. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. CHAPTEE )e 23aites» anti $relantier5. Danish relations witli Germans—Refuse-heaps of early Danes—Gothic settlements—Trihes \mited—Sweyn and Canute—Christianity adopted late—Danish tolls in Baltic—Scandinavianunion till 1523—Contests betweenSwedenandDenmark—British interference—Severance fromNorway—Loss of Schleswig and Holstein—Physical characters of Danes—Farming-, the
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. CHAPTEE )e 23aites» anti $relantier5. Danish relations witli Germans—Refuse-heaps of early Danes—Gothic settlements—Trihes \mited—Sweyn and Canute—Christianity adopted late—Danish tolls in Baltic—Scandinavianunion till 1523—Contests betweenSwedenandDenmark—British interference—Severance fromNorway—Loss of Schleswig and Holstein—Physical characters of Danes—Farming-, the stapleindustry—Gaiety and egotism—Spirit-drinking and suicide—Influence of aristocracy—Educa-tion and literature—Andersen—Thorwaldsen—The Icelanders—Ultima Thule—Early discoveryby Scandinavians—The old Commonwealth—Norwegian and Danish dominion—Prosperitydiminished after annexation—Description of Icelanders—Peculiar grade of civilisation—Calamities of Iceland—The Sagas and Eddas—Home education—Rejkjavik CoUege—Industries. Refuse-heaps of early Danes. THE Danes are intimately connected in historyand race with the rest of the Scandinasdans ;but, owing
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