OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL PHENOMENA, HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISLAND; AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX. BY EBENEZER HENDERSON, Doctor in Philosophy, Member of the Royal Society of Gottenburgh, Honorary Member of Scandinavian Literary Society at Copenhagen. PRINTED FOR OLIPHANT, WAUGH AND INNES, EDINBURGH ; T. HAMILTON, J. HATCHARD, AND L. B. SEELEY, LONDON. 1818. то HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CHRISTIAN FREDERIC, PRINCE OF DENMARK, &c. &c. &c. FROM A PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEEP INTEREST WHICH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TAKES IN THE INHABITANTS AND LITERATURE OF ICELAND; AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT FOR THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE AND SUPPORT WHICH HE AFFORDS TO THE CAUSE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY, AND A TRIBUTE OF THE MOST UNFEIGNED GRATITUDE FOR REPEATED INSTANCES OF CONDESCENDING REGARD, THESE VOLUMES ARE HUMBLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S MOST OBEDIENT AND MOST DEVOTED SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |