Manuscript fair copy, in a single hand, of a translation of Frithiof's saga into English, probably from the German translation by Esaias Tegnér. The translation is in prose, blank verse and rhymed verse.

Excerpt from The Frithiof Saga: Translated From the German of Ferdinand Schmidt With her brother. Interwoven with the narrative itself, which is full of dramatic Situations, are some of the old myths, than which none is more beautiful than the death of the gentle god Balder. The very breath of the North sweeps through the stately story which the German author has told with so much Skill. Those who wish to come in closer contact with the Saga itself can do so by consulting Bishop Tegner's masterly translation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.