IX. STOCKHOLM, CAPITAL OF SWEDEN 199 X. ST. PETERSBURG, CAPITAL OF RUSSIA 226 INDEX 261 ILLUSTRATIONS GOL STAVEKIRKE _Title Page_ TRONDHJEM CATHEDRAL (EXTERIOR) _Frontispiece_ PAGE THORSHAVN 11 REYKJAVIK HARBOUR 28 BOATS AT TRONDHJEM 66 STABBUR AT BYGDÖ, CHRISTIANIA 93 MARKET PLACE AT ROSKILDE 111 CANAL AT COPENHAGEN 127 EAST WELLS AT VISBY 150 CASTLE AND CATHEDRAL, UPSALA 176 HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, STOCKHOLM 199 CATHEDRAL OF ST. ISAAC, ST. PETERSBURG 226 FACE PAGE THORSHAVN FISHERMEN 22 HOT SPRINGS NEAR REYKJAVIK 60 CORONA OF TRONDHJEM CATHEDRAL (INTERIOR) 86 GAMLA UPSALA, CHURCH AND RUNIC STONE (PLAN) 99 GREENSTED CHURCH 108 ROSKILDE CATHEDRAL (PLAN) 118 ROSKILDE CATHEDRAL 122 HOJBROPLADS, COPENHAGEN 134 TOWN OF VISBY, WITH DRAWING OF A SADDLE TOWER (PLAN) 158 INTERIOR OF ST. LARS, VISBY 166 CHURCHES OF VISBY (PLAN) 172 GAMLA UPSALA 180 GENERAL VIEW OF STOCKHOLM 206 TRONDHJEM CATHEDRAL (PLAN) 246 ST. ISAAC'S CATHEDRAL, ST. PETERSBURG (PLAN) 246 CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION, ST. PETERSBURG 254 [Illustration] CHAPTER I THORSHAVN Loud in Harfur's echoing bay, Heard ye the din of battle bray, 'Twixt Kiotvi rich, and Harald bold? Eastward sail the ships of war; The graven bucklers gleam afar, And dragon heads adorn the prows of gold. Glittering shields of purest white, And swords, and Celtic falchions bright, And Western chiefs the vessels bring: Loudly roar the wolfish rout, And maddening Champions wildly shout, And long and loud the twisted hauberks ring. Firm in fight they proudly vie With him whose might will make them fly, Of Eastmen kings the warlike head. Forth his gallant fleet he drew, Soon as the hope of battle grew, But many a buckler brake ere Long-chin bled.