Strindberg

Throughout his life Strindberg was a dili gent scholar and undertook painstaking, though not always original research in many fields, particularly Kulturgeschichte, philology, chem istry, sociology and ethnology. His great his toric work on the history of the Swedish people ((Svenska Folket>) appeared in 1880 and the studies for it are the basis of the collection of historical short stories 'Svenska Oden och Aventyr> (1880-90) and of a long series of historical dramas: (Folkungasaga,' Vasa,' 'Erik XIV,' Adolf,' XII,' (Engelbrekt,' (Christina,' 'Gustaf etc. His last plays were peculiarly resigned and gloomy studies of city life: (Ovader,' (Branda Tomten,> (Spolcsonaten,' (Pelikanen) (all 1907);

THE). Works not already mentioned and col lected editions include ed. Landquist, thus far 55 vols. (Stockholm 1912 18) ; trans. by Schering, thus far 30 vols. (Munich 1906-14) ; (Plays,' trans. by BjCirkman, thus far four vols. (New York 1912-16); 'Easter and Stories,' (Cincin nati 1912) ; (In Midsummer Days and Other Tales> (New York 1913) ; Inferno' (New York 1913) ; Growth of a Soul' (New York 1913) ; Miniatures' (New York 1913) (Boston 1915). Con sult Lind-ai-Hageby, L., (August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt' (New York 1913) ; Bjorkman, E. of To-Morrow' (New York 1912) ' • Esswein, H., Strindberg' •(Munich 1908) ; Paul, Ad. nerungen and Bride' (Munich 1914) ; (En I3ok om Strindberg> (Karlstad 1894) ; Udd gren, G., (a good bibliography, Stockholm 1913).