PREFACE.
lhe object of the Handbook fior Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark, which now appears for the seventn time, carefully
revised and partly rewritten, is to supply information regard-
ing the most interesting scenery and characteristics of these
countries, with a few notes on the history, languages, and
custonis of the inhabitants. Like the Editor's other hand-
books, it is based on personal acquaintance with the countries
described, the chief places in which he has visited repeatedly.
His efforts to secure the accuracy and completeness of the
work have been supplemented by the kind assistance ofsev-
eral gentlemen, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, and
German, to whom his best thanks are due. He will also grate-
fully receive any corrections or suggestions with which trav-
ellers may favour him. Within the last few years Norway has
grown rapidly in popularity with the travelling public, and a
number of new roads, railways, and steamboat-routes, with
corresponding new hotels, have recently been opened. The
most important of these are carefully noted in the present
edition. The descriptions of the Swedish Norrland and of
the trip to Spitzbergen appear for the first time in this issue
of the Handbook; and the section devoted to Copenhagen and
Denmark has been considerably extended.
The present volume, like Baedeker's Switzerland, may
be used either as a whole, or in its separate sections, which
for the convenience of travellers may be removed from the
volume without falling to pieces. These sections are — (1)
Introductory Part, pp. i-lxxx ; (2) S. and E. Norway, as far
as Trondhjem, pp. 1 to 84 ; (3) W. Norway, as far as Trond-
hjem, pp. 85 to 220 ; (4) N. Norway, pp. 221 to 262 ; (5) Sweden,
pp. 263 to 390 ; (6) Denmark, pp. 391 to 432 ; (7)Index, pp. 433
to 463 ; (8)Grammars, at the end of the volume.
On the Maps and Plans the Editor has bestowed special
care, and he believes they will be found to suffice for ali
ordinary travellers.
In the letter-press Heights are given approximately in
English feet, in the maps in mètres (1 mètre = 3.28 Engl. ft. ;
1 Norw. ft. = 1.029 Engl. ft. ; 1 Swed. ft. = 0.974 Engl. ft.).
Distances are given in kilomètres, as the tariffs for carioles
and boats are now calculated on the metrical system (comp.
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