this delight, was so deeply
representative that he extinguished the old school and became the
national poet of Sweden.

* * * * *

Transcriber's notes:

Dostoyevski is also spelled Dostojevski and Dostoyefski

Tolstoi is also spelled Tostoi.

It appears that Fortaellinger is also spelled Fortaellinger.

Page 11: valuble changed to valuable. Typo.

Page 45: Gjeunembrud's is a typo for Gjennembrud's. Changed
in text.

Page 191: Open parenthesis added to 1882.

Page 262: ["The objections to "Frithjof's Saga" which] was
changed to [The objections to "Frithjof's Saga" which].
The first double quote appears to be unnecessary.

Page 270: The stanzas are spaced as they appear in the original
text, although they appear to be in error.

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