Excerpt from The Pocket Magazine, Vol. 1: Robins's SeriesEvery body knows that the immense mountains of the Hertz are under the dominion of a powerful Gnome. He resides commonly in the vast regions which form the interior of the earth's surface, and, when he does appear above it, his most favourite sport is to frighten and torment hapless travellers. The chances are always equal, whether he chooses to be mischievous or benevolent to such of the human race as fall in his way. The people of the Hartz commonly call him rubezahl, or the turnip counter and the following tale will show the means by which he gained this nick-name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.