AUTHOR’’S PREFACE
OCTOBER
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
OUR MASTER
AN ACCIDENT
THE CALABRIAN BOY
MY COMRADES
A GENEROUS DEED
MY SCHOOLMISTRESS OF THE UPPER FIRST
IN AN ATTIC
THE SCHOOL
THE LITTLE PATRIOT OF PADUA
THE CHIMNEY-SWEEE
THE DAY OF THE DEAD
NOVEMBER
MY FRIEND GARRONE
THE CHARCOAL-MAN AND THE GENTLEMAN
MY BROTHER’’S SCHOOLMISTRESS
MY MOTHER
MY COMPANION CORETTI
THE HEAD-MASTER
THE SOLDIERS
NELLI’’S PROTECTOR
THE HEAD OF THE CLASS
THE LITTLE VIDETTE OF LOMBARDY
THE POOR
DECEMBER
THE TRADER
VANITY.
THE FIRST SNOW-STORM
THE LITTLE MASON
A SNOWBALL
THE MISTRESSES
IN THE HOUSE OF THE WOUNDED MAN
THE LITTLE FLORENTINE SCRIBE
WILL
GRATITUDE
JANUARY
THE ASSISTANT MASTER
STARDI’’S LIBRARY
THE SON OF THE BLACKSMITH-IRONMONGER
A FINE VISIT.
THE FUNERAL OF VITTORIO EMANUELE
FRANTI EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL
THE SARDINIAN DRUMMER-BOY
THE LOVE OF COUNTRY
ENVY
FRANTI’’S MOTHER
HOPE
FEBRUARY
A MEDAL WELL BESTOWED
GOOD RESOLUTIONS
THE ENGINE
PRIDE
THE WOUNDS OF LABOR
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