This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The ghost of Hamlet's father: Bernardo: alanmapstone / Francisco: Jim Locke / Horatio: Eva Davis / Marcellus: Tomas Peter / Hamlet: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia
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The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispieceNorway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical noteThe wolf Fenris, from the Younger EddaThe horse Sleipnir, from the Younger EddaThor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger EddaThor among the giants, from the Younger EddaThe death of Balder, from the Younger EddaProverbs from the EddasBoinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical noteThe discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the HeimskringlaStories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowStories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. BoyesenHow King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. BoyesenHow King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the HeimskringlaBirchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical noteFinn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas LieA home in the North, photograph p. 92The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-FerrymanMarket day in the Far North, photograph p. 106The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowSweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical noteThe hall of the early chiefs, by Henry MorleyHow the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. CronholmHow the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-GouldHow Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo GrammaticusThe defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. CronholmSigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical noteThe blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm JensenGustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerThe battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael AltenburgThe crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. TopeliusHow the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet VoltaireBringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208The Nobel Prize, by Vance ThompsonDenmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical noteThe ghost of Hamlet's father, by William ShakespeareThe play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark)How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo GrammaticusThe speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo GrammaticusThe letter of King Canute (1027)Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen ZimmermanDenmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical noteKing Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter)The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline NortonMolboer storiesDenmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical noteThe ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet VoltaireKing Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes EvaldStories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron SimolinHans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himselfIceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical noteHow the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-GouldHow the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford VicaryPaying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford VicaryHow the laws were made in Saga timeIceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical noteThe Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf TryggvasonGlum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's SagaThangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHow Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-GouldThe burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt NjalHow the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William MorrisIceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical noteThe fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord DufferinClimbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny MilesWaiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard TaylorHow Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney LeithGreenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical noteHow Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. HayesHow the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. HayesThe search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry RinkThe apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. RiisA model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. HayesGreenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical noteGreenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans EgedeHow to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. HayesThe Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazineThe farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazineWhat is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. HayesEscaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. HayesThe search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical noteSpitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord DufferinFifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans HendrikHow to build a snow-hut, by Roald AmundsenThe Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald AmundsenThe search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical noteThe fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth DotenA balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth ScottThe attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof NansenThe discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. PearyAdmiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical noteIn Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. ShackletonNorway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald AmundsenAt the South Pole, photograph p. 574The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's WeeklyCaptain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott
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