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  Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has
  been preserved. Inconsistent spelling in the original
  (e.g. "Holmencollen" and "Holmenkollen") has been preserved.

  The following spelling corrections were made:
    - "Bjornstjerne Bjornsen" changed to "Bjornstjerne Bjornson"
    - "Armed with his mighty hammer Mjolmer" changed to "Armed with
       his mighty hammer Mjolnir"
    - "Moldoen" changed to "Moldoeen"

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NORWAY




     BY THE SAME ARTIST AND
     AUTHOR

     Holland

     CONTAINING 76 FULL-PAGE
     ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

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  [Illustration: COUNTRY GIRL FROM DALEN]




     NORWAY BY NICO
     JUNGMAN. TEXT BY
     BEATRIX JUNGMAN
     PUBLISHED BY A. & C.
     BLACK LONDON W




     Published April 1905




CONTENTS


                                                        PAGE
       CHAPTER I

     PRECARIOUS TRAVEL                                     3

       CHAPTER II

     BROTTEM, AUNE, SLIPER, GJORA, SUNDALSOREN, ETC.      23

       CHAPTER III

     ON THE FJORDS                                        45

       CHAPTER IV

     MINOR ROMANTIC EPISODES                              63

       CHAPTER V

     MAINLY ABOUT SAINTS                                  85

       CHAPTER VI

     ARTS AND CRAFTS                                     107

       CHAPTER VII

     FARM-HOUSES: WEDDING FESTIVITIES                    129

       CHAPTER VIII

     FORESTRY: REINDEER: LAND TENURES                    149

       CHAPTER IX

     FISHERIES: THE LAPPS: RELIGION AND MORALS: MUSIC    169

       CHAPTER X

     LEGENDS AND LITERATURE                              187




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


     1. Country Girl from Dalen               _Frontispiece_

                                                 FACING PAGE
     2. Trondhjem--Old Boats                               4

     3. Costume worn in the Bergen District                6

     4. The Road to Hell, near Trondhjem                   8

     5. White Cap worn in the Bergen District             10

     6. Trondhjem                                         12

     7. Little Girl of Telemarken                         14

     8. Making the Dinner--a Cottage Interior at Saelbo    16

     9. Bergen                                            18

     10. On the Fjord, Sundalsoren                        20

     11. Country-women selling Berries on the Road to
         Storen                                           24

     12. Norwegian Captain                                26

     13. Farm-house and Mill at Gjora                     28

     14. Mountains and River at Gjora                     30

     15. A Little Farm on the Riverside at Gjora          32

     16. Ostre Kanalhavn, Trondhjem                       34

     17. The Town of Molde                                36

     18. Woman Spinning, Sundalsoren                      38

     19. Snow-capped Mountain at Sundalsoren              40

     20. Old Warehouse and Boats, Molde                   46

     21. Mountains and Fjord facing Molde                 48

     22. Moldoeen                                          50

     23. Bergen                                           52

     24. A Fair Maiden of North Bergen                    54

     25. Bergen Boats and Warehouses                      56

     26. Vaefos, Hildal, Hardanger                         58

     27. A Hardanger Country Girl                         64

     28. Skjaeggedalsfos, Hardanger                        66

     29. Hardanger Headdress                              68

     30. River at Haukeli                                 70

     31. A Peasant of Saetersdalen                         72

     32. Espelandsfos, Hardanger                          74

     33. A Boy of Saetersdalen                             76

     34. Sundalsfjord                                     78

     35. Saetersdalen Girl in National Costume             80

     36. Saetersdalen Peasant Girl                         86

     37. Moldoeen                                          88

     38. A Cottage Interior, Telemarken                   90

     39. A Norwegian Girl                                 92

     40. Kjendalsbrae                                      94

     41. A Typical Norwegian Maiden                       96

     42. A Baby of Telemarken                             98

     43. Romsdals Horn                                   100

     44. Old Age, Telemarken                             102

     45. Romsdals Waterfall                              108

     46. The Houses of Parliament (Storthing),
         Christiania                                     110

     47. Ski Sports--the Great Holmencollen Day
         outside Christiania                             112

     48. Room by Munthe at Holmencollen                  114

     49. Skiers drinking Goosewine                       116

     50. Girls on Overturned Sledge, Holmencollen        118

     51. Old Canal, Christiania                          120

     52. Sledging by Torchlight                          122

     53. Making Native Tapestry                          124

     54. Bird's-eye View of Christiania                  126

     55. A Vosse Bride                                   130

     56. Farm-houses built of Poles                      132

     57. Country Girl, Bergen District                   138

     58. Saetersdalen Bride                               140

     59. A Hardanger Bride                               142

     60. Making "Flad-Brod"--a Cottage Interior          144

     61. Snow Plough drawn by Eight or Ten Horses        150

     62. Fishing through the Ice on Christiania Fjord    152

     63. Fishing-nets at Sundalsoren                     156

     64. The Midnight Sun                                158

     65. Mundal, Fjaerland, Sognefjord                    162