Morris tribune., 1912-01-19
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAv|ANS
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
BOOKS WIDELY TRANSLATED

Selma LaeerIof, Swedish Writer, Be-
coming Known All Over the Civilized
WorId-6ergen Takes Large Amount
Of Stock in American Steamship
Company-Denmark Artists viii Not
Exhibit at English Exposition.
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There is no author of recent times
whose literary products have proven
so universally popular as those of Sci
ma Lagerlof and her name is ON every
ones lips in Sweden and is becoming
known all over the civilized world.
The new novel by Miss Lagerlof, an
nounced for publication early last fall
in an edition of 10000 copies, enjoys
the distinction of being completely
sold out before a single copy was Off
the press. The name of the story is
"Liplecrona's Home" and it Is story
of Swedish life through and through.
August BONNER, the publisher, has an
nouneed another edition even before
the first is ready for delivery. Selma
Lageriof is more widely read at pres
ent than any other Swedish author,
Strindberg included, and her books
have been widely translated. She was
awarded the Nobel prize in literature
/ last year and no one will deny that
she did not justly deserve this honor,
which was perhaps after all the great
est recognition that her countrymen
had in their power to give her. Her
books have been translated into not
less than sixteen different languages
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Doctor Nordenskjold, Swedish
Antarctic explorer, in a recent de-
polar regions, declares that the Ant
arctic summer is beyond comparison
the coolest in the world. At the sta
tion of the Swedish Antarctic expedi-
ton, latitude 64-22 south, the mean
I temperature for the three summer
months. was 2S Fahrenheit, or almost
as cold, as Stockholm in winter. Ant
arctic winters, however, are not so
cold as in Northern Continental re-
gions, such as Siberia, although the
temperature is at least as low as that
of most Arctic islands and stretches
+ on the coast at the same distance
from the North pole The mean aver
age temperature of the Antarctic re-
gions is presumably the lowest in the
world.
The German city of Erfurt has, &C
2 cording to recent reports, most in
f teresting and highly valuable collec
- ton of Swedish coins in its possession
The coins date back to Swedish
times" in Germany and naturally are
of great historic value. These coins
which are in the possession OF jew
eler in Erfurt, show scenes from the
81 Thirty Years war. On one side of +
number of them is shown the face o.
King Gustavus Adolphus, and Others
again show the king as he fell on tht
: battlefield of Lutzen. It is believed
: that these coins were placed in circu
= lation in Erfurt during the time tha
Axel Oxienstierna was rector of the
. University of Erfurt.
a Prominent Stockholm women gave {
3 dinner in honor of Nine. Curie, the dis
t tinguished French scientist The din
j. ner was given on Skansen and wa:
attended by a large number of dis
v tinguished women of Stockholm. DR.
;. Karolina Widerstrom and DIR: Ram
e stedt, the latter pupil of Nine
: Curie's, delivered brief addresses il
a honor of the distinguished guest, whC
< In a neat response thanked the Stock
S holm women for the kindly interes
4 taken in her during her pleasant visi
b in Stockholm, when she was for sec
. end time recipient of Nobel prize.
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4 Kaiser William of Germany has of
f1cially sanctioned the participation O.
] the German artillery in the riding con
e tests to be held in connection with th&
Olympian games in Stockholm mex
] summer. The kaiser has also show1
a his interest by giving a prize to b.
4 awarded In the military distance rid
; ing contest
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About eighty foreign journalists ant
newspaper correspondents are expect
ed to be present at the Olympian
) games at Stockholm next summer. AL
2 the foreign newspaper correspondents
will be granted free fare on all th'
, railways of Sweden.
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The king is interested In lawn ten
; mis-. He sent beautiful silver cup t.
the tennis club at Nice, where las
year one could find his majesty en-
joying a game of tennis before break
fast almost every morning.
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King Gustaf and Queen Victoria tat