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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
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2127: Symposium on marine biology
and oceanography of the Faroe Islands:
Norðurlandahúsið, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands,
16.-20. September 1991. Abstracts of lec-
tures and posters
in: Kløvstad, Jan (red): Norðurlandahúsið í
Føroyum. Árhók 1991-92, Tórshavn 1992, pp.
67-100, illustrations by Astrid Andreassen
<A collection of 40 lecture abstracts and 25 poster
abstracts froni the symposium. List of participants
on pp. 99-100>
2234: Vikør, Lars S.: The Nordic Languages.
Their Status and Interrelation
Oslo (Novus Press) 1993, 245 pp., (= Nordic
Languages Secretariat. Publication no. 14). 2nd
edition 1995, 3rd edition 2001, 254 pp.
<3rd edition: Faroese on pp. 61-64 (develop-
ment, history), 107-111 (Danish and Faroese
in the Faroes), 173-175 (The Faroese Language
Committee), 220-221 (The linguistic climate)>
2236: [Villiers, Henry Montague]: The Faroe
Islands
Lontlon (His Majesty’s Stationary Oflice) 1901
(= Foreign Oflice, Diplomatic and Consular
Reports, No. 2589, Annual Series), 15 pp.
<A comprehensive description of tlie Faroes with an
emphasis on the local economy. Contains a transla-
tion ofthe Game Act ofthe Faroe Islands ofApril 23,
1879 and of the Fishing Law for the Faroe Islands
(Law No. 95) ofApril 14, 1893>
>- Reviewed in:
The Times, no. 36,457, May 17, 1901, p. 3
2237: [Villiers, Henry Montague]: Trade and
Laws of tlie Faroe Islands
London (His Majesty’s Stationary Office) 1903
(= Foreign Office, Diplomatic and Consular
Reports, No. 2984, Annual Series), 47 pp.
<Outline ofthe situation ofeconomy and commerce
in the Faroes; contains translations of several laws,
i.e. Repeal of the Royal Monopoly of Trade to the
Faroe Islands, Law of March 21, 1855; Weights
and Measures, Law of February 19, 1861; Law on
Various Taxes, Law. No. 44 of March 30, 1892;
Foreigners Fishing off the Faroe Islands, Law No.
59 of April 23, 1881; Trawling forbidden within
Territorial Limits oftlie Faroe Islands, Law No. 5 of
January 14, 1899, amended July 8, 1902; Faroese
Fisheries Law of July 8, 1902; Notice concerning
the Quarantine Regulations of tlie Faroe Islands;
Stranding Law, No. 49 ofMarch 23, 1899>
2238: [Villiers, Henry Montague]: Fishing,
Whaling and otlier Industries of tlie Faroe
Islands for tlie Year 1904
London (His Majesty’s Stationary Office) 1905
(= Foreign Office, Diplomatic and Consular
Reports, No. 3404, Annual Series), 26 pp.
<Comprehensive report; contains on pp. 14-16 a
"Draft ofWhaling Regulations”>
2259: [Edwardes, Cliarles]: A Walk in the
Faroe Isles
in: [Littell’s] Living Age. Fifth Series, vol. LIIl
(Vol. CLXVIII), Boston 1886, p. 108-115
<A reprint of Edwardes’ article ”A Walk in tlie
Faroes”, in ”Macmillan’s Magazine”, vol. 53,
December 1885, pp. 121-130; cf. no. 0486>
2334: Willemoes-Suhm, Rudolf von: Danish
Expedition to the Faroes
in: Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of
Science. Vol. VI, no. 150, Sept. 12, 1872, p.
394. Reprinted in: [Lit-tell’s] Living Age, vol.
115, 1872, p. 12-128
2349: Williamson, Kenneth: The Economic
and Ethnological Importance of the Caaing
Whale, Globicephala melaena Traill, in the
Faeroe Islands
in: North Western Naturalist. Arbroath, vol. 20,
1945, pp. 118-136, 3 plates with b/w-photo-
graphs, 2 figures, 2 tables, references
<A comprehensive study of the traditions and the
economic importance of the Faroese pilot whale
hunt. Contents: Introduction, pp. 118-119; Tlte
Hunt, pp. 119-123; Distribution of the Meat, pp.
124-128; Historical and Etlmological Notes, pp.
130-134; Whaling in Nortli Britain, pp. 134-136>