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ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
DEDICATION.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
INTRODUCTION.
SECTION I. OF THULE.
I. “THULE,” POETICAL AND RHETORICAL.
II. STRABO, MELA, PLINY, PTOLEMY.
Strabo.
Mela.
Pliny.
Ptolemy.
III. THULE, PART OF GREAT BRITAIN
IV. align="right" THULE = SCANDIA.
V. THULE=ICELAND.
THULE (ETYMOLOGY OF).
SECTION II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.
SECTION III. HISTORICAL NOTES.[111]
Note To Section III.
SECTION IV. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.
SECTION V. ANTHROPOLOGY.
SECTION VI. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONS.
SECTION VII. ZOOLOGICAL NOTES (ANIMALS WILD AND TAME)—NOTES ON FLORA—AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE-BREEDING—FISHERIES AND FISHING—INDUSTRY AND EMIGRATION.
SECTION VIII. TAXATION—COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES—PRICES AND IMPORTS—COMMUNICATION AND COMMERCE—VISIT TO THE STORE.
SECTION IX. CATALOGUE-RAISONNÉ OF MODERN TRAVELS IN ICELAND—PREPARATIONS FOR TRAVEL.
ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
CHAPTER I. THE STEAM-SHIP “QUEEN”—THE ORKNEYS AND MAES HOWE—THE SHETLANDS AND THE FÆROE ISLANDS.
CHAPTER II. THE LANDFALL—FISHING FLEET—TO REYKJAVIK.
CHAPTER III. REYKJAVIK[359]—THE SUBURBS—THE LODGING-HOUSE—THE CLUB AND THE WAY WE SPEND THE DAY.
CHAPTER IV. SUNDAY AT REYKJAVIK—DRINKING IN ICELAND.
CHAPTER V.
Index to Vol. I
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