Introduction
Franz Hartmann approaches the Untersberg from the perspective of a climber. Streams and chasms divide what looks from a distance like a single mountain. Its landscape supplies the setting for his gnome legends.
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There is no end of waterfalls, caves and labyrinths of boulders, where the inexperienced wanderer may lose his way, especially if he is misled by the gnomes — which may easily occur if his intentions are not pure.
Franz Hartmann · London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895; illustrated edition. · T. Fisher Unwin · 1895
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