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The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

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Number of Chapters: 111

Length: 16 hours and 40 minutes

Language: English

This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The ghost of Hamlet's father:
Bernardo: alanmapstone / Francisco: Jim Locke / Horatio: Eva Davis / Marcellus: Tomas Peter / Hamlet: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia

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The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece (Sonia)
Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note (Sonia)
The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda (Sonia)
The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda (Devorah Allen)
Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda (Tomas Peter)
Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda (Philip Watson)
The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda (Philip Watson)
Proverbs from the Eddas (Sonia)
Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28 (Jim Locke)
Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note (April6090)
The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Nemo)
The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla (Jim Locke)
Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000) (Devorah Allen)
Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (cathar maiden)
Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030) (Jim Locke)
The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76 (Foon)
King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen (Wanda Wilkey)
How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen (Jim Locke)
How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla (Chris Fields)
Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88 (cathar maiden)
Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note (Foon)
Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie (Jim Locke)
A home in the North, photograph p. 92 (Foon)
The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100 (Foon)
How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman (KevinS)
Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106 (Monika M. C.)
The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Alan Mapstone)
Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley (Tomas Peter)
How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm (Alan Mapstone)
How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould (Jim Locke)
How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus (cathar maiden)
The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm (Phjodor)
Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000) (April6090)
Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. (Hopeforce1)
Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. (Max Körlinge)
The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen (Max Körlinge)
Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (Jim Locke)
The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg (Alan Mapstone)
The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius (Jim Locke)
How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire (Jim Locke)
Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208 (Alan Mapstone)
The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson (Availle)
Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare (Group)
The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234 (Sonia)
The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark) (Philip Watson)
How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus (Philip Watson)
The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus (Philip Watson)
The letter of King Canute (1027) (Sonia)
Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman (Colleen McMahon)
Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter) (Tomas Peter)
The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton (Nemo)
Molboer stories (Jim Locke)
Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire (Colleen McMahon)
King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald (Alan Mapstone)
Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century) (PatrS)
The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin (Colleen McMahon)
Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself (Devorah Allen)
Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note (Alan Mapstone)
How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould (Tomas Peter)
How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary (Jim Locke)
Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary (Jim Locke)
How the laws were made in Saga time (Sonia)
Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note (Alan Mapstone)
The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason (Alan Mapstone)
Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga'' (Jim Locke)
How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga (Jim Locke)
Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Nemo)
How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould (April6090)
The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal (Kathrine Engan)
How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris (KevinS)
Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note (cathar maiden)
The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin (Availle)
Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles (April6090)
Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor (Availle)
How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith (Sonia)
Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note (Tomas Peter)
How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes (Jane Bennett)
How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes (Jane Bennett)
The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink (PatrS)
The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis (Jim Locke)
A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes (Jim Locke)
Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note (Availle)
Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede (Jim Locke)
How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes (Jim Locke)
The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine (Jim Locke)
The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine (Jim Locke)
What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes (Availle)
Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes (Availle)
The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin (April6090)
Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik (Kristine Bekere)
How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen (April6090)
The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518 (Tomas Peter)
Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen (Kristine Bekere)
The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten (Kristine Bekere)
A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott (Devorah Allen)
The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen (April6090)
The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary (Availle)
Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546 (Alan Mapstone)
The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton (KevinS)
Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen (KevinS)
At the South Pole, photograph p. 574 (Alan Mapstone)
The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly (KevinS)
Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott (Sonia)
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