dead, and gazed on cold tombs and dusty frescos.

"Here sleeps Gustavus Vasa.

"In the centre aisle, under a flat stone, lies the great botanist,
Linnaeus.

"We visited the garden of Linnaeus, or the place where it once bore the
blossoms and fruits of the world. Nettles were there; the orangeries
were gone; the winter garden had disappeared. The place wore a
desolate look; the master had departed, leaving little there but the
ghost of a great memory.

"We left Stockholm for Norway.

[Illustration: CASCADE IN NORWAY.]

"We were landed from the steamer at Christiansand. This sea-port is a
rude town, and except from the wild, strange expression of both land
and sea, which affects one gloomily, yet with a kind of poetic
sadness, revealed little to interest us or to remember. There was a
Lazaretto, or pest-house, on a high rock, from which we felt sure that
no disease would ever be communicated.

[Illustration: LAZARETTO.]

"The scenery of Norway is unlike any other in the world. Take the map
and scan the western coast. It looks like a piece of lace-work, so
numerous are the inlets or fiords.

"These fiords are many of them surrounded by headlands as high as
mountain walls. They are little havens, with calm water of wondrous
beauty and with walls that seem to reach to the sky. On a level spot
in the mountainous formation, a hamlet or a little church is sometimes
seen, one of the most picturesque objects with its setting in the
world."

[The artist can give one a better view of these fiords than any
description, and he has faithfully done it here.]

[Illustration: THE NAERO FIORD.]

"The mountains and valleys of Norway are unlike any other. Summer
finds them as winter leaves them. Great hills are worn into cones by
the snow and ice. The cataracts are numerous and wonderful. The water
scenery has no equal for romantic beauty and wildness.

"A twelve hours' farther sail brought us to Christiania. It is
situated in a lovely valley on the northern side of Christiania
Fiord. It has a population of about eighty thousand. Here are the
Royal Palace and University.

"All of the cities of the North have great schools and libraries. The
University at Christiania has nearly a thousand students, and a
library of one hundred and fifty thousand books.

"The port is covered with ice during some four months in the year.
During the mild seasons some two thousand vessels yearly enter the
harbor.

"Olaf, the