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ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS.
THE RHINE TO THE ARCTIC.
_A SUMMER TRIP OF THE ZIGZAG CLUB THROUGH HOLLAND, GERMANY, DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN._
BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH,
AUTHOR OF "YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF AMERICA," "YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF BOSTON," "ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE," ETC.
_FULLY ILLUSTRATED._
BOSTON: ESTES AND LAURIAT, 301-305 WASHINGTON STREET. 1884.
_Copyright, 1883_, BY ESTES AND LAURIAT.
THE ZIGZAG SERIES.
BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH,
OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE "YOUTH'S COMPANION," AND CONTRIBUTOR TO "ST. NICHOLAS" MAGAZINE.
_Each volume complete in itself._
NOW PUBLISHED.
_ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE._ _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN CLASSIC LANDS._ _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE ORIENT._ _ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE OCCIDENT._
New Volume for 1883.
_ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS._
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PREFACE.
This fifth volume of the Zigzag books, in which history is taught by asupposed tour of interesting places, might be called a Germanstory-book.
It was the aim of "ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN EUROPE" and "ZIGZAG JOURNEYS INCLASSIC LANDS" to make history interesting by stories and pictures ofplaces. It was the purpose of "ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE ORIENT" toexplain the Eastern Question, and of "ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE OCCIDENT"to explain Homesteading in the West.
The purpose of this volume is the same as in "EUROPE" and "CLASSICLANDS." A light narrative of travel takes the reader to the placesmost conspicuously associated with German history, tradition,literature, and art, and in a disconnected way gives a view of themost interesting events of those Northern countries that onceconstituted a great part of the empire of Charlemagne.
It is the aim of these books to stimulate a love of history, and to_suggest_ the best historical reading. To this end popular stories andpictures are freely used to adapt useful information to the tastes ofthe young. But in every page, story, and picture, right education andright influence are kept in view.
In this volume many German legends and fairy stories have been used,but they are so introduced and guarded as not to leave a wrongimpression upon the minds of the young and immature.
H. B.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE RIVER OF STORY AND SONG 15
II. GHOST STORIES 21
III. A STORY-TELLING JOURNEY 40
IV. GERMAN STORIES 60
V. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CLUB 76
VI. NIGHT SECOND 92
VII. EVENING THE THIRD 104
VIII. EVENING THE FOURTH 122
IX. FIFTH MEETING FOR RHINE STORIES 145
X. NIGHT THE SIXTH 165
XI. COLOGNE 184
XII. HAMBURG 206
XIII. THE BELLS OF THE RHINE 221
XIV. THE SONGS OF THE RHINE 253
XV. COPENHAGEN 277
XVI. NORWAY 288
XVII. THE GREATER RHINE 309