Excerpt from The Island of Fire: Or, a Thousand Years of the Old Northmen's Home, 874-1874 This volume was suggested by a contribution to The Cornhill Magazine upon Iceland, in connection with the then approaching Millennial Jubilee. In seeking historical light upon a subject respecting which the writer confesses he was in the dark, very few works could be found outside Of Our largest libraries; and those, were imported books. It was the first thought to write a small volume for young people especially, and the preparation of it was commenced. But the field Of history opened SO rich in material, that the work grew to its present size and style, instead of the juvenile narrative proposed. And if the reader finds, In the imperfect narrative, a tithe Of the fascinating interest afforded in gathering the facts, nothing more, in this regard, could be desired. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.