Transcription: That Sunday, May the 24th, 1863, he received me in his study. It was a perfect museum containing every natural curiosity that can well be imagined. Minerals, however, predominated. I found him poring over a yellow-leafed volume, which to me appeared to possess but little value. My uncle, however, was in raptures. Wonderful! he cried. Wonderful! Wonderful! It is the Himes Kringla of Snor-Tarson, the celebrated Icelandic author of the 12th century. It is a true and correct account of the Norwegian princes who once reigned in Iceland. I was about to make a misplaced joke on the subject when a sma ...
