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TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION.
The romantic literature of the Scandinavian nations has, of
late, been perused with the most lively interest by the reading
public on both sides of the Atlantic. These “Northmen,”
whose ancient history is so replete with daring deeds of glory
and romance, have, as they now lack the opportunity of displaying
that chivalrous spirit, transferred it from the strife of battle
to the more quiet and peaceful character of highly inspired
domestic literature.
Bishop Tegner, Frederika Bremer, Oehlenschlaeger, and
Anderssen, whose classical writings are known to nearly every
civilized nation, maintain as high and dignified a position in the
arena of literature as any of the most prominent authors of
the day.
There is one branch of domestic literature, however, in which
northern nations, particularly those of Teutonic extraction, excel.
It is the literature of sociality; the graphic description of all
those tender sentiments, of all those pleasures and sorrows
encircled within the walls of “home,” and displayed within the
very bosom of the family circle, when they sit near their snug
fireside, or when they tread the rougher paths of life.
Writings of this description furnish a true and genuine history
of the human heart; for they unfold the secret thoughts and
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