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A translation of the Eddas by Karl Simrock,
whicli was published in 1861, is the most faithful
and spirited one that has been made. In its form,
in preserving the alliterative rhymes, and in sim-
plicity and spirit, it is the best that has appeared in
any language. In connection with this subject is
a small "bandbook of German Mythology * by J. "W"..
Wolf, and a Journal devoted to German Mythology
and the History of Culture,f has just been estab-
lished by him in Gottingen, which has the names of
Grimm, Zingerle, ^l^onnies, &c. among its contribu-
tors.
England and France have also produced some
works in this department of Northern Antiquities,
but they are wanting in that depth and originality
which characterize the productions of the German
and Scandinavian writers.
A small work entitled " Chants Populau-es du
Nord," (Paris 1842,) contains a translation of some
of the Eddaic lays, in connection with a few of the
popular legends of other countries of the North.
An excellent work bearing on this subject is "A
Sketch of the Literature of the North in the Middle
Ages," by EichhoflF. :j:
In England we have Cottle's translation of the
Edda, § a work of the last century, which entirely
* "Die Deutsche Gotterlehre." Gottingen, 1852.
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"Zeitsohrift fur Deutsche Mythologie und Sittengesohichte,"
edited by J. W. Wolf. .G6ttingen.
i "Tableau de la Litterature du Nord au Moyen Age, en Allemagne
et en Angleterre, en Scandinavie et en Solavonie," par F.
G. Eichhoff. Paris, 1853.
§ " The Edda of Swmund," Ac, by A. S. Cottle. London, 1V97.
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