By Abbie Farwell Brown SONGS OF SIXPENCE. Illustrated. THEIR CITY CHRISTMAS. Illustrated. THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL. Illustrated. JOHN OF THE WOODS. Illustrated. FRESH POSIES. Illustrated. FRIENDS AND COUSINS. Illustrated. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Illustrated. THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS. Illustrated. THE FLOWER PRINCESS. Illustrated. THE CURIOUS BOOK OF BIRDS. Illustrated. A POCKETFUL OF POSIES. Illustrated. IN THE DAYS OF GIANTS. Illustrated. THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS. Illustrated. THE LONESOMEST DOLL. Illustrated. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK IN THE DAYS OF GIANTS [Illustration: "I AM THE GIANT SKRYMIR" (page 150)] IN THE DAYS OF GIANTS A BOOK OF NORSE TALES BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. BOYD SMITH [Illustration] HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1902 BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published April, 1902_ NOW I LIKE A REALLY GOOD SAGA, ABOUT GODS AND GIANTS, AND THE FIRE KINGDOMS, AND THE SNOW KINGDOMS, AND THE ÆSIR MAKING MEN AND WOMEN OUT OF TWO STICKS, AND ALL THAT. KINGSLEY'S HYPATIA CONTENTS PAGE I. The Beginning of Things 1 II. How Odin Lost His Eye 11 III. Kvasir's Blood 21 IV. The Giant Builder 35 V. The Magic Apples 50 VI. Skadi's Choice 70 VII. The Dwarf's Gifts 80 VIII. Loki's Children 98 IX. The Quest of the Hammer 110 X. The Giantess Who Would Not 132 XI. Thor's Visit to the Giants 146 XII. Thor's Fishing 172 XIII. Thor's Duel 192 XIV. In the Giant's House 208 XV. Balder and the Mistletoe 226 XVI. The Punishment of Loki 243 _Six of these Tales, namely, The Magic Apples, The Dwarf's Gifts, The Quest of the Hammer, In the Giant's House, Balder and the Mistletoe, and The Punishment of Loki are, by the courteous permission of the publishers of_ The Churchman, _reprinted from that magazine._ ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "I am the giant Skrymir" (page 150) _Frontispiece_ He flapped away with her, magic apples and all 62 The third gift--an enormous hammer 88 "Ah, what a lovely maid it is!" 122