Deer-Smellers of Haunted Mountain

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Halt, traveler! Who art thou that intrudes so unceremoniously upon these mystic pages?<br><br>Faun! Bacchus! Endymion! - awaken! Drive out the stranger poaching in our domain! Do you not hear his fingers rustling these literary leaves?<br><br>Charon! - Hurry with your boat from the Underworld!<br><br>Siste, Viator! - Your purpose?<br><br>Ho! - Nymphs! 'Tis only a harmless earth-dweller - a prospective reader - lost in the fog of literature, in quest of amusement.<br><br>Ho! Minerva! Summon Psyche and the Muses to attend me.<br><br>Know then privileged mortal, that I am the Spirit of this book!<br><br>I inhabit the gilded metaphors and idealistic castles that rise from the enchanted lines. I love the soul of man, but dislike his flesh! Immortal man is in the mind, not in the meat!