
The Orkney book
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1880. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 178 Hand-book to the Orkn...
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- THE ORKNEY BOOK.
- Part I.—The Story of the Past.
- PREHISTORIC ORKNEY.
- THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR HISTORY.
- THE NORSEMEN AND THEIR SAGAS.
- THE BEGINNING OF THE EARLDOM.
- THE DARK CENTURY.
- EARL THORFINN AND EARL ROGNVALD.
- THE SLAYING OF EARL MAGNUS.
- THE FOUNDING OF ST. MAGNUS CATHEDRAL.
- THE JORSALAFARERS.
- SWEYN ASLEIFSON, THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS.
- THE DECAY OF THE EARLDOM AND THE END OF THE WESTERN KINGDOM.
- THE ANNEXATION TO SCOTLAND.
- UDAL AND FEUDAL.
- THE STEWART EARLS.
- THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES.
- Part II.—The Isles and the Folk.
- A SURVEY OF THE ISLANDS.
- On Wideford Hill.
- Among the North Isles.
- Among the South Isles.
- ROUND THE MAINLAND.
- First Day.
- Second Day.
- Third Day.
- Fourth Day.
- SKETCHES BY HUGH MILLER.
- The Dwarfie Stone.
- The Standing Stones.
- THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. MAGNUS.
- A ROAD IN ORCADY.
- A LOCH IN ORCADY.
- AMONG THE KELPERS.
- A WHALE-HUNT IN ORKNEY.
- ARTICLES MADE OF STRAW.
- THE WEATHER OF ORKNEY.
- THE PLACE-NAMES OF ORKNEY.
- Part III.—Nature Lore.
- THE STORY OF THE ROCKS.
- “Sermons in Stones.”
- “Books in the Running Brooks.”
- Cliffs and Beaches.
- The Age of Ice.
- Orkney Fossils.
- A PEAT-MOSS.
- SOME COMMON WEEDS.
- HOME LIFE ON THE ROCKS.
- Guillemots.
- Seals.
- Shags.
- THE BIRDS OF SULE SKERRY.
- The Residenters.
- The Regular Visitors.
- Occasional Visitors.
- COMMON SEAWEEDS.
- CRABS.
- HOPPERS AND SHOLTIES.
- SEA-ANEMONES.
- Part IV.—Legend and Lay.
- THE OLD GODS.
- A VANISHING ISLAND.
- HELEN WATERS: A LEGEND OF SULE SKERRY.
- A LEGEND OF BORAY ISLAND.[1]
- SONGS OF THE GODS.
- The Challenge of Thor.
- Tegner’s Drapa.[3]
- THE SONG OF HAROLD HARFAGER.
- KING HACON’S LAST BATTLE.
- THE DEATH OF HACO.
- THE OLD MAN OF HOY.
- ORKNEY.
- SCENES FROM “THE BUCCANEER.”
- Night.
- Morning.
- TO ORKNEY.
- THE TEMPLE OF NATURE.
- APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGY OF ORCADIAN HISTORY TO THE END OF THE EARLDOM, WITH RELATED CONTEMPORARY EVENTS.
- APPENDIX II. NORSE WORDS IN ORKNEY PLACE-NAMES.
- 1. Land Features.
- 2. Fresh Water.
- 3. Shore Features.
- 4. Sea Features.
- 5. Farms and Houses.
- 6. Miscellaneous.
- APPENDIX III. LIST OF BIRDS FOUND IN ORKNEY.
- APPENDIX IV. BOOKS FOR FURTHER STUDY.
- Archæology and Early History.
- Norse Mythology.
- Later History.
- Descriptive.
- Geology.
- Botany.
- Zoology.
- Fiction, Poetry, etc.
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