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Our Little Swedish Cousin - L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman
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Title: Our Little Swedish Cousin
Author: Claire M. Coburn
Illustrator: L. J. Bridgman
R.C. Woodberry
Release Date: September 4, 2013 [EBook #43638]
Language: English
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By Mary Hazelton Wade (unless otherwise indicated)
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
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Copyright, 1906
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Preface
For more than five thousand years, the ancestors of our little Swedish cousin have dwelt in the Scandinavian peninsula. No wonder she loves the stories of the Vikings, the old legends, customs, and fête-days. They are her priceless heritage from the days of long ago.
The snow and glaciers on the extreme north cut off this long tongue of land, so that it is as separate from the rest of Europe as an island. In the olden days, almost every Swede tilled the soil and lived remote from his neighbour. Villages were few, so that each family created its own little world of work and pleasure. Even the children must be very industrious and ingenious to help supply the needs of the family. Whether she lives in the city or the country, every little Swedish girl to-day is taught this same thrift and industry.
Because the winter months, when the sun shows his face but a few hours each day, are long and dreary, our northern relatives fairly revel in their short summers. The whole nation lives out-of-doors and rejoices in the merry sunshine. All day excursions, picnics, and water trips are crowded into the brief season.
The peasant still owns his little red cottage and the well-to-do farmer and the nobleman live in their old homesteads. The cities continue to be small in number and in size, but slowly, slowly, the great throbbing life of the outside world is creeping in to steal away much of the picturesqueness of this old nation.
You will be surprised to learn in how many ways the life of our little Swedish cousin is similar to that of American children. But she is such a very hospitable and polite little maid, I am sure she will give you a hearty welcome if you visit her and see her for yourself at work and at play.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Our Little Swedish Cousin
CHAPTER I.
THE SKATING CARNIVAL
Sigrid, Sigrid, hurry and get your skates. The ice is at last safe, and mother says that we may go to the park with Miss Eklund, this afternoon.
Erik thrust his head through the nursery door to announce the good news to his sister, who was poring over her lessons for the next day.
Oh!
cried the little girl as she quickly slipped out of her seat at the long table, I am so glad, for I thought I should never have a chance to wear the new skates that father gave me on my birthday.
In a trice, she had gathered up all her books, packed them neatly away, and was off to put on her warm furs. She was a flaxen-haired little maid, with very blue eyes, and plump rosy cheeks as round as an apple, because she lived out-of-doors a great deal and romped with her brothers.
In just no time at all, she had put on her warm blue coat, lined with gray squirrel, and a little cap to match, with the fur also on the inside. She quickly fastened on her rubber overshoes, which had a border of fur around the top and down the front. When she had found her white woolen mittens with
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