From The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen, Volume 1 Revised and Edited by William Archer Exactly a year after the production of _Lady Inger of Ostrat_--that is to say on the "Foundation Day" of the Bergen Theatre, January 2, 1866--_The Feast at Solhoug_ was produced. The poet himself has written its history in full in the Preface to the second edition. The only comment that need be made upon his rejoinder to his critics has been made, with perfect fairness as it seems to me, by George Brandes in the following passage:** "No one who is unacquainted with the Scandinavian languages can fully understand the charm that the style and melody of the old ballads exercise upon the Scandinavian mind. T…
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