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THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS
GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
Transcriber's Note:
In this Latin-1 text version:
text in italics is marked with underscores, e.g. _italics_
text in small capitals is shown in upper-case.
Hyphenation is inconsistent, for example sheepskin, sheep-skin and
sheep's-skin all occur. These have been left as printed.
On page 184 "... and the nip reddened on the naked branch of the
hawthorn" has been left as printed, however the original Swedish talks
of nyponet (rosehip) and törnbuskens (rosehip and thornbush), rather
than nip and hawthorn.
Changes that have been made are:
Page 4 from: then I feel that I must speak
to: then I feel that I must speak.
Page 55 from: the newly-buried birl
to: the newly-buried girl
Page 94 from: the everlasting unrest that tormened him
to: the everlasting unrest that tormented him
Page 124 from: why had be been unhappy?
to: why had he been unhappy?
Page 229 from: found friends in the solitude above
to: found friends in the solitude above.
Page 264 from: Guilietta Lombardi
to: Giulietta Lombardi
Page 328 from: the snow had laid its thinck carpet
to: the snow had laid its thick carpet