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replete with historic lore.* Of these the most interesting to us is the 

 Avliquates AmericancB, sivc Scriptores Septentriunnles rerum Antc-Co- 

 lumhianarum in America, (Hafnise, 4to. 1837, pp. 486.) This consists 

 of ancient Icelandic histories regarding America, composed chiefly of 

 Narratives of Voyages made to this country by the Northmen, in the 10th, 

 11th, 12ih, 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, settlements, 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 T/wrfins (who was 

 chief of the colony which went from Greenland to Vinland A. D. 1007,) 

 with a compani/ o/" 151 men, took possession of the country. After the 

 most laborious research, the editors come to the conclusion that Vinland 

 lay at the head of Narragansett Bay, in Rhode Lland. Whatever opin- 

 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. 



In 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 insepara- 

 bly connected with the Annals, will comprise similar contributions in 

 English, French, or German, either original or translated. In English, 

 8. 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 



*The following is a list of some of the publiciilions referred to. Fornmanna 

 Sogur, or the historical Sagas recording events out of Iceland, in the original Ice- 

 landic, or Old-Northern text; complete in 12 vols. 8vo. Price, veliimi paper, $33, 

 common paper, $22. 



Scripta liistorica Islandorum, the same Sagas translated into Latin, with a criti- 

 cal apparatus ; 12 vols. Svo. 



Oidnordiske Sagaer, the same translated into Danish ; 12 vols. Svo. Price, com- 

 mon paper, $17. 



Fcereyinga Saga, or the history of the inhabitants of the Faroe Islands, in Ice- 

 landic, tiie Faroe dialect, and Danish, and with a map of tlie islands; Svo. ^1.75. 



Fornaldar Sogur Nordrlanda, vol. 1-3, being a complete edition, in 8vo., of the 

 mijtho-historical Sagas. 



Krakumal sivo Epicedium Ragnaris Lodbroci, or Ode on the heroic deeds and 

 death of the Danish king, Ragnar Lodbrok, in England; in Icelandic, Danish, 

 Latin, and French ; Svo. $2. 



Nordisk Tidsskrift for Oldkyndighed, £rchosological Transactions ; 3 vols. Svo. 

 $4.75. 



