. — I. ICELANDIC STORIES AND FAIRY TALES — STORIES OF SÆMUNDUR FRODI, CALLED THE LEARNED. [42] — ICELANDIC FAIRY TALES. — II. SPECIMENS OF ICELANDIC POEMS. — FROM THE “VÖLUSPÁ” — FROM THE “SÓLAR LJÓD” — FROM THE POEMS RELATING TO SIGURD & BRYNHILD. — HÁVAMÁL. — III. POEMS ON NORTHERN SUBJECTS. — LAY OF THE VIKINGS. — VÍKÍNGA BRAGUR. [51] — THE VIKING’S RAVEN. [52] — DEATH OF THE OLD NORSE KING. — Dauði gamals Norðmanna-konungs. [53]
12. 12.IV. INFORMATION FOR INTENDING TOURISTS:
13. 13.V. GLOSSARY.
14. 14.VI. OUR SCANDINAVIAN ANCESTORS. [56]
15. 15.INDEX

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