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PREFACE.
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The object of the Handbook for Norway and Sweden,
which now appears for the fourth time, is to supply the
traveller with information regarding the most interesting scenery
and physical characteristics of these countries, and with a
few notes on the history, languages, and customs of the
inhabitants. Like the Editor’s other handbooks, it is based on
his personal acquaintance with the country described, a great
part of which he has himself explored, visiting the most
important places repeatedly. His exertions to secure the
accuracy and completeness of the work have been supplemented
by the kind assistance of several gentlemen, Norwegian,
Swedish, English, and German, to whom his grateful
acknowledgements are due. If, however, any of the statements in the
Handbook should be found erroneous or defective, he will
gratefully receive any corrections or suggestions with which
travellers may favour him.
The traveller will effect a considerable saving both of time
and money by preparing an outline of his tour before leaving
home, but the details cannot be finally adjusted until the
latest local time-tables have been consulted. The most
important of these are ‘Norges Communicationer’ for Norway
(25 <?.) and ‘Sveriges Kommunikationer’ for Sweden (10 ö.j,
both issued weekly in summer at Christiania and Stockholm
respectively, but these publications, the latter in particular,
are far from complete, containing no mention of many of the
small steamboats which ply on the remoter fjords, lakes, and
rivers. An excellent itinerary for the southern districts of
Norway is the ‘Lomme-Reiseroute’ (usually published in
June, price 1 kr. 50 e.).
On the Maps and Plans of the most important districts
and towns the utmost care has been bestowed, and it ishopcd
that they will be found to suffice for all ordinary travellers.
Heights are given approximately in English feet’l Norw.
ft. = 1.029 Engl. ft.; 1 Sw. ft. = 0.974 Engl. ft.;.
Distances are given in kilometres, as the tariffs for carrioles and
boats are now calculated on the metrical system ’comp,
pp. xxii. xxiii). The Populations and other statistics are
given from the most recent official sources.
First-class Hotels, though much less numerous in Norway
and Sweden than in more densely peopled countries, are to
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