For permission to make use of copyright material the following acknow-
ledgements are due:--for the Danish chapters to Andr. Fred. Høst & Søn,
Copenhagen, for extracts from Mr. R. P. Keigwin translations of poems by
H. A. Brorson, Johannes Ewald, Jens Baggesen, N. F. S. Grundtvig, B. S. Ingemann
, St. St. Blicher, Christian Winther, Ludvig Bødtcher, Holger Drachmann
and Jeppe Aakjær (from In Denmark I was born. . . , 2nd
edition, Copenhagen, 1950); to the Editor of The Norseman, London, for
Mr. Keigwin translation of a poem by Wessel; to the Editor of Gads dan-
ske Magasin, Copenhagen, for Mr. Keigwin translation of a poem by Ambrosius Stub
and one of Aarestrup "Ritournelles"; to Flensteds Odense Forlag
, for quotations from Mr. Keigwin version of Hans Christian Ander-
sen: Fairy Tales, I-II, Odense 1950; to the American-Scandinavian Founda-
tion for the translation by S. Foster Damon of a poem by Carsten Hauch,
and for an extract of R. S. Hillyer translation of Oehlenschläger "Guld-
hornene" (from A Book of Danish Verse, New York, 1922) and for the trans-
lation of a. Danish ballad by Miss E. M. Smith-Dampier (from A Book of
Danish Ballads, Princeton; New York, 1939); to Mr. Mark Baker for an
extract of his version of a poem by Fr. Paludan-Müller; and to Mr. R. P. Keigwin
for the translation of two of Aarestrup "Ritournelles", published
here for the first time;--for the Swedish chapters to George Allen & Unwin
Ltd. for extracts from Frithiof's Saga by E. Tegnér in the translation of
C. D. Locock, and for extracts from Modern Swedish Poetry by C. D. Locock:
--for the Old Norse and Norwegian chapters to the Viking Club for transla-
tions from Hávamál and Skirnismál by Olive Bray; to Everyman's Library
for an extract of Sir G. Dasent translation of Njál's Saga; and to Messrs.
Gyldendal Oslo, and Hodder & Stoughton, London, for poems by Wergeland
, translated by G. M. Gathorne-Hardy, Jethro Bithell and I. Grøndahl.

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