This is Jens Andreas Friis's 1888 novel, ¿Lajla - A New Tale of Finmark¿. Jens Andreas Friis (1821 ¿ 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer and author. He is widely recognized as the founder of the studies of the Sami languages. Other notable works by this author include: ¿Klosteret i Petschenga. Skildringer fra Russisk Lapland¿ (1884), ¿Ordbog over det Lappiske Sprog¿ (1887), and ¿Skildringer fra Finmarken¿ (1891). Contents include: ¿The Empty Cradle¿, ¿Jaampa on Snow-shoes after the Wolf¿, ¿The Lapp and the Child¿, ¿Runne and Ranne¿, ¿Christmas-Eve¿, ¿the Plague¿, ¿Mellet and Lajla at School¿, ¿Fair at Karasjok¿, ¿In Summer-Time¿, ¿The Wedding¿, and ¿Jaampa's Last Journey¿. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete the original text and artwork.