The Land Beyond the Forest

About this eBook

Author

Gerard, E. (Emily), 1849-1905

Title

The Land Beyond the Forest: Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania

Credits

Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections)

Language

English

LoC Class

DB: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia

Subject

Transylvania (Romania) -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57168

Release Date

May 16, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LAND BEYOND THE FOREST.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. POLITICAL.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. ARRIVAL IN TRANSYLVANIA—FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. SAXON HISTORICAL FEAST—LEGEND.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE SAXONS: CHARACTER—EDUCATION—RELIGION.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. SAXON VILLAGES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. SAXON INTERIORS—CHARACTER.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. SAXON CHURCHES AND SIEGES.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE SAXON VILLAGE PASTOR.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE SAXON BROTHERHOODS—NEIGHBORHOODS AND VILLAGE HANN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE SAXONS: DRESS—SPINNING AND DANCING.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE SAXONS: BETROTHAL.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE SAXONS: MARRIAGE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE SAXONS: BIRTH AND INFANCY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE SAXONS: DEATH AND BURIAL.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR ORIGIN.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR RELIGION, POPAS, AND CHURCHES.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR CHARACTER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. ROUMANIAN LIFE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. ROUMANIAN MARRIAGE AND MORALITY.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. THE ROUMANIANS: DANCING, SONGS, MUSIC, STORIES, AND PROVERBS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. ROUMANIAN POETRY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. THE ROUMANIANS: NATIONALITY AND ATROCITIES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. THE ROUMANIANS: DEATH AND BURIAL—VAMPIRES AND WERE-WOLVES.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION: DAYS AND HOURS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION—CONTINUED: ANIMALS, WEATHER, MIXED SUPERSTITIONS, SPIRITS, SHADOWS, ETC.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. SAXON SUPERSTITION: REMEDIES, WITCHES, WEATHER-MAKERS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. SAXON SUPERSTITION—CONTINUED: ANIMALS, PLANTS, DAYS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. SAXON CUSTOMS AND DRAMAS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. BURIED TREASURES.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. THE TZIGANES: LISZT AND LENAU.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TZIGANES: THEIR LIFE AND OCCUPATIONS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE TZIGANES: HUMOR, PROVERBS, RELIGION, AND MORALITY.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. THE GYPSY FORTUNE-TELLER.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE TZIGANE MUSICIAN.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. GYPSY POETRY.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SZEKLERS AND ARMENIANS.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. FRONTIER REGIMENTS.
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. WOLVES, BEARS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. A ROUMANIAN VILLAGE.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. A GYPSY CAMP.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. THE BRUCKENTHALS.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. STILL-LIFE AT HERMANSTADT—A TRANSYLVANIAN CRANFORD.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. FIRE AND BLOOD—THE HERMANSTADT MURDER.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. THE KLAUSENBURG CARNIVAL.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. JOURNEY FROM HERMANSTADT TO KRONSTADT.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. KRONSTADT.
53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. SINAÏA.
54. 54.CHAPTER L. UP THE MOUNTAINS.
55. 55.CHAPTER LI. THE BULEA SEE.
56. 56.CHAPTER LII. THE WIENERWALD—A DIGRESSION.
57. 57.CHAPTER LIII. A WEEK IN THE PINE REGION.
58. 58.CHAPTER LIV. LA DUS AND BISTRA.
59. 59.CHAPTER LV. A NIGHT IN THE STINA.
60. 60.CHAPTER LVI. FAREWELL TO TRANSYLVANIA—THE ENCHANTED GARDEN.

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