I cannot close this preface without thanking my old and ever true friend Robert Winthrop, of New York, descendant of the celebrated Colonial Governor of Massachusetts, to whom I dedicated “The Land of the Midnight Sun,” for his unfailing kindness and sympathy during the years I have been engaged in the present work. PAUL B. DU CHAILLU. _NEW YORK, September, 1889._ CONTENTS OF VOL. I CHAPTER I. PAGE CIVILISATION AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE NORTH 1 CHAPTER II. ROMAN AND GREEK ACCOUNTS OF THE NORTHMEN 7 CHAPTER III. THE SETTLEMENT OF BRITAIN BY NORTHMEN 17 CHAPTER IV. THE MYTHOLOGY AND COSMOGONY OF THE NORSEMEN 27 CHAPTER V. MYTHOLOGY AND COSMOGONY (_continued_) 44 CHAPTER VI. ODIN OF THE NORTH 51 CHAPTER VII. THE SUCCESSORS OF ODIN OF THE NORTH 62 CHAPTER VIII. THE STONE AGE 69 CHAPTER IX. THE BRONZE AGE 84 CHAPTER X. THE IRON AGE 125 CHAPTER XI. RUNES 154 CHAPTER XII. NORTHERN RELICS—BOG FINDS 193 CHAPTER XIII. NORTHERN RELICS—GROUND FINDS 235 CHAPTER XIV. DESCRIPTION OF SOME REMARKABLE GRAVES AND THEIR CONTENTS 247 CHAPTER XV. GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NORTH 259 CHAPTER XVI. GLASS 276 CHAPTER XVII. HORSES—WAGGONS 285 CHAPTER XVIII. VARIOUS FORMS OF GRAVES 299 CHAPTER XIX. BURIALS 320 CHAPTER XX. RELIGION.—WORSHIP, SACRIFICES, ETC. 343 CHAPTER XXI.