. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. price at which hepasses is fixed by law, and he himselfhas rights that may not be violated.There was a considerable period be- 44 GREAT RACES OE ^E-INKEYD. fore the introdnetion of Christianity into Iceland when the noble franklins, or barons, were w( )nt

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. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. price at which hepasses is fixed by law, and he himselfhas rights that may not be violated.There was a considerable period be- 44 GREAT RACES OE ^E-INKEYD. fore the introdnetion of Christianity into Iceland when the noble franklins, or barons, were w( )nt to gO over Manner of life among the Norse to Aorwav and to Spend° ^^ ^^?^ much of their time at the Kings Court, but after paganism passedaway these exeursions became less fre-quent, and the Icelandie lords remainedmore at home. It became thencefortha matter of business relating- to the ad-ministration of the government and also appear that such resisting forceshave been on the physical side ratherthan the intellectual. Such is undoubt-edly the case. The history of humansociety is ncnv sufficiently advancedto make us understand with the forceof an equation in calculus that de-mocracy, which is another term for theequality of men, is against the develop-ment of great fortunes, and generallyagainst the commercial spirit which leads. HOUSES or RI.1K.1AV IR.—A Bi kial SciiNK.—Drawn by V. Konlquier, alter a sketch of Noiigaret. kindred subjects rather than mere pleas-ure and search for a larger life that car-ried the Thanes into the larger kingdom.AVe have noted elsewhere the fact thatin an island that might well support fivehundred thousand inhabitants the popu-lation has risen to onlv seventv thousand. Forces that im-pede the pro-duction ofpopu-lation. This fact is suggestive of some strong forces thathave impeded the develop-ment of Icelandic nationality. It would to the building up of great seaport citiesand emporiums where the manufacturesof the world are displayed, where