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...introduction Professor Smith spoke of the isolated character of the development of Icelandic life and literature. The barreness of Iceland's soil and climate compelled the hardy Norseman to a life upon the sea, but this struggle for bare existence did not claim the best of Iceland's great...
...Icelandic Sagas differ from European literature both in their style and in the circumstances which prompted their composition. Iceland, during her development lived in peace. The Icelanders were proud of their traditions and thus old tales were preserved in their integrity. Consequently the Sagas impress the reader with a belief in their truthfulnes...
...Iceland's Heroic Age exrends from the settlement of the island to 1067. Ari, Iceland's greatest scholar and historian, possessed in a marked degree abilities for historical writing. He was a priest-chief, and was a devout Christian, but he cherished none the less the traditions of his country. He was more than a mere chronicler, he was an historian, possessing an appreciation of the true relations of events one to the other. He was the father of Icelandic letters...
...Icelandic Saga. Family life in Iceland. Njal's Saga. Illustrated Lecture. Professor Charles Sprague Smith. Harvard...
Thursday. Dec. 3.- Family life in Iceland, viking voyages, blood feuds and disputes at the Althing. Njal's Saga...