The Oxonian in Thelemarken, volume 2 (of 2): or, Notes of travel in south-western Norway in the summers of 1856 and 1857. With glances at the legendary lore of that district.

· 1885

Danish custom-house officials--Home sickness--The ladies of Denmark--Ethnological--Sweden and its forests--Influence of climate on Peoples--The French court--Norwegian and Danish pronunciation--The Swiss of the North--An instance of Norwegian slowness--Ingemann, the Walter Scott of Denmark--Hans Christian Andersen--Genius in rags--The level plains of Zealand--Danish cattle--He who moveth his neighbour’s landmark--Beech groves--The tomb of the great Valdemar--The two queens--The Probst of Ringstedt--Wicked King Abel--Mormonism in Jutland--Roeskilde--Its cathedral--The Semiramis of the North--Frederick IV.--Unfortunate Matilda pp. 1-17 Copenhagen--Children of Amak--Brisk bargaining--Specimens…

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