PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL.
CHAPTER III. POLITICAL.
CHAPTER IV. ARRIVAL IN TRANSYLVANIA FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
CHAPTER V. SAXON HISTORICAL FEAST LEGEND.
CHAPTER VI. THE SAXONS: CHARACTER EDUCATION RELIGION.
CHAPTER VII. SAXON VILLAGES.
CHAPTER VIII. SAXON INTERIORS CHARACTER.
CHAPTER IX. SAXON CHURCHES AND SIEGES.
CHAPTER X. THE SAXON VILLAGE PASTOR.
CHAPTER XI. THE SAXON BROTHERHOODS NEIGHBORHOODS AND VILLAGE HANN.
CHAPTER XII. THE SAXONS: DRESS SPINNING AND DANCING.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SAXONS: BETROTHAL.
CHAPTER XIV. THE SAXONS: MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER XV. THE SAXONS: BIRTH AND INFANCY.
CHAPTER XVI. THE SAXONS: DEATH AND BURIAL.
CHAPTER XVII. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR ORIGIN.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR RELIGION, POPAS, AND CHURCHES.
CHAPTER XIX. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XX. ROUMANIAN LIFE.
CHAPTER XXI. ROUMANIAN MARRIAGE AND MORALITY.
CHAPTER XXII. THE ROUMANIANS: DANCING, SONGS, MUSIC, STORIES, AND PROVERBS.
CHAPTER XXIII. ROUMANIAN POETRY.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ROUMANIANS: NATIONALITY AND ATROCITIES.
CHAPTER XXV. THE ROUMANIANS: DEATH AND BURIAL VAMPIRES AND WERE-WOLVES.
CHAPTER XXVI. ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION: DAYS AND HOURS.
CHAPTER XXVII. ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION CONTINUED: ANIMALS,
CHAPTER XXVIII. SAXON SUPERSTITION: REMEDIES, WITCHES, WEATHER-MAKERS.
CHAPTER XXIX. SAXON SUPERSTITION CONTINUED: ANIMALS, PLANTS, DAYS.
CHAPTER XXX. SAXON CUSTOMS AND DRAMAS.
CHAPTER XXXI. BURIED TREASURES.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE TZIGANES: LISZT AND LENAU.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TZIGANES: THEIR LIFE AND OCCUPATIONS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE TZIGANES: HUMOR, PROVERBS, RELIGION, AND MORALITY.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE GYPSY FORTUNE-TELLER.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE TZIGANE MUSICIAN.
CHAPTER XXXVII. GYPSY POETRY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SZEKLERS AND ARMENIANS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. FRONTIER REGIMENTS.
CHAPTER XL. WOLVES, BEARS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.
CHAPTER XLI. A ROUMANIAN VILLAGE.
CHAPTER XLII. A GYPSY CAMP.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE BRUCKENTHALS.
CHAPTER XLIV. STILL-LIFE AT HERMANSTADT A TRANSYLVANIAN CRANFORD.
CHAPTER XLV. FIRE AND BLOOD THE HERMANSTADT MURDER.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE KLAUSENBURG CARNIVAL.
CHAPTER XLVII. JOURNEY FROM HERMANSTADT TO KRONSTADT.
CHAPTER XLVIII. KRONSTADT.
CHAPTER XLIX. SINAIA.
CHAPTER L. UP THE MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER LI. THE BULEA SEE.
CHAPTER LII. THE WIENERWALD A DIGRESSION.
CHAPTER LIII. A WEEK IN THE PINE REGION.
CHAPTER LIV. LA DUS AND BISTRA.
CHAPTER LV. A NIGHT IN THE STINA.
CHAPTER LVI. FAREWELL TO TRANSYLVANIA THE ENCHANTED GARDEN.
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
