It is a pleasant duty to acknowledge my indebted ness for valuable criticism to my friends, E. Munroe Smith, Adjunct Professor Of History in Columbia College, and Hon. Rasmus B. Andersen, United States Minister to Denmark, without whose kindly aid in procuring books, maps, etc., the diffi culties in the preparation Of the present volume would have been much increased. I am also under Obligation to Dr. W. H. Carpenter, Of Columbia College, and to the Norwegian artist, Mr. H. N. Gausta, Of La Crosse, Wis, who has kindly sent me two spirited original compositions, illustrative Of peasant-life in Norway.
