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An 1888 story about the wild beauty of Transylvania and its inhabitants - Wallachians, Saxons, Gypsies.

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THE LAND BEYOND THE FOREST.

OLD TOWN GATE AT HERMANSTADT (ELIZABETH THOR).

THE
LAND BEYOND THE FOREST
FACTS, FIGURES, AND FANCIES
FROM
TRANSYLVANIA
BY E. GERARD
AUTHOR OF
REATA THE WATERS OF HERCULES BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOR ETC.
WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1888

PREFACE.
In the spring of 1883 my husband was appointed to the command of the cavalry brigade in Transylvania, composed of two hussar regiments, stationed respectively at Hermanstadt and Kronstadta very welcome nomination, as gratifying a long-cherished wish of mine to visit that part of the Austrian empire known as the Land beyond the Forest.
The two years spent in Transylvania were among the most agreeable of sixteen years acquaintance with Austrian military life; and I shall always look back to this time as to something quaint and exceptional, totally different from all previous and subsequent experiences.
Much interested in the wild beauty of the country, the strange admixture of races by which it is peopled, and their curious and varied folk-lore, I recorded some of my impressions in short, independent papers, of which three were published in Blackwoods Magazine, one in the Nineteenth Century, and one in the Contemporary Review. It was only after I had left the country that, being desirous of preserving these sketches in more convenient form, I began rearranging the matter for publication; but the task of retracing my Transylvanian experiences was so pleasant that it led me on far beyond my original intention. One reminiscence awoke another, one chapter gave rise to a second; and so, instead of a small volume, as had been at first contemplated, my manuscript almost unconsciously developed to its present dimensions.
When the work was completed, the idea of illustrating it occurred to me: but this was a far more difficult matter; for, though offering a perfect treasure-mine to artists, Transylvania has not as yet received from them the attention it deserves; and had it not been for obliging assistance from several quarters, I should have been debarred the satisfaction of elucidating some of my descriptions by appropriate sketches.
In this matter my thanks are greatly due to Herr Emil Sigerus, who was good enough to place at my disposal the blocks of engravings designed by himself, and belonging to the Transylvania Carpathian Society, of which he is the secretary. Likewise to Madame Kamilla Asboth, for permission to copy her life-like and characteristic photographs of Saxons, Roumanians, and gypsies.
I would also at this place acknowledge the extreme courtesy with which every question of mine regarding Transylvania people and customs has been responded to by various kind acquaintances, and if some parts of my work do not meet with their entire approval, let them here take the assurance that my remarks were prompted by no unfriendly spirit, and that in each and every case I have endeavored to judge impartially according to my lights.
Emily de Laszowska-Gerard.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTERPAGE
Introductory
Historical
Political
Arrival in TransylvaniaFirst Impressions
Saxon Historical FeastLegend
The Saxons: CharacterEducationReligion
Saxon Villages
Saxon InteriorsCharacter
Saxon Churches and Sieges
The Saxon Village Pastor
The Saxon BrotherhoodsNeighborhoods and Village Hann
The Saxons: DressSpinning and Dancing
The Saxons: Betrothal
The Saxons: Marriage
The Saxons: Birth and Infancy
The Saxons: Death and Burial
The Roumanians: their Origin
The Roumanians: their Religion, Popas, and Churches
The Roumanians: their Character
Roumanian Life
Roumanian Marriage and Morality
The Roumanians: Dancing, Songs, Music, Stories, and Proverbs
Roumanian Poetry
The Roumanians: Nationality and Atrocities
The Roumanians: Death and BurialVampires and Were-wolves
Roumanian Superstition: Days and Hours
Roumanian Superstitioncontinued: Animals, Weather, Mixed Superstitions, Spirits, Shadows, etc.
Saxon Superstition: Remedies, Witches, Weather-makers
Saxon Superstitioncontinued: Animals, Plants, Days
Saxon Customs and Dramas
Buried Treasures
The Tziganes: Liszt and Lenau
The Tziganes: their Life and Occupations
The Tziganes: Humor, Proverbs, Religion, and Morality
The Gypsy Fortune-teller
The Tzigane Musician
Gypsy Poetry
The Szeklers and Armenians
Frontier Regiments
Wolves, Bears, and Other Animals
A Roumanian Village
A Gypsy Camp
The Bruckenthals
Still-life at Hermanstadta Transylvanian Cranford
Fire and Bloodthe Hermanstadt Murder
The Klausenburg Carnival
Journey from Hermanstadt to Kronstadt
Kronstadt
Sinaa
Up the Mountains
The Bulea See
The Wienerwalda Digression
A Week in the Pine Region
La Dus and Bistra
A Night in the Stina
Farewell to Transylvaniathe Enchanted Garden

ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Old Town Gate at Hermanstadt (Elisabeth Thor)
Saxon Burgher in Olden Times
The Thorda Spalt
Old Fortress-tower on the Ramparts at Hermanstadt
Mounted Peasants, from the Historical Procession
Saxon Peasant House
Old Town Gate at Hermanstadt (on the Heltau side)
Michelsberg
Saxon Peasant at Home
Saxon Embroidery
Saxon Embroidery and Pottery
Fortified Saxon Church
Ruined Abbey of Kerz
Saxon Pastor in Full Dress
Saxon Peasant going to Work
Dressing for the Dance
Saxon Betrothed Couple
Archbishop Schaguna
Roumanian Costumes
Roumanian Women
Saxon Girl in Full Dress
Gypsy Type
A Gypsy Tinker
Basket-maker
Bear-driver
Gypsy Girl
Gypsy Mother and Child
Gypsy Musicians
Szekler Peasant
The Rothenthurm Pass
The Bruckenthal Palace
Baron Samuel Bruckenthal
Street at Hermanstadt
Schssburg
Castle of Trzburg
King Matthias Corvinus
Castle Pelesch at Sinaa
The Negoi
The Pine Valley
The Cavern Convent, Skit la Jalomitza
Castle Vajda Hunyad before its restoration
Map of Transylvania

THE LAND BEYOND THE FOREST.

CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
Leaving Transylvania after a two years residence, I felt somewhat like Robinson Crusoe unexpectedly restored to the world from his desert island. Despite the evidence of my own senses, and in flat contradiction to the atlas, I cannot wholly divest myself of the idea that it is in truth an island I have left behind mean island peopled with strange and incongruous companions, from whom I part with a mixture of regret and relief difficult to explain even to myself.
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