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Title: Northland Heroes

Author: Florence Holbrook

Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20853]

Language: English

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Northland Heroes

By

FLORENCE HOLBROOK

Author of

"The Hiawatha Primer" "A Book of Nature Myths" etc.

LONDON: GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD.

2 & 3 Portsmouth St. Kingsway WC

AND AT CALCUTTA AND SYDNEY

First published January 1909

by GEORGE G. HARRAP & Co.

2 & 3 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2

Reprinted: April 1911; May 1913;

May 1914; October 1919; July 1922

PREFACE

For centuries the songs of Homer, the blind poet of Greece, recounting
the heroic deeds of great Hector and lion-hearted Achilles, have
delighted the children, young and old, of many lands. But part of our
own heritage, and nearer to us in race and time, are these stories of
Beowulf and Frithiof.

The records of lives nobly lived are an inspiration to noble living.
With the hope that the courage, truth, endurance, reverence, and
patriotism shown by these heroes of the Northland will arouse interest
and emulation, this little book is offered to our children.

"The Story of Frithiof" is based upon Holcomb's translation of Bishop
Tegner's poem, "The Saga of Frithiof," and the quotations are used by
the kind permission of Mrs Holcomb and the publishers.

FLORENCE HOLBROOK.

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF FRITHIOF

IN HILDING'S GARDEN
KING BELE AND THORSTEN
FRAMNESS
KING HELGE AND FRITHIOF
IN THE COUNTRY OF KING RING
FRITHIOF'S ANSWER
IN BALDER'S GROVE
THE PARTING
FRITHIOF AND ANGANTYR
THE RETURN
BALDER'S FUNERAL PILE
ON THE SEA
THE VIKING'S CODE
FRITHIOF'S RETURN
KING RING AND THE STRANGER
THE RIDE ON THE ICE
IN THE FOREST
KING RING'S DEATH
THE NEW KING
PRITHIOF AT HIS FATHER'S GRAVE
THE RECONCILIATION

THE STORY OF BEOWULF

THE COMING OF SHEAF
THE YOUNG BEOWULF
THE HARPER'S STORY
BEOWULF AND H