original. Not least will they appreciate the fact that he has left the hewn stones of Björnson's lines in their native ruggedness instead of attempting to reduce them to a brick-and-mortar smoothness. Yale Review.
IV. Master Olof by August Strindberg
Translated from the Swedish, with an Introduction, by Edwin Björkman. 1915. XXIII + 125 pages. Price $1.50
In Strindberg's presentation of his hero, Olof becomes the prototype of all idealistic reformers, uncompromising at moments as Ibsen's Brand, but more living than he because more subtly studied in his moods of weakness as well as in his exultation of strength. Dial.
V. The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Translated from the Icelandic, with an Introduction, by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. 1916. XXII + 266 pages. Price $1.50
VI. Modern Icelandic Plays: Eyvind of the Hills, The Hraun Farm, by Johann Sigurjónsson
Translated from the Danish by Henninge Krohn Schanche. 1916, XII + 134 pages. Price $1.50
SCANDINAVIAN MONOGRAPHS
I. The Voyages of the Norsemen to America
By William Hovgaard. With eighty-three Illustrations and seven Maps. 1914. XXI + 304 pages. Price $4.00
There has always been a peculiar fascination for the student of American history in that chapter of it which deals with the pre-Columbian discovery of this continent. . . . To sweep away the cobwebs of error is no small task, but Professor Hovgaard's book, with its painstaking following of the scientific method, should go a long way toward its completion. . . . Professor Hovgaard has made the best complete exposition up to date of the voyages of the Norsemen to America. Boston Transcript.
II. Ballad Criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain during the Eighteenth Century
By Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt. 1916. IX + 335 pages. Price $3.00
He has attempted to trace the development of interest in popular ballads as reflected in Scandinavian, English, and Scottish criticism particularly during the eighteenth century. . . . Mr. Hustvedt's book is not only valuable by reason of the research and the judicially critical spirit; it is written in a manner that should interest the general reader. Boston Herald.
