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374 A History of Sweden
In his later writings there appears a strong love of
Sweden and her great memories. We meet this patriot-
ism in his work "Karolinerna," a book on Charles XII
and his men. There we read concerning the fall of
Sweden as a great power: "Beloved by the people,
who in the fall of their greatness made their poverty
honored before the world." For the young, Heiden-
stam has written "The Swedes and Their Chieftains/’
Like the men of the Gothic school, Heidenstam would
revive the ancient race-strength of the Swedes, and
place high ideals before them. Proudly sounds his ap-
peal to his people in his poetical collection, "Ett Folk" :
"No people must be more than you,
This is the aim, whate’er the cost be."
Selma Lagerlof. In
"Gosta Berlings Saga"
Selma Lagerlof is re-
vealed as the great
saga-teller in Swedish
literature. How rich is
this work in imagina-
tion, in wonderful ad-
ventures in the deep
Vermland forests! In
this work Selma Lager-
lof glorifies the adven-
turous, the knightly, the
care-free, roaming dis-
position of the Swedes,
as exemplified in the life
of the "Cavaliers" in
Ekeby manor house. seima
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