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HISTORISKE MINDESMÆRKER (GREENLAND’S HISTORICAL MONUMENTS).

From the Prospectus ispced by TH K Society. “The redîseovery of the rnasts of Hast-Groenland, nndertaken at the cost of the Datiish Government, and achicvod by Cap tain Gruab, has anrw directed the public attention towards surh traces and vestiges as may be still rem n in in g of the anrient Scamlinaviaii (’olony in Greenland. Monuments and Inscriptions fateîy discovered in the country itself snew thnt the eolonizatîon and navigation of the anrient IVorthiucii extended ail the way from the southeruinost extremity of the land to its most uorthern coasts and islands, even larther to the northward lhan it has beeii fonnd practicable in our days to establish I)ani*h settlcmeiils. A commencement has been made uf investigating and elucidating tho mimerons remains of antiquity in South Greenland, and since 1831 arrangements have been entered into by this Society for sccuring tbeir more accurate examiuation , délinéation and description'’. . . . “The work will rnnsist of three sections, of which the First Section will contain anrient writings and fragments, relating to the early Hin* tory ok Greenland; the Second Section ancicnt accounls relating to its gkocraphical an» physical description, with separate introductions, anncxcd Danish translations, and cxplauatory remarks; the Third Section: later accounls and researches respccling Greenland partirularly with regard to the Monuments op its oi.den timk”. . . . “ l’hc work will bc accoinpanied by illustrative Maps, also by eugraved Plans of tho Ruins. It will cousist of 3 vols. 8vo.”

The ttro first volume a have alreadg issued from the près s, but have not yet been rcceived from Europe.

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