Njal's Saga. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Robert Cook. London: Penguin Books, 2001. Pp. xli+378. $14.00.

Nj‡ls saga has been well edited and translated often enough so that it is no longer a question of judging the accuracy of the translation. Furthermore, the present translator, Robert Cook, works in Iceland and has access to the best language experts. The issue is rather how this new translation compares with the older classic done by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann P‡lsson, also published by Penguin Books in 1960. This earlier translation has had a monopoly for the last forty years and will be referred to below in the abbreviated form MM/HP.

Theodore M. Andersson
Indiana University