The rhetorical note is predominant in both. Their thoughts have to be arrayed in the flowing toga before they are held to be presentable. This is the academic tendency in Sweden as in France, even though the degree of euphemistic magniloquence may differ with the age and latitude. The Swedes have been called the Frenchmen of the North, and there is no doubt that delight in this toga-clad rhetoric is inherent in both. It was because Tegner, in appealing to this delight, was so deeply representative that he extinguished the old school and became the national poet of Sweden. * * * * * Transcriber's notes: Dostoyevski is also spelled Dostojevski and Dostoyefski Tolstoi is also spelled Tostoi. It appears that Fortaellinger is also spelled Fortaellinger. Page 11: valuble changed to valuable. Typo. Page 45: Gjeunembrud's is a typo for Gjennembrud's. Changed in text. Page 191: Open parenthesis added to 1882. Page 262: ["The objections to "Frithjof's Saga" which] was changed to [The objections to "Frithjof's Saga" which]. The first double quote appears to be unnecessary. Page 270: The stanzas are spaced as they appear in the original text, although they appear to be in error.