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French Catholic literature of that day, and being an imaginative boy, I turned a Papist, and set out for Rome, Italy. I remained in the Roman College of Propaganda until the year 1859. I left the Propanganda without having engaged in the study of theology. I returned to Iceland in 1859, and in the following spring of 1860 I undertook an extensive journey to southern Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt. On my return to Naples, Italy I completed a three years course of Sanskrit and comparative [Philology?] in the University of that City. receiving highly flattering testimonials for proficiency from the Professor of the Philological Faculty [Cav.?] [Giancomo?] [Lignoma?], at present, as I believe, of the Roman University. I have the honor of enclosing a translated copy of my Neapolitan testimonials. I left Naples in March 1868 for London, England. Already from the year 1860, while staying a few months in Edinburgh, Scotland. I had been invited by persons of high social standing to teach the Danish language, then in a certain [vogue?], on the occasion of the marriage of the prince of Wales. On my return to Britain, the same persons again extended to me their patronage, and in 1869 I became a Teacher of Danish to Princess Helena Christian, a daughter of the Queen. During the following years I have taught the modern and ancient languages in