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The old town

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Jacob A. Riis
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A sequence of affectionate sketches and recollections that evoke life in a compact, historic community through seasons, ceremonies, and everyday scenes. The narrator blends childhood memories of gardens and birds with vivid portrayals of churches, markets, local celebrations, and eccentric townspeople, interweaving folklore and short historical anecdotes. Descriptive vignettes trace architecture, pageantry, and seasonal labors, while reflective passages consider continuity between past and present and the ties that bind neighbors. The overall portrait is intimate and observational, aiming to preserve the sounds, sights, rituals, and human details that give the place its distinctive character.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
“Post Office” Frontispiece
“Where blossoming lilacs dip over garden walls” 9
“The old Domkirke reared its gray head” facing 12
The Causeway in a Storm 15
Fanö Women 21
Seal of the Old Town in the Thirteenth Century 26
An Old House 31
The Iron Hand 32
A Watchman 38
“He found his prisoner faithfully guarding the gun when he came back” facing 48
“Eyes that spoke of things unseen by the crowd” 49
Peer Down’s Slip facing 50
Neighbor Quedens 52
The Good Dean of the Domkirke 58
The Wife of the Middle-miller 60
Venus 61
“Did the honors on ceremonial occasions” facing 62
Liar Hans 65
The Old Family Doctor facing 74
“They crept about, the old men with their staffs ” 77
The Christmas Sheaf 78
The Nisse facing 80
“Blowing in Yule from the grim old tower” ” 84
“The whole family turned to and helped” ” 92
“We joined hands and danced around the tree” ” 95
“We ‘smashed’ the New Year in” ” 100
“We caught them napping there one dark night” ” 102
Getting Ready for the Review 104
The Stork came in April facing 104
A Girl from the North Sea Islands ” 112
“There were booths with toys and booths with trumpets” ” 115
The Girl Market ” 119
Where the Cows go in through the Street Door 121
“Trenchers of steaming sausage” 130
“I threw the last pebble” 141
King Harald’s Stone 143
“In my dreams I sit by the creek” 146
Where I shot my First Duck facing 147
Picking Rävlinger in the Moor 153
Dagmar’s Despoiled Tomb 159
In Holme Week—The Old Ferry Raft facing 162
Cruising up to the Seem Church 167
Riberhus 169
The King’s Ride over the Moor 176
“For God and the King” facing 179
“The King and his men knelt upon the battlefield” ” 180
Danish Women ransomed their King ” 181
“Comforted the King in sorrow and defeat” 181
Jackdaws in Council 186
“Ha! you were just going to fire it” 195
The Latin School Teachers 198
The Chimney-sweep 207
“We saw it on moonlight nights” 209
The North Gate 212
The Emperor’s Birthday facing 215
“It’s come” 227
The Accursed Candlestick 229
A Strange Figure in Kilts 234
The Restored Domkirke facing 235
The Cat-head Door ” 237
The Old Cloister-church 239
King Christian comes from Church 249
King Frederik 259