Weird Tales from Northern Seas

“Folk-lore tales and legends replete with the superstitious beliefs and wild imaginings of the Norse fishermen.” -The Dial “The student of folk-lore will be delighted with these gloomy legends…All have a wildness and fierceness quite in keeping with the stormy coasts and seas they belong to, and are told with great effect, and without losing much in translation.” -The Spectator “Deserving of being styled a wonder-book among wonder-books, since it is composed of some of the wildest and most fantastic stories of sorceries and strange elemental creatures that Scandinavian literature contains…but the whole book is full of delightful imaginations, and in a congenial spirit.” -Saturday Review CHAPTER I. THE FISHERMAN AND THE DRAUG II. JACK OF SJÖHÖLM AND THE GAN-FINN III. TUG OF WAR IV. "THE EARTH DRAWS" V. THE CORMORANTS OF ANDVÆR VI. ISAAC AND THE PARSON OF BRÖNÖ VII. THE WIND-GNOME VIII. THE HULDREFISH IX. FINN BLOOD X. THE HOMESTEAD WESTWARD IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS XI. "IT'S ME!"