Zigzag Journeys
IN
NORTHERN LANDS.
THE RHINE TO THE ARCTIC.
A SUMMER TRIP OF THE ZIGZAG CLUB THROUGH
HOLLAND, GERMANY, DENMARK, NORWAY,
AND SWEDEN.
BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH,
AUTHOR OF “YOUNG FOLKS’ HISTORY OF AMERICA,” “YOUNG FOLKS’ HISTORY OF BOSTON,”
“ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE,” ETC.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
BOSTON:
ESTES AND LAURIAT,
301-305 Washington Street.
1884.
Copyright, 1883,
By Estes and Lauriat.
THE ZIGZAG SERIES.
BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH,
OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE “YOUTH’S COMPANION,” AND
CONTRIBUTOR TO “ST. NICHOLAS” MAGAZINE.
Each volume complete in itself.
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NOW PUBLISHED.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN CLASSIC LANDS.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE ORIENT.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE OCCIDENT.
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New Volume for 1883.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS.
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PREFACE.
This fifth volume of the Zigzag books, in whichhistory is taught by a supposed tour of interestingplaces, might be called a German story-book.
It was the aim of “Zigzag Journeys in Europe”and “Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands” tomake history interesting by stories and pictures of places. It was thepurpose of “Zigzag Journeys in the Orient” to explain the EasternQuestion, and of “Zigzag Journeys in the Occident” to explainHomesteading in the West.
The purpose of this volume is the same as in “Europe” and“Classic Lands.” A light narrative of travel takes the reader to theplaces most conspicuously associated with German history, tradition,literature, and art, and in a disconnected way gives a view of the mostinteresting events of those Northern countries that once constituted agreat part of the empire of Charlemagne.
It is th