Jonas Lie is sufficiently famous to need but a very few words of introduction. Ever since 1870, when he made his reputation by his first novel, "_Den Fremsynte_," he has been a prime favourite with the Scandinavian public, and of late years his principal romances have gone the round of Europe. He has written novels of all kinds, but he excels when he describes the wild seas of Northern Norway, and the stern and hardy race of sailors and fishers who seek their fortunes, and so often find their graves, on those dangerous waters. Such tales, for instance, as _"Tremasteren Fremtid," "Lodsen og hans Hustru," "Gaa Paa!"_ and "_Den Fremsynte_" are unique of their kind, and give far truer pictures o…
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