NORTHERN STUDIES

[The following chapters appeared in their original form in

the Cornhill Magazine, the Fortnightly Review, the New Quarterly Magazine, and Fraser's Magazine, and are now reprinted with the kind permission of the proprietors.]

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STUDIES IN THE LITERATURE

OF NORTHERN EUROPE

BY

EDMUND W. GOSSE

AUTHOR OFON VIOL AND FLUTE' AND 'KING ERIK'

WITH A FRONTISPIECE DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY

L. ALMA TADEMA, A.R.A.

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BODLEIAL

LONDON

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE