# Legends from River & Mountain

Author: Sylva, Carmen, 1843-1916; Strettell, Alma, 1856?-1939; Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath), 1869-1954 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52417

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Legends+from+River+%26+Mountain+Sylva&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In the days before railroads were known or tourists ran to and fro over the face of the earth, the Black Forest was given up, one may say, to two races of men--the woodmen and the glass-blowers, who even yet hold their own among the remoter hills and valleys. They have always been fine fellows, tall and broad-shouldered, as though the strengthening breath of the mountain pines had given them, from their youth up, a healthier body, a clearer eye, and a braver spirit than the inhabitants of the valleys and plains below. The glass-blowers live on the Baden side of the hills, and theirs was of old the most picturesque dress--you may see it still in the more out-of-the-way parts of the forest....

## Chapters

- [PART II. THE COLD HEART](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/legends-from-river-and-mountain-52417/chapters/1/index.md)