STORY OF GoSTA BERLING, The, a novel by Selma Lagerffif, appeared about Christmas-time 1891. In the summer of 1890 a Swedish magazine, the Idun, had offered a prize for the best novel of a certain length. Selma Lagerlaf entered the contest with a few chapters from
their own hands, they manage the property as they themselves see fit, and their lives are filled with many wild adventures. Gasta Berling is the leading spirit, the poet, the charming per sonality among a band of revelers. But be fore the story ends, GOsta Berling is redeemed, and even the old Mistress of Ekeby is permitted to come to her old home to die. In this as in her other works, the authoress shows a marvel ous simplicity of style. Everything she touches quickens with new life and takes on a deeper meaning. Consult Ruben Berg, 'Svenska skalder fran
Johan Mortensen, (Selma Lagerliif.)