The Viking Age. THE EARLY HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATIONS. ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED IN MOUNDS, CAIRNS, AND BOGS, AS WELL AS FROM THE ANCIENT SAGAS AND EDDAS. By PAUL B. DU CHAILLU, Author of "The Land of the Midnight Sun," &c. With 1200 Illustrations. 2 Vols. Medium 8vo. Very crude and mistaken ideas have long prevailed concerning the races of Northmen, who at the decadence of the Roman Empire overran and settled in Britain and the Northern Coasts of Germany and France, and became the progenitors of the great English-speaking community throughout the world. These ideas were derived from hostile or prejudiced sources, and have been adopted by one historian after another. More recent research has, however, established the fact that these Northern ancestors of ours were no barbarians, but a most highly civilized and accomplished people, pre-eminent not only in the science of war, but in all the arts of peace. Vast quantities of objects, including arms and armour, gold and silver ornaments of the most skilful workmanship and refined beauty; wood carving, filigree work, agricultural and domestic implements, magnificent carriages, &c., have been unearthed and are now deposited in the Museums of Scandinavia. But besides these material testimonies to the greatness of these Northmen, we have the literary and historic records of the Sagas and Eddas, and by testing the evidence of one with the other we can obtain a wonderfully vivid idea of the manners, customs, laws, traditions, and domestic life of a bygone age. Mr. Du Chaillu has devoted seven years of incessant labour to the collection of materials from every available source, and has written a book which bids fair to do for our ancestors what Sir Gardiner Wilkinson did for the ancient Egyptians. The work will be embellished by over 1,200 illustrations. Major Lawrence, F.L.S. OR CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN OF INDUSTRY, [CULTURE AND GENIUS. 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