4. _Norske Viser og Stev i Folkesproget. Anden Udgave_: Christiania,
1848. This contains forty-three national ballads, mostly in provincial
dialects, and consequently very difficult to translate but, in many
respects, extremely curious, referring to the manners, customs, and
superstitions of the peasantry. The new edition is edited by P. A.
Munch, Professor of History in the University of Christiania. The notes
of some national airs are added at the end.
Professor Munch also published in 1850, _Symbolæ ad Historiam
Antiquiorem Rerum Norvegicarum. I. Breve Chronicon Norvegiæ. II.
Genealogia Comitum Orcadensium. III. Catalogus Regum Norvegiæ. E. Codice
quoad magnam partem hactenus inedito, et in orcadibus, ut videtur, medio
sæculo XVto conscripto._ Appended to it is the following curious
genealogy:--
"Stemma, originem celsissimæ principis LUDOVICÆ, futuræ Principis nostri
uxoris, nec non VICTORIÆ, augustissimæ Britanniarum reginæ, a _Sancto
Olao_, patrono Norvegiæ, illustrans."
"SANCTUS OLAUS, rex Norveg., ob. 1030, pr. kal. Sept. Uxor
| Astrida, filia _Olai_ regis Sveciæ.
_Ulfhilda_, mar. _Ordulfus_, dux Saxoniæ, ob. 1074.
|
_Magnus_, dux Sax. ob. 1106.
|
_Ulfhilda_, mar. _Henricus Niger_, dux Bavariæ.
|
_Henricus Superbus_, dux Bavariæ et Saxoniæ, ob. 1130.
|
_Henricus Leo_, id. ob. 1195.
|
_Wilhelmus_, dux, ob. 1213.
|
_Otto Puer_, dux Brunsvico-Luneburgensis, ob. 1252.
|
_Albertus Magnus_, dux Brunsv. ob. 1279.
|
_Albertus pinguis_, dux Br. Göttingen, ob. 1318.
|
_Magnus pius_, dux Brunsv. ob. 1368.
|
_Magnus Torquatus_, dux Brunsv. ob. 1373.
|
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| |
_Bernhardus_, dux Lun. _Henricus_, dux Br.
| ob. 1434. | ob. 1416.
_Fridericus pius_, id. _Wilhelmus victoriosus_, dux
| ob. 1478. | Br. ob. 1482.
_Otto Magnanimus_, id. _Wilhelmus junior_, dux Br.
| ob. 1471. | Guelferb. ob. c.
| | 1500.
_Henricus junior_, id. _Henricus malus_, dux Br.
| ob. 1532. | Guelf. ob. 1514.
_Ernestus_, d. Cellæ, _Henricus junior_, id. ob.
| ob. 1546. | 1575.
_Wilhelmus junior_, d. Lun. _Julius_, id. ob. 1589.
| ob. 1592. |
_Georgius_, id. _Henricus Julius_, id. ob.
| ob. 1641. | 1613.
_Ernestus Augustus_, _Sophia Hedviga_, ob. 1642,
| Elector Hannov. | nupta _Ernesto
| 1698. | Casimiro_, Com. de
| | Nassau-Dietz.
_Georgius I._ rex Brit. _Wilhelmus Fridericus_, com.
| ob. 1727. | de N.-D. vicerex
| | Fresiæ, ob. 1664.
_Georgius II._ rex Br. _Henricus Casimirus_, pr. de
| ob. 1760. | Nassau-Dietz, v.
| | Fresiæ, ob. 1696.
Fridericus Ludovicus, _Johannes Willelmus Friso_,
| princ. Brit. | pr. de Nassau-Dietz,
| ob. 1751. | vic. her. Fresiæ,
| | ob. 1711.
_Georgius III._ rex Br. _Willelmus Carolus Henricus
| ob. 1820. | Friso_, pr.
| | Arausionensis, vic.
| | her. Bat. ob. 1751.
_Edwardus Augustus_, dux _Willelmus V._ pr.
| Cantiæ, | Arausionensis, vic.
| ob. 1820. | her. Bat. ob. 1806.
VICTORIA, regina _Willelmus I._ rex Bat. ob.
Britanniarum. | 1843.
|
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| |
_Willelmus II._ _Willelmus Fridericus
| rex Bat. | Carolus_,
| ob. 1849. | pr. Bat.
WILLELMUS III. WILLELMINA FRIDERICA
rex Bat. ALEXANDRINA, Anna
Ludovica, nata 5 Aug.
1828."
Further elucidating the ancient history of Scandinavia are the following
works:--
_Fagskrinna. Kortfaltet Norsk Konge-Saga fra slutningen af det 12te
eller begyndelsen af det 13de aarhundrede. Udgivet af P. A. Munch,
Professor i Historie, og C. R. Unger, Stipendiat i Nordisk
Sprogvidenskab_: Christiania, 1847. In Icelandic, with Norwegian
introduction and notes. _C. M. Falsen, Geografisk Beskrivelse over
Kongeriget Norge og Udsigt over dets ældre Historie, som Indledning til
Norges udförlige Historie_, 1821; and _Norges Historie under Kong Harald
Haarfager og hans mandlige Descendenter_, 1824, by the same author.
The various works and sources of information above mentioned will be
found to lead on to many others, so that it will not be difficult for
those who wish it, and can afford the time, to enter fully into the
highly interesting and curious history of the North--a subject which
once entered upon is not easy to quit. The literature of Scandinavia is
considerable: although that of Denmark and of Norway is less known,
distinctively, in this country, than the Swedish portion; partly, no
doubt, because the semi-barbarous Gothic character is still much used
instead of the clearer Roman type. English literature is much liked in
Norway, and they have translations of Scott, Bulwer, Laing, Washington
Irving, and some others.
I am very anxious to obtain information on the unanswered points
referred to at page 370.