"It has a double charm, the charm that is associated with an old place,
shut off from the world's main currents, and the charm of showing the
origins of an interesting personality. The old town is Ribe, Mr. Riis's
native town in little Denmark, where the big winter storms sometimes drive
the sea up with a rush and a swirl to the old-fashioned houses, where
railroads were not known, where semi-mediaeval customs still prevailed. It
is a book of the heart."
_Illustrated by Wlatyslaw T. Benda; $2.00 net; postage extra_