Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I speak in the narrative of the dwellings of the people; how they lived; Of their bys, or b'urgs; of the different grades making up society; of their feasts; Of their temples; Of their worship, religious ceremonies, and sacrifices; of funerals; of Amazons; of athletic games; of women and maidens; of love; of duels and sports; Of dress; of men and women; of marriages. In a word, the book is a life-like picture Of the period. The time which I have chosen is the epoch when the Norsemen were most surely and swiftly sapping the power of Rome, and engaged in colonization on the largest scale. There is not an Object, a jewel, either Norse, Roman, or Greek, or a coin mentioned, that has not been found in the present Scandinavia, and is not seen to-day in its museums, and often in great numbers.

I speak in the narrative of the dwellings of the people; how they lived; Of their bys, or b'urgs; of the different grades making up society; of their feasts; Of their temples; Of their worship, religious ceremonies, and sacrifices; of funerals; of Amazons; of athletic games; of women and maidens; of love; of duels and sports; Of dress; of men and women; of marriages. In a word, the book is a life-like picture Of the period. The time which I have chosen is the epoch when the Norsemen were most surely and swiftly sapping the power of Rome, and engaged in colonization on the largest scale. There is not an Object, a jewel, either Norse, Roman, or Greek, or a coin mentioned, that has not been found in the present Scandinavia, and is not seen to-day in its museums, and often in great numbers.