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|Transcriber's Note: This is a translation from Icelandic |
|and there are inconsistencies in punctuation which |
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[Illustration: The Story of Burnt Njal
From the Icelandic of Njal Saga]




THE STORY OF BURNT NJAL




[Illustration: GUNNAR REFUSES TO LEAVE HOME]

"_Fair is Lithe: so fair that it has never seemed to me so fair; the
corn fields are white to harvest, and the home mead is mown: and now I
will ride back home, and not fare abroad at all._"




The Story of Burnt Njal