“When the Jerusalem-farers came alongside this wretched hovel, which was about as tumbledown as a place can become when wind and storm have, for many years, been allowed to work havoc, they saw the old crone standing erect and sober at the roadside, on the same spot where she usually sat in a drunken stupor ... and with her were four of the children. All five were now washed and combed, and as decently dressed as it was possible for them to be.... “All the Jerusalem-farers suddenly burst into tears, the grown-ups crying softly, while the children broke into loud sobs and wails.... When they had all passed by, Beggar Lina also began to weep. “‘Those people are going to Heaven to meet Jesus,’ she told the children. ‘All those people are going to Heaven, but we are left standing by the wayside.’” Another literary outcome of the visit of Miss Lagerlöf to Palestine was a renewed interest in legends about Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Always deeply religious, with an unusual ability to blend worship with tradition and never lose the distinctive flavor of each element, she wrote the tales that were collected as _Christ Legends_, translated by Mrs. Howard in 1908. Here are new, impressive versions of such old myths as “The Wise Men’s Well,” “Saint Veronica’s Kerchief,” and “Robin Redbreast.” The Swedish school authorities wished for a good geography which should be popular with the children and satisfy the teachers. The National Teachers’ Association appealed to Miss Lagerlöf for such a book and the results were _The Wonderful Adventures of Nils_ and _Further Adventures of Nils_, appearing in 1906 and 1907. These books, so widely read in schools and homes in every civilized country to-day, are worthy a place on the shelves beside _Alice in Wonderland_ of the past and _Doctor Doolittle_ of the present type of juveniles. The boy, Nils Holgersson, and his “goosey-gander,” with companions on the earth and in the air, appeal to the imagination of all ages, while the information about Sweden’s outlines and landmarks is both accurate and entertaining.