70 



SCANDINAVIA. 



nendently of over fifty secondary rural establishments founded since the middle 

 of the century. Besides the State institutions, seven private foundations have the 

 privilege of conferring certificates giving admittance to the University, whose 

 classes, since 1875, have been attended by women on the same footing as others. 

 Yet, notwithstanding the general material and intellectual advance, the Danes are 



Fig. 32. — Danish Eail-ray System. 

 Scale 1 : 300,000. 



50 Miles. 



more susceptible to mental anguish, and hence more addicted to suicide than 

 any other people. 



Administration. — Colonies. 



AccoKDiNG to the constitution, repeatedly modified since 1869, the electoral 

 body consists of all citizens thirty years of age resident for one year in the 

 commune, and not in the receipt of public charity. The Folkething, or National 



