NORTHERN TRAVEL.

NORTHERN TRAVEL.

BAYARD TAYLOR.

The Vöring Foss.

NEW YORK : G. P. PUTNAM.

1859.

NORTHERN TRAVEL:

Summer and Winter Pictures

OF

SWEDEN, DENMARK AND LAPLAND,

BY

BAYARD TAYLOR.

NEW YORK :

G. P. PUTNAM, 115 NASSAU-STREET.

1859.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

G. P. Putnam,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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PREFACE.

This book requires no further words of introduction thanthose with which I have prefaced former volumes—that myobject in travel is neither scientific, statistical, nor politico-economical;but simply artistic, pictorial,—if possible,panoramic. I have attempted to draw, with a hand which,I hope, has acquired a little steadiness from long practice,the people and the scenery of Northern Europe, to colourmy sketches with the tints of the originals, and to investeach one with its native and characteristic atmosphere. Inorder to do this, I have adopted, as in other countries, asimple rule: to live, as near as possible, the life of the peopleamong whom I travel. The history of Sweden andNorway, their forms of Government, commerce, productiveindustry, political condition, geology, botany, and agriculture,can be found in other works, and I have only touchedupon such subjects where it was necessary to give [Pg vi]completenessto my pictures. I have endeavoured to give photographs,instead of diagrams, or tables of figures; and desireonly that the untravelled reader, who is interested in thecountries I visit, may find that he is able to see them bythe aid of my eyes.

BAYARD TAYLOR.

London

: November, 1857.

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CONTENTS.