text_original: Are we indebted to the folk of other nations for all our folk tales? It would almost seem so. I have introduced into the present volume only one or two stories from the Prose Edda. Space would not allow me to give so much of the Edda as I could have wished. In selecting and translating the matter for this volume, I have endeavoured to make the book such as would afford its readers a fair general view of the main features of the Folklore of the North. C.J.
text_transcription: ARE WE INDEBTED TO THE FOLK OF OTHER NATIONS FOR ALL OUR FOLK TALES IT WOULD ALMOST SEEM SO I HAVE INTRODUCED INTO THE PRESENT VOLUME ONLY ONE OR TWO STORIESIES FROM THE PROSE ADDER SPACE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO GIVE SO MUCH OF THE ADDER AS I COULD HAVE WISHED IN SELECTING AND TRANSLATING THE MATTER FOR THIS VOLUME I HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO MAKE THE BOOK SUCH AS WOULD AFFORD ITS READERS A FAIR GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE FOLK LAW OF THE NORTH C
phonemes: ɑːɹ wiː ˌɪndˈɛɾᵻd tə ðə fˈoʊk ʌv ˈʌðɚ nˈeɪʃənz fɔːɹ ˈɔːl ˌaʊɚ fˈoʊk tˈeɪlz? ɪt wʊd ˈɔːlmoʊst sˈiːm sˈoʊ. aɪ hæv ˌɪntɹədˈuːst ˌɪntʊ ðə pɹˈɛzənt vˈɑːljuːm ˈoʊnli wˈʌn ɔːɹ tˈuː stˈɔːɹiz fɹʌmðə pɹˈoʊz ˈɛdə. spˈeɪs wʊd nˌɑːt ɐlˈaʊ mˌiː tə ɡˈɪv sˈoʊ mˌʌtʃ ʌvðɪ ˈɛdə æz aɪ kˌʊdɐv wˈɪʃt. ɪn sᵻlˈɛktɪŋ ænd tɹænslˈeɪɾɪŋ ðə mˈæɾɚ fɔːɹ ðɪs vˈɑːljuːm, aɪ hæv ɛndˈɛvɚd tə mˌeɪk ðə bˈʊk sˈʌtʃ ɐz wʊd ɐfˈɔːɹd ɪts ɹˈiːdɚz ɐ fˈɛɹ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl vjˈuː ʌvðə mˈeɪn fˈiːtʃɚz ʌvðə fˈoʊklɔːɹ ʌvðə nˈɔːɹθ. sˈiː.dʒˈeɪ.