Tales from Two Hemispheres

Tales from Two Hemispheres is credited to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, and its contents list stories titled The Man Who Lost His Name, The Story of an Outcast, A Scientific Vagabond and Truls, the Nameless. In the story The Man Who Lost His Name, a young Norseman, Halfdan Bjerk by name, lands on the pier at Castle Garden, where he is asked his name, birthplace, and how much money he had. One scene has a character picture his dear native land, where the great mountains loomed up in serene majesty toward the blue sky.

A gruff voice shouts "Get up, you sleepy dog", and a Herculean policeman lifts a stout stick over his head. One scene shows a woman who goes on with her work while talking with a man in a half sisterly fashion about his studies and his future career. A character named Lage welcomes a visitor, saying you are welcome to stay here with us as long as you choose, and cannot but attribute to Vigfusson the merit of having kept Aasa at home a whole day.