VOLUMES UNIFORM WITH THIS PEEPS AT MANY LANDS AND CITIES EACH CONTAINING 12 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AUSTRALIA BELGIUM BERLIN BURMA CANADA CEYLON CHINA CORSICA DENMARK EDINBURGH EGYPT ENGLAND FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HOLLAND HOLY LAND HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA IRELAND ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN KASHMIR KOREA LONDON MOROCCO NEW YORK NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PARIS PORTUGAL ROME RUSSIA SCOTLAND SIAM SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH SEAS SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TURKEY WALES PEEPS AT NATURE WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR WONDERFUL WAYS BRITISH LAND MAMMALS BIRD LIFE OF THE SEASONS THE HEAVENS PEEPS AT HISTORY CANADA INDIA JAPAN SCOTLAND PEEPS AT GREAT RAILWAYS THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY THE NORTH-EASTERN AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE, 70 BOND STREET, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA PEEPS AT MANY LANDS SWEDEN [Illustration: A FLODA GIRL. _Anders Zorn._] PEEPS AT MANY LANDS SWEDEN BY REV. WM. LIDDLE, M.A., B.D. AND MRS. LIDDLE WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY ANDERS ZORN, CARL LARSSON, AND OTHERS LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1911 Transcriber's Note: Author's spelling, though often incorrect has been maintained. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. SWEDISH HISTORY 1 II. GOTHENBURG 10 III. A SUMMER HOLIDAY AT MARSTRAND 15 IV. ACROSS SWEDEN BY WATER 21 V. STOCKHOLM--I. 26 VI. STOCKHOLM--II. 31 VII. THE SWEDES AT WORK 36 VIII. THE SWEDES AT PLAY 40 IX. EDUCATION IN SWEDEN 47 X. DALECARLIA 52 XI. CUSTOMS 57 XII. THE ISLAND OF GOTHLAND AND TOWN OF VISBY 63 XIII. FAIRY-TALES 69 XIV. JUL, OR CHRISTMAS 75 XV. MIDSUMMER 80 XVI. SOME WELL-KNOWN SWEDES 84 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ARTIST. A FLODA GIRL _Anders Zorn_ _frontispiece_