Chapter XLVIII: � Homeward Bound -- Conclusion

FAUST By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe With Illustrations By Harry Clarke Translated Into English, In The Original Metres, By Bayard Taylor CONTENTS PREFACE AN GOETHE DEDICATION PRELUDE AT THE THEATRE PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN SCENE I. NIGHT (Faust's Monologue) II. BEFORE THE CITY-GATE III. THE STUDY (The Exorcism) IV. THE STUDY (The Compact) V. AUERBACH'S CELLAR VI. WITCHES' KITCHEN VII. A STREET VIII. EVENING IX. PROMENADE X. THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE XI. STREET XII. GARDEN XIII. A GARDEN-ARBOR XIV. FOREST AND CAVERN XV. MARGARET'S ROOM XVI. MARTHA'S GARDEN XVII. AT THE FOUNTAIN XVIII. DONJON (Margaret's Prayer) XIX. NIGHT (Valentine's Death) XX. CATHEDRAL XXI. WALPURGIS-NIGHT XXII. OBERON AND TITANIA'S GOLDEN WEDDING XXIII. DREARY DAY XXIV. NIGHT XXV. DUNGEON

NORTHERN TRAVEL By Bayard Taylor

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. A WINTER VOYAGE ON THE BALTIC Embarking at L�beck�Put into a Hut�The Company on Board�Night on the Baltic�Ystad�A Life Lost�Stopped by Ice�A Gale�The Swedish Coast�Arrival at Dalar��Conscientious Custom-House Officer 13

CHAPTER II. STOCKHOLM�PREPARATIONS FOR THE NORTH. Departure in Sleds�A Meteor�Winter Scenery�Swedish Post- Stations �View of Stockholm�Arrival�Stockholm Weather�Swedish Ignorance of the North�Funds�Equipment 21

CHAPTER III. FIRST EXPERIENCES OF NORTHERN TRAVEL. A Swedish Diligence�Aspect of the Country�Upsala�A Fellow- Passenger�The Northern Gods�Scenery�Churches�Peasant's Houses�Arrival at Gefle�F�rbud Papers�Speaking Swedish �Daylight at Gefle�A Cold Italian�Experience of Skjuts and F�rbud�We reach Snow�Night Travel�An Arabic Landlord�A Midnight Chase�Quarters at Bro�The Second Day�We reach Sundsvall 27 [Pg viii] CHAPTER IV. A SLEIGH RIDE THROUGH NORRLAND. Sundsvall and the Norrlanders�Purchase Sleighs�Start again� Driving on the Ice�Breakfast at Fj�l�Twilight Hymn�Angermannland �A Bleak Day�Scenery of Norrland�Postillions�Increase of Cold �Dark Travel�The Norrland People�The Country and its Products �Northern Thanks�Ume�The Inn at Innertafle 39

CHAPTER V. PROGRESS NORTHWARD�A STORM. Christmas Temperature�First Experience of intense Cold�Phenomena thereof�Arctic Travel�Splendour of the Scenery�The Northern Nature�Gross Appetites�My Nose and the Mercury Frozen�Dreary Travel�Skellefte� and its Temple�A Winter Storm�The Landlady at Abyn�Ploughing out�Travelling in a Tempest�Reach Pite�. 50

CHAPTER VI. JOURNEY FROM PITE� TO HAPARANDA. Torment�Under the Aurora Borealis�A Dismal Night�Around the Bothnian Gulf�Forest Scenery�M�nsbyn�The Suspicious Iron-Master �Brother Horton and the Cold�A Trial of Languages�Another Storm�New Year's Day�Entrance into Finland�The Finns�Haparanda 62

CHAPTER VII. CROSSING THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. Medical Treatment�The Kind Fredrika�Morals in the North�Our Quarters at Haparanda�Vain Questions�Start for Lapland�Arctic Daylight�Campbell's Torne�A Finnish Inn�Colours of the Arctic Sky�Approach to Avasaxa�Crossing the Arctic Circle�An Afternoon Sunset�Reception at Juoxengi 72 [Page ix]