A Girl's Ride in Iceland

In the foregoing pages it may seem strange that hardly any allusion has been made to the special characteristic of Iceland, viz., its volcanic structure, or to the numerous lava...

On arriving at Reykir, our guide conducted us to his own dwelling, a fair-sized farm, where he and his wife resided with all their mutual relations, this being the custom in Ice...

Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland. It has a population of about 4000, and is pleasantly situated on the shores of a small bay to the north of a headland, which forms an excell...

Certainly the most noticeable feature, after a brief survey of the inhabitants of' the place--at least such of them as surrounded us on landing--was the number of ponies massed...

We traversed nearly the same road on our return journey from the Geysers as we had taken _en route_, our first halt being made at the farm near which we had lunched the previous...

Independently of the beauty and natural curiosities of the spot, Thingvalla is so associated with the early history of the Norse people, its government and its laws, that it des...

On leaving the choppy 'Pentland Firth,' we now entered on still rougher waters, encountering an Atlantic swell, caused by the previous storm. How the ship rolled! Walking on dec...

We had been told at Reykjavik it was necessary to carry tents, as there was no accommodation for travellers at the Geysers, but on arriving the wind was so strong that there was...

The _Camoens_, named after the Portuguese poet of that name, is a fair-sized steamer of 1200 tons, which runs during the summer and autumn months at regular intervals of about o...

At a short distance from shore, Sauderkrok, appeared to us at first a most forlorn-looking little settlement, consisting of some few dozen wooden houses and peat hovels. However...

As the London season, with its thousand and one engagements, that one tries to cram into the shortest possible time, draws to a close, the question uppermost in every one's mind...

Before proceeding to narrate more of our own experiences of Iceland, I have ventured to collate the following memoranda of the early history of the Island, from Mr George Lock's...

Akureyri--Pack Ponies--No Wheeled Conveyances--Woman's Saddle--House Interior--Staple Food--Absence of Domestic Animals and Timber--An Akureyri Dinner--Constitution of the Reykj...

Historical Notes--Early History of Iceland--Population--Commonwealth Established--Conquest of the Isle of Man--Tynwald Hill--Chronological Dates--A Curious Custom--Landing of Fi...

The Geysers--Tents blown down--The Great Geyser--Eruption of the 'Stroker'--Professor Geikie and Dr Kneeland on Geysers--Dinner--A Night in a Tent--Hot Springs of the District--...