Talks about authors and their work . ^-hood. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight,But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night. —Longfellow. BJORNSTJERNE Norway Story-Teller. Born, January 25, lu liis fatherland, Norway, Bjornsen is knownas more than a writer of songs and stories. He lives the daily lifeof the people, andfeels with them andfights forthem withhis voice and is just the manto write the storiesof this rugged,rocky country. Onewriter has said ofhim: He is thegreat seed-sower ofNorway. Thi
Talks about authors and their work . ^-hood. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight,But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night. —Longfellow. BJORNSTJERNE Norway Story-Teller. Born, January 25, lu liis fatherland, Norway, Bjornsen is knownas more than a writer of songs and stories. He lives the daily lifeof the people, andfeels with them andfights forthem withhis voice and is just the manto write the storiesof this rugged,rocky country. Onewriter has said ofhim: He is thegreat seed-sower ofNorway. Thiscountry is a moun-tainous land: it isrocky, rugged and barren. The seed falls onstony ground, and many a grain is blown awayby the wind. But a large quantity of his seedhas already sprouted. Many a tree planted byhis hand is already in blossom. The fruit ofthese trees will be gathered by many genera- (159). BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSEN. 160 TALKS ABOUT AUTHORS. tions, for the work of Bjornsen will not die. Thebook that first made his name known all over hisown land, and very soon over other lands, wasthat simple, child-like story of the Norwegianmaiden, Synnove Solbakken. Bven criticalDenmark received the little book with hero of the book, Thorbjorn, mnst bea type of the vigorous, stubborn youth ofNorway. In his story of Arne, which is agreater book, another type of youth is given; thepoetical, the tender-hearted, dreamy youth, whoneeded strong discipline to bring out the strengthof his manhood. These two stories, SynnoreSolbakken and Arne are different, but bothso true to the nature of the youth of Norway, allyoung people love to read them. Then camehis story of The Happy Boy. The bubblingjoy of this story brought a message to the melan-choly Norwegians of the joy of life, and was likea fresh, new note in a beautiful song. This trio of stories of peasant life was followedby stories
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