=The Earthly Paradise.= By William Morris. (London, 1868-70.) =Sigurd the Volsung.= By William Morris. (London, 1877.) =Epic and Romance.= Essays on Mediæval Literature by W. P. Ker. (London, 1908.) An authoritative and very readable account of the old Icelandic literary art. Later History. *=History of the Orkney Islands.= By the Rev. George Barry. (Edinburgh, 1805; reprinted, with prefatory account of the Islands, Kirkwall, 1867.) One of the standard works dealing with the history of the Islands. *=Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs.= By David Balfour of Balfour. (Edinburgh, 1860). *=Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland.= (Edinburgh, 1859; Abbotsford and Maitland Clubs publications.) The above two books give an account of Orkney under Scottish rule. *=Monteith’s Description of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland.= (Edinburgh, 1711; reprinted 1845.) *=General View of the Agriculture of the Orkney Islands.= By John Shirreff. (Edinburgh, 1814.) An exceedingly interesting account of the state of the Islands in the early nineteenth century. =Description of the Isles of Orkney.= By the Rev. James Wallace (minister of Kirkwall). Published by his son. (Edinburgh, 1693; reprinted, with notes by John Small, M.A., Edinburgh, 1883.) =The Present State of the Orkney Islands Considered.= By James Fea (Surgeon). (Edinburgh, 1775; reprinted, Edinburgh, 1884.) =Orkney and Shetland Old-Lore Series.= A miscellany issued quarterly by the Viking Club, London; contains numerous articles of historical interest. Descriptive. *=The Orkneys and Shetland.= By John R. Tudor. (London, 1883.) The best descriptive work on the county; at once popular and systematic. =Kirkwall in the Orkneys.= By B. H. Hossack. (Kirkwall, 1900.) An extremely full and detailed descriptive and historical account of the town of Kirkwall. *=History of the Orkney Islands=, by the Rev. George Barry (Kirkwall edition, 1867), contains a well-written description of the Islands. *=Summers and Winters In the Orkneys.= By Daniel Gorrie. (Kirkwall, N.D.) A valuable series of sketches of Orcadian scenery and the conditions of life about the middle of last century. =Rambles In the Far North.= By R. M. Fergusson. (Paisley, 1884.) =Our Trip North.= By R. M. Fergusson. (London, 1892.) =Handbook to the Orkney Islands.= (W. Peace and Son, Kirkwall.) Full of interest. =Orkney and Shetland.= By M. J. B. Baddeley, B.A. Thorough Guide Series. (Thomas Nelson and Sons, London.) The best tourist guide to the Islands. =Orkney and Shetland Almanac and County Directory= (W. Peace and Son, Kirkwall; issued annually) contains statistical and other material of value. =The North Sea Pilot. Part I.= (London, 1894.) A Government publication for the use of mariners. Of much value to Orcadians interested in boating or in navigation.