Beyond the Forest
An early source on the Scholomance and Dracula folklore was the article "Transylvanian Superstitions" (1885), written by Scottish expatriate Emily Gerard. It has been established for certain this article was an important source that Bram Stoker consulted for his novel, "Dracula". Gerard also published similar material in "Land Beyond the Forest" (1888), which Stoker might have also read, and other commentators stated this was Bram Stoker's direct source for Scholomance in his novel.