Excerpt from The Invisible Enemy, or the Mines of Wielitska, Vol. 1 of 4: A Polish Legendary Romance On all sides, the spectator was me naced by accumulated wreck and tot tering ruins;ihis path was, at times, overhung'by the watch - turrets, which jutted out from the tops of the loftiest towers, where they appeared as if they were suspended in the air. In spite of the combined assaults of wind, rain, frost, and the decomposing power of time, they were still entire; but, since the destruction of the staircase leading to them had rendered them inact'essible to man, they served for retreats to se veral Species of the wingedcreation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.