Excerpt from When I Was a Girl in Iceland Will you kindly keep in mind that my childhood memories described in this book are from a time twenty-five to forty years ago. Although a great many things are just the same to-day, others have changed a great deal. I will also ask you to bear in mind that what is told in this little book of mine is not taken at random, but that I have given the facts of my own experi ence, told as truthfully as I was able to, and described as clearly as my imperfect knowledge of the English language al lowed. I hope that many of the questions I have frequently heard about my country will be answered here, and I hope also that this book may lead to still further curiosity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.