...Carl L. Anderson Americana Norvegica: Norwegian Contributions to American Studies . Vol. I . Edited by Skard Sigmund Wasser Henry H. . Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 1966 . Pp. 340 . $10.00 . Copyright © 1967 by Duke University Press 1967 482 The South...

...Theodore Ropp A Long Pull from Stavanger: The Reminiscences of a Norwegian Immigrant . By Osland Birger . Northfield, Minnesota : The Norwegian-American Historical Association , 1945 . Pp. viii , 263 . $2.50 . Copyright © 1946 by Duke University Press 1946 128 The South...

...Harry R. Stevens Norwegian-American Studies and Records . Volume XV . Northfield, Minnesota : Norwegian-American Historical Association , 1949 . Pp. viii , 238 . $2.00. . Copyright © 1950 by Duke University Press 1950 Book Reviews 56i harmonizes with Mr. Thompson s statement...

...Harry R. Stevens Frontier Parsonage: The Letters of Olaus Frederik Duus Norwegian Pastor in Wisconsin, 1855-1838 . Translated by the Vernandi Study Club of Minneapolis and edited by Blegen Theodore C. . Northfield, Minnesota : Norwegian-American Historical Association , 1947 . Pp...

...Carl L. Anderson Trans-Atlantica: Memoirs of a Norwegian Americanist . By Skard Sigmund . Oslo : Universitetsforlaget , 1978 . Pp. 218 . Copyright © 1980 by Duke University Press 1980 Book Reviews 121 man with the dust of the library, Riede discovers in that very dis­...

...Harry R. Stevens The Immigrant Takes His Stand: The Norwegian-American Press and Public Affairs, 1847-1872 . By Andersen Arlow William . Northfield, Minnesota : Norwegian-American Historical Association , 1953 . Pp. vii , 176 . $3.50 . Copyright © 1954 by Duke University Press...

...Harry R. Stevens Norwegian-American Studies and Records . “ Publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association ,” Vol. XVII . Northfield, Minnesota : Norwegian-American Historical Association , 1952 . Pp. vii , 185 . $2.50 . Copyright © 1953 by Duke University Press 1953...

...Herman Salinger World Literatures; Arabic, Chinese, Czechoslovak, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scottish, Swedish, and Yugoslav . By Remenyi Joseph . Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press , 1956 . Pp. 315 . $5.00...

...Carl L. Anderson Americana Norvegica: Norwegian Contributions to American Studies . Vol. II . Edited by Skard Sigmund and others. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 1968 . Pp. 355 . $12.50 . Copyright © 1970 by Duke University Press 1970 Book Reviews 429...

.... John Shelton Curtiss. Norwegian-American Studies and Records. Volume XV. Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1949. Pp. viii, 238. $2.00. With Theodore C. Blegen as managing editor, the Norwegian-Ameri­ can Historical Association offers another volume of miscellaneous...

.... PHIALAS Americana Norvegica: Norwegian Contributions to American Studies. Vol. I. Edited by Sigmund Skard and Henry H. Wasser. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966. Pp. 340. $10.00. In the opening essay of this volume Professor Skard examines from the perspective of his authoritative...

...Harry R. Stevens The Diary of Elisabeth Koren, 1853-1855 . Translated and edited by Nelson David T. . Northfield, Minnesota : Norwegian-American Historical Association , 1955 . Pp. xviii , 381 . $5.00 . Copyright © 1957 by Duke University Press 1957 416 The South Atlantic...

... contained herein; more sober realists will enjoy the wholly be­ lievable and generally likable portraits that Flower has given of the tellers themselves. Ashbel G. Brice. A Long Pull from Stavanger: The Reminiscences of a Norwegian Immigrant. By Birger Osland. Northfield, Minnesota: The Nor­ wegian-American...

... and improve the educational institutions of his church and his state. Charles S. Sydnor. Frontier Parsonage: The Letters of Olaus Freierik Duus Norwegian Pastor in Wisconsin, 1855-1858. Translated by the Vernandi Study Club of Minneapolis and edited by Theodore C. Blegen. Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian...

... BLACKBURN The Immigrant Takes His Stand: The Norwegian-American Press and Public Affairs, 1847-1872. By Arlow William Andersen. Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1953. Pp. vii, 176. $3.50. Traditional in approach and fresh in content, this analysis and sum­ mary of editorials...

... on the materials which were read in this country on Japan, the image of Japan possessed by the average wellread American of a century ago. THEODORE ROPP. Norwegiani-American Studies and Records. Publications of the Norwegian-American Historical Association, Vol. XVII. Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American...

... will enjoy the wholly be­ lievable and generally likable portraits that Flower has given of the tellers themselves. Ashbel G. Brice. A Long Pull from Stavanger: The Reminiscences of a Norwegian Immigrant. By Birger Osland. Northfield, Minnesota: The Nor­ wegian-American Historical Association, 1945. Pp. viii...

... apparently designed the book as an introduction to criticism. But the word intro­ duction hardly does justice to its richness. WILLIAM BLACKBURN The Immigrant Takes His Stand: The Norwegian-American Press and Public Affairs, 1847-1872. By Arlow William Andersen. Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American...

... (and enraged) Ibsen s contemporaries. Although the authors of the papers are, with one exception, Canadian or English, they all read Ibsen in Norwegian and are acutely aware of the traps that even the best of the English translations set for the unwary even the excel­ Book Reviews 239 lent translations...

... value as a focus of research. Wars were often fought over the border between the territories of the Swedish king (which included Finland) and the Danish-Norwegian king up to the early eighteenth century (see Figure i and Table i). The border in 0resund (the Sound) was established in 1660 with the Peace...