The Land Beyond the Forest

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 Kronstadt—a very welcome nomination, as gratifying a long-cherished wish of mine to visit that part of the Austrian emp...

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The Land Beyond the Forest

PREFACE.
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.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
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.
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.
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. SINA?A.
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.

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