Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
LAND OF THOR.

BY

J. ROSS BROWNE,

AUTHOR OF
"YUSEF," "CRUSOE'S ISLAND," "AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN
GERMANY," ETC.

Illustrated by the Author.

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1867.

BY J. ROSS BROWNE.

AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN GERMANY. Illustrated by the
Author. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00.

THE LAND OF THOR. Illustrated by the Author. 12mo,
Cloth, $2 00.

CRUSOE'S ISLAND: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander
Selkirk. With Sketches of Adventure in California and
Washoe. Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth. $1 75.

YUSEF; or, The Journey of the Frangi. A Crusade in the
East. With Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IMPRESSIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG 9

II. A PLEASANT EXCURSION 25

III. VIEWS ON THE MOSCOW RAILWAY 39

IV. MOSCOW 52

V. TEA-DRINKING 60

VI. THE PETERSKOI GARDENS 65

VII. THE "LITTLE WATER" 73

VIII. THE MARKETS OF MOSCOW 77

IX. THE NOSE REGIMENT 88

X. THE EMPEROR'S BEAR-HUNT 92

XI. RUSSIAN HUMOR 97

XII. A MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURE 104

XIII. THE DENOUEMENT 125

XIV. THE KREMLIN 134

XV. RUSSIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 155

XVI. DESPOTISM _versus_ SERFDOM 165

XVII. REFORM IN RUSSIA 170

XVIII. A BOND OF SYMPATHY 185

XIX. CIVILIZATION IN RUSSIA 193

XX. PASSAGE TO REVEL 209

XXI. REVEL AND HELSINGFORS 218

XXII. A BATHING SCENE 227

XXIII. ABO--FINLAND 236

XXIV. STOCKHOLM 248

XXV. WALKS ABOUT STOCKHOLM 262

XXVI. THE GOTHA CANAL 272

XXVII. VOYAGE TO CHRISTIANA 291

XXVIII. FROM CHRISTIANIA TO LILLEHAMMER 302

XXIX. HOW THEY TRAVEL IN NORWAY 310

XXX. A NORWEGIAN GIRL 317

XXXI. HOW THEY LIVE 335

XXXII. JOHN BULL ABROAD 354

XXXIII. WOMEN IN NORWAY AND GERMANY 361

XXXIV. DOWN THE DRIVSDAL 368

XXXV. A NORWEGIAN HORSE-JOCKEY 372

XXXVI. OUT OF MONEY 381

XXXVII. ICELANDIC TRAVEL 383

XXXVIII. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 387

XXXIX. VOYAGE TO SCOTLAND 398

XL. THE JOLLY BLOODS 404

XLI. THE FAROE ISLANDS 408

XLII. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ICELAND 426

XLIII. REYKJAVIK, THE CAPITAL OF ICELAND 431

XLIV. GEIR ZOEGA 440

XLV. THE ENGLISH TOURISTS 445

XLVI. THE ROAD TO THINGVALLA 449

XLVII. THE ALMANNAJAU 465

XLVIII. THINGVALLA 476

XLIX. THE ROAD TO THE GEYSERS 490

L. THE GEYSERS 503

LI. THE ENGLISH SPORTS IN TROUBLE 527

LII. A FRIGHTFUL ADVENTURE 537

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Laborers and Shipwrights 10

Russian and Finn 11

Cooper's Shop and Residence 15

Merchant, Peddlers and Coachman 18

Istrovoschiks 21

Fish Peddler 29

Young Peasants 31

Dvornick and Postman 35

Glazier, Painter, Carpenters 37

Hay Gatherers 46

Prisoners for Siberia 58

Tea-sellers 61

Mujiks at Tea 63

Russian Theatre 68

The Peterskoi Gardens 72

Vodka 75

Old-clothes' Market 78

Cabinet-makers 84

Pigs, Pups, and Pans 87

Imperial Nosegay 90

Skinned and Stuffed Man 100

Frozen Animals in the Market 101

Mujik and Cats 103

Effects of "Little Water" 111

Russian Beggars 115

Gambling Saloon 122

A Passage of Politeness 157

Serfs 168

In Norseland 292

The Steamer entering the Fjord 295

Coast of Norway 297

The Islands 299

Approach to Christiania 303

Station-house, Logen Valley 313

Station-boy 321

"Good-by--Many Thanks!" 322

Norwegian Peasant Family 324

The Post-girl 330

Waiting for a Nibble 341

Snow-plow 344

A Drinking Bout 345

A Norwegian Farm 347

Norwegian Church 348

Parish Schoolmaster 349

Dovre Fjeld 353

Playing him out 356

English Sportsman 358

Bear Chase 359

Peasant Women at Work 360

Wheeling Girls 363

Justice of the Peace 365

Model Landlord 367

Drivsdal Valley 369

Passage on the Driv 371

The Prize 375

Traveling on Foot 382

The great Geyser 385

Hans Christian Andersen 394

A Dandy Tourist 406

Thorshavn 407

View in Faroe Islands 409

Faroese Children 412

Faroese Islanders 414

Kirk Goboe 421

Farm-house and Ruins 423

Faroese on Horseback 425

Natural Bridge 427

Coast of Iceland 429

The Meal-sack 430

Reykjavik, the Capital of Iceland 432

Governor's Residence, Reykjavik 434

Icelandic Houses 435

Church at Reykjavik 436

Icelanders at Work 438

Geir Zoega 441

Icelandic Horses 443

English Party at Reykjavik 447

A Rough Road 451

Taking Snuff 454

An Icelandic Bog 459

Geir Zoega and Brusa 463

Entrance to the Almannajau 466

The Almannajau 467

Skeleton View of the Almannajau 469

Outline View of Thingvalla 470

Fall of the Almannajau 472

Icelandic Shepherd-girl 473

Church at Thingvalla 477

The Pastor's House 479

The Pastor of Thingvalla 485

Skeleton View of the Logberg 488

Thingvalla, Logberg, Almannajau 489

Diagram of the Logberg 490

An Artist at Home 492

Lava-fjelds 494

Effigy in Lava 495

The Hrafnajau 497

The Tintron Rock 499

Bridge River 502

Shepherd and Family 506

The Strokhr 516

Side-saddle 519

Great Geyser and Receiver 525

Strokhr and Receiver 525

"Oh-o-o-ah!" 529

The English Party 533

Interior of Icelandic Hut 536

An Awkward Predicament 540

THE LAND OF THOR.