Ingeborg the Fair
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, recountingthe heroic deeds of great Hector and lion-hearted Achilles, havedelighted the children, young and old, of many lands. But part of ourown heritage, and nearer to us in race and time, are these stories ofBeowulf and Frithiof.
The records of lives nobly lived are an inspiration to noble living.With the hope that the courage, truth, endurance, reverence, andpatriotism shown by these heroes of the Northland will arouse interestand emulation, this little book is offered to our children.
"The Story of Frithiof" is based upon Holcomb's translation of BishopTegnér's poem, "The Saga of Frithiof," and the quotations are used bythe 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