Ingeborg the Fair

Northland Heroes

By

FLORENCE HOLBROOK

Author of
"The Hiawatha Primer" "A Book of Nature Myths" etc.

LONDON: GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD.
2 & 3 Portsmouth St. Kingsway WC
AND AT CALCUTTA AND SYDNEY

First published January 1909
by GEORGE G. HARRAP & Co.
2 & 3 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2

Reprinted: April 1911; May 1913;
May 1914; October 1919; July 1922

PREFACE

For centuries the songs of Homer, the blind poet of Greece, recounting the heroic deeds of great Hector and lion-hearted Achilles, have delighted the children, young and old, of many lands. But part of our own heritage, and nearer to us in race and time, are these stories of Beowulf and Frithiof.

The records of lives nobly lived are an inspiration to noble living. With the hope that the courage, truth, endurance, reverence, and patriotism shown by these heroes of the Northland will arouse interest and emulation, this little book is offered to our children.

"The Story of Frithiof" is based upon Holcomb's translation of Bishop Tegnér's poem, "The Saga of Frithiof," and the quotations are used by the kind permission of Mrs Holcomb and the publishers.

FLORENCE HOLBROOK.

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF FRITHIOF

    IN HILDING'S GARDEN
    KING BELE AND THORSTEN
    FRAMNESS
    KING HELGE AND FRITHIOF
    IN THE COUNTRY OF KING RING
    FRITHIOF'S ANSWER
    IN BALDER'S GROVE
    THE PARTING
    FRITHIOF AND ANGANTYR
    THE RETURN
    BALDER'S FUNERAL PILE
    ON THE SEA
    THE VIKING'S CODE
    FRITHIOF'S RETURN
    KING RING AND THE STRANGER
    THE RIDE ON THE ICE
    IN THE FOREST
    KING RING'S DEATH
    THE NEW KING
    PRITHIOF AT HIS FATHER'S GRAVE
    THE RECONCILIATION

THE STORY OF BEOWULF

    THE COMING OF SHEAF
    THE YOUNG BEOWULF
    THE HARPER'S STORY
    BEOWULF AND HIS MEN
    THE WARDER OF THE SHORE
    BEOWULF RECEIVED BY HROTHGAR
    THE CONTEST WITH GRENDEL
    THE FEAST OF JOY
    GRENDEL'S MOTHER
    THE WAY TO THE POOL
    BEOWULF IN THE POOL
    BEOWULF'S RETURN