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VOLUME I.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

Proofs that the Teutonic and Celtic Nations

were ab origine two diftinct People.

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

General Account of the Work, its Connection

with his propofed Hiftory of Denmark,

&'c.

CHAPTER I.

Denmark defcribed and the feveral Countries

fubject to its crown, viz. Norway, Ice-

land, Greenland.

Page 1

CHA P. II.

Of the firft Inhabitants of Denmark, and

particularly of the Cimbri.

P. 20

CHA P. III.

Of the Grounds of the Ancient History of

Denmark and of the different opinions con-

cerning it.

CHA P. IV.

P. 41

Of Odin, his Arrival in the north, his Con-

quefts and the Changes which he made.

CHAP. V.

p. 58

A general idea of the Ancient Religion of

the Northern Nations.

CHAP. VI.

P. 74

Of the Religion which prevailed in the

North, and particularly in Scandinavia

after the death of Odin.

CHA P. VII.

P. 84

Of the Exterior Worship and Religious Cere-

monies of the Northern Nations. p. 124

CHA P. VIII.

Of the form of Government which formerly

prevailed in the North.

P. 156

CHA P.

CHA P. IX.

The paffion of the antient Scandinavians for Arms: their Valour: the manner in which they made War. A Digreffion concerning the ftate of Population among them.

Sequel of the Maritime Expeditions of the ancient Danes and Norwegians. The dif covery of Iceland and Greenland, and of an unknown country called Vinland [thought to be part of North America.]

CHA P. XII.

P. 268

Of the Cuftoms and Manners of the ancient Northern Nations.

CHA P. XIII.

P. 306

Sequel of the Customs, Arts, and Sciences of

the ancient Scandinavians.

P. 347

Conclufion.

P. 405

An Account of the AUTHOR, extracted from La France Literaire, 2 Tom. 1769, 12mo. [Tom. I. pag. 326.]

PAUL HENRY MALLET

is a native of Geneva: He was fometime Royal Profeffor of Belles Lettres at Copenhagen, and one of the Preceptors of the Prince of Denmark, now King Chriftian VII. He is a member of the Academies at Upfal and Lyons; and a correfpondent of the Academy of Infcriptions and BellesLettres in France. His works are,

Hiftoire de Dannemarck, &c. (i. e. The Hiftory of Denmark) 1755. 3 vol. 4to. or 1763. 6 vol. 12mo.

Forme du Gouvernement de Swede. (i. e. The Form of Government of Sweden.) 1756.

Abregé de l'Hiftoire de Dannemarck. (i. e. An Abridgment of the Hiftory of Denmark.) 1760. 8vo.

Hiftoire de Heffe. (i. e. The Hiftory of Heffe.) 1766. 8vo.

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