Transcriber's notes
4 pages of advertisements were printed on the firstpages of the book, and have been moved to the end of the ebook.
The author's incorrect/inconsistent spelling of names has been retained (e.g. Tröndhjem for Trondhjem, Röskilde for Roskilde and Gotha Canal for Götha C.). Other word errors have been corrected and a list of corrections can be found after the book.
The two references to "Fredericksborg Castle" on page 22, should correctly say "Fredericksberg Castle". This is a mistake by the author. The tworeferences to "Fredericksborg Castle" on pages 34 and 38 are correct.
DUE NORTH
OR
GLIMPSES OF SCANDINAVIA ANDRUSSIA
BY
MATURIN M. BALLOU
AUTHOR OF "EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH," "DUE SOUTH; OR, CUBA, PAST ANDPRESENT," "GENIUS IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW," ETC.
Only that travelling is good which reveals to me the value of home, andenables me to enjoy it better.—Thoreau.
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1887
Copyright, 1887,
By Maturin M. Ballou.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
PREFACE.
About five years ago, the Author, having thenjust returned from circumnavigating the globe, wasinduced to record his experiences of the long journey,which were published in a volume entitled "DueWest; or, Round the World in Ten Months." Thepublic favor accorded to this work led, a couple ofyears later, to the issuing of a second volume oftravels, upon the Author's return from the West Indies,entitled "Due South; or, Cuba, Past and Present."The popular success of both books and the flatteringcomments of the critics have caused the undersignedto believe that a certain portion of the public ispleased to see foreign lands and people through hiseyes; and hence the publication of the volume now inhand. These pages describing the far North, fromwhich the Author has just returned,—includingNorway, Sweden, Russia, and Russian Poland,—seemnaturally to suggest the title of "Due North." Without[Pg vi]permitting prejudice to circumscribe judgment intreating of Russia, the effort has been to representthe condition of that country and its Polish provincetruthfully, and to draw only reasonable deductions.This special reference is made to the pages relatingto the Tzar's government, as it will be found that theAuthor does not accord with the popularly expressedopinion upon this subject.
M. M. B.
Boston, March, 1887.
CONTENTS.
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