Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=A-M8AAAAYAAJ&dq 2. The diphthong oe is represented by {Oe] and [oe]. THE LIBRARY OF FOREIGN ROMANCE, And Nobel Newspaper: COMPRISING STANDARD ENGLISH WORKS OF FICTION, AND ORIGINAL TRANSLATIONS FROM THE MOST CELEBRATED CONTINENTAL AUTHORS. * * * Vol. VII. CONTAINING THE CHILDHOOD OF KING ERIK MENVED. An Historical Romance. TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH OF B. S. INGEMANN. * * * * * LONDON: BRUCE AND WYLD, 84, FARRINGDON STREET. 1846. THE CHILDHOOD OF KING ERIK MENVED. An Historical Romance. BY B. S. INGEMANN. TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH, BY J. KESSON. LONDON: BRUCE AND WYLD, 84, FARRINGDON STREET. 1846. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. The author has given no preface to this romance; and the translator would be contented to follow his example, had the author already enjoyed an English celebrity, or could the name of his translator of itself suffice to recommend his work to the English public.