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BOOKS FOR FURTHER STUDY.
Knut Gjerset: History of Iceland. London and New York
1924. A work of great merit.
Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson (Editor) : Iceland; a Hand-book.
Reykjavik 1926. Packed with reliable information on
a great varity of subjects.
Horatio S. White: Willard Fiske; Life and Correspon-
dence. Oxford University Press, 1925.
Memorials of Willard Fiske. Three vols. Boston 1920—22.
Halldor Hermannsson (Editor) : Islandica. An annual relat-
ing to Icelandic history and bibliography published
since 1908 by the Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
W. C. Green: Translations from the Icelandic. London
1908. Representative specimens, mainly of Old Icelandic
literature, selected with eminently good taste and
translated with great skill.
W. A. Craigie: The Icelandic Sagas. Cambridge 1913. An
acknowledged masterpiece. Other books by the same
author: Scandinavian Folk-lore. Paisley 1896. Religion
of Ancient Scandinavia. London 1906.
Articles on Icelandic subjects as well as translations of
Icelandic poetry appear from time in the Common Weal,
a monthly magazine published in London, (See adver-
tisement on p. 120).
For Icelandic Grammars, Readers, Dictionaries, etc., see p.
62 ante as well as advertisement on p. 118.
Th. Thoroddsen: Island; Grundriss der Geographie und
Geologie. Gotha 1905—6.
.). C. Poestion: lslandische Dichter der Neuzeit. Leipzig 1897.
Ragnar Lundborg: Die gegenwdrtigen Staatenverbindungen.
Berlin 1921.
Daniel Bruun: Turistruter paa Island. Copenhagen 1921. As
a handbook for the traveller in Iceland this work
is absolutely unrivalled. It is profusely illustrated.
Th. Thoroddsen: Island. Copenhagen 1919.
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