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[Transcriber's note: The inconsistent orthography of the original is
retained in this etext.]


THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES of NILS

by

SELMA LAGERLOeF


TRANSLATED FROM THE SWEDISH
BY VELMA SWANSTON HOWARD



CONTENTS

The Boy

Akka from Kebnekaise

The Wonderful Journey of Nils

Glimminge Castle

The Great Crane Dance on Kullaberg

In Rainy Weather

The Stairway with the Three Steps

By Ronneby River

Karlskrona

The Trip to Oeland

Oeland's Southern Point

The Big Butterfly

Little Karl's Island

Two Cities

The Legend of Smaland

The Crows

The Old Peasant Woman

From Taberg to Huskvarna

The Big Bird Lake

Ulvasa-Lady

The Homespun Cloth

The Story of Karr and Grayskin

The Wind Witch

The Breaking Up of the Ice

Thumbietot and the Bears

The Flood

Dunfin

Stockholm

Gorgo the Eagle

On Over Gaestrikland

A Day in Haelsingland

In Medelpad

A Morning in Angermanland

Westbottom and Lapland

Osa, the Goose Girl, and Little Mats

With the Laplanders

Homeward Bound

Legends from Haerjedalen

Vermland and Dalsland

The Treasure on the Island

The Journey to Vemminghoeg

Home at Last

The Parting with the Wild Geese


_Some of the purely geographical matter in the Swedish original of the
"Further Adventures of Nils" has been eliminated from the English
version.

The author has rendered valuable assistance in cutting certain chapters
and abridging