404 | Miscellanies. 
replete with historic lore.* Of these the most interesting to us is the 
Narratives of Voyages made to this country by the Northmen, in the 10th, 
11th, 12th, and 13th centuries; of course long before the time of Colum- 
bus. These are illustrated by critical and historical notes, geographical 
discussions, &c., concerning the voyages, setilements, and migrations of 
the Northmen, and with especial reference to the monumental vestiges 
still remaining in America. The famous inscription on the Dighton 
rock, (Beverly, Mass.,) is interpreted to assert that Thorfins (who was 
chief of the colony which went from Greenland to Vinland A. D. 1007,) 
with a company of 151 men, took possession of the country. After the 
most laborious research, the editors come to the conclusion that Vinland 
Jay at the head of Narragansett Bay, in Rhode Island, Whatever opine 
ion on this subject may finally be considered the true one, the volume in 
question must be esteemed a most valuable contribution to our history. 
Tn addition to its other publications, the society has proposed to issue 
their Transactions and Researches concerning the earlier history and 
antiquities of Northern Europe and America, in two simultaneous peri- 
odical works, to be entitled Annals and Memoirs. In the Annals, con- 
tributions of the above mentioned nature will be received in Danish or 
Swedish, (and occasionally in Icelandic,) and wherever it may appear 
desirable, maps will be given, and also Delineations of Antiquities, and 
of the Monuments of ancient times. The Memoirs, which are imsepara- 
bly connected with the Annals, will comprise similar contributions in 
English, French, or German, either original or translated. In English, 
e. g. will be from time to time inserted the result of the continued inves 
tigations and researches of the Society’s Committees on the Historical 
Rt ae et ae oe 
* The following is a list of some of the publications referred to. Fornmanna 
Sdgur, or the historical Sagas recording events kt We hectond: in the original Tce- 
landic, or Old-Northern text; complete in 12 vols, 8vo, Price, vellum paper, $33, 
common paper, $22. ; - 
Scripta Historica Islandorum, the same Sagas translated into Latin, with a criti 
cal apparatus ; 12 vols, Syo. 
Oldnordiske Sagaer, the samé translated into Danish ; 12 vols. 8vo. Price, com- 
mon paper, $17. 
Foreyinga Saga, or the history of the inhabitants of the Faroe Islands, in Iee- 
landic, the Faroe dialect, and Danish, and with a map of the islands; 8vo. $1.75 
Fornaldar Ségur Nordrlanda, vol. 1-3, being a complete edition, in 8v0., eid 
mytho-historical Sagas. oe 
Krakumal sive Epicedium Ragnaris Lodbroci, or Ode on the heroic deeds — 
death of the Danish king, Ragnar Lodbrok, in England; in Icelandic, Danish, 
Latin, and French ; 8vo. #2. 
we Tidsskrift for Oldkyndighed, Archeological Transactions ; 3 vols, 8v0- 
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