Front matter
Reading edition
ADVENTURES
in
ERROR
By
VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON
New York
ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY
ADVENTURES IN ERROR
COPYRIGHT 1936 BY VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FIRST EDITION
Acknowledgments
Chapters I. and II. are, with alterations, from my short book The Standardization of Error, published some years ago by W. W. Norton & Company and now out of print. Chapter III. is but slightly changed from an article that originally appeared in The American Mercury, May, 1927. Chapter IV. is adapted from an address which I gave before the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, January 2, 1931. About the first ten thousand words of Chapter V. appeared in The American Mercury of July, 1927, but much additional information has been added. Chapter VI. is published with slight changes from an article entitled, That ‘Frozen’ North which appeared in Maclean’s Magazine, Toronto, November 15, 1929.
The publishers regret that owing to Mr. Stefansson’s sudden departure on an extended journey he was unable to read the proofs of this manuscript.
Contents
I. THE STANDARDIZATION OF ERROR PAGE 3 II. THE PLEASURES OF BUNCOMBE PAGE 16 III. ARE EXPLORERS TO JOIN THE DODO? PAGE 67 IV. TRAVELERS’ TALES PAGE 88 V. STANDARDIZED WOLVES PAGE 136 VI. BEYOND THE FRONTIER PAGE 223 VII. OLOF KRARER PAGE 243 VIII. HISTORY OF THE BATHTUB IN AMERICA PAGE 279
ADVENTURES IN ERROR