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The humour of Italy
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THE HUMOUR OF ITALY
CONTENTS
NOTE.
THE POET COMPLAINS OF UNREASONABLE FRIENDS.
CALANDRINO FINDS THE STONE HELIOTROPE.
STORY OF DANTE AND THE SMITH.
MESSER BERNABÒ AND THE MILLER.
HOW SER NASTAGIO WAS COLLECTED FOR IN CHURCH.
HOW A BARRISTER GOT HIS MONEY’S WORTH.
THE MERRY JESTS OF BUFFALMACCO THE PAINTER.
CHORUS FROM “LA MANDRAGOLA.”
FRA TIMOTEO’S MONOLOGUE. FRA TIMOTEO (alone).
THE MEDIÆVAL UNDERGRADUATE.
A ROMAN PRELATE OF 1519.
THE VALLEY OF LOST LUMBER.
THE POET TO HIS PATRON.
BENVENUTO CELLINI OFFENDS THE POPE.
HE RESCUES A FOOL FROM DROWNING.
OPENING STANZAS OF “THE RAPE OF THE BUCKET.”
THE CALL TO ARMS.
THE ASSEMBLY OF THE GODS.
PRAISES OF THE WINE OF MONTEPULCIANO.
FROM A LETTER TO PIER MARIA BALDI.
PULCINELLA’S DUEL. COLBRAND AND PULCINELLA (both armed).
A BERGAMASC PETER PEEBLES.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN LITERATURE.
A FABLE.
KING TEODORO AND HIS CREDITORS. FROM THE COMIC OPERA, “IL RE TEODORO.”
THE POET PROMISES TO PAY HIS CREDITOR—WHEN HE HAS MONEY.
DIDYMUS, THE CLERIC,[8] ON THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES.
THE FIRST HOUR AND THE SUN.
FASHION AND DEATH.
THE POET ON TRAMP.
LOVE AND A QUIET LIFE. FROM “L’AMOR PACIFICO.”
INSTRUCTIONS TO A YOUNG ASPIRANT FOR OFFICE.
LETTER TO TOMMASO GROSSI.
DON ABBONDIO AND THE BRAVOES. FROM “I PROMESSI SPOSI.”
THE INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
OUR CHILDREN.
STRAY THOUGHTS OF AN IDLER.
The Big Drum.
THE DELIGHTS OF JOURNALISM.
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.
THE FAMOUS TENOR, SPALLETTI.
RIVAL EARTHQUAKES.
QUACQUARÀ.
THE EXCAVATIONS OF MASTRO ROCCO.
THE WAR OF THE SAINTS.
HIS REVERENCE.
PADRON ’NTONI’S POLITICS.
MASTRO PEPPE’S MAGIC.
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
THE THEOREM OF PYTHAGORAS.
AN ECCENTRIC ORDERLY.
A PROVINCIAL ORACLE.
DOCTOR PHŒBUS.
OUR SCHOOL AND SCHOOLMISTRESS.
LOCAL JEALOUSIES.
SUNSHINE.
WHEN IT RAINS.
THE PATENT ADAPTABLE SONNET. FROM “IL SIGNOR LORENZO.”
LOVE BY PROXY.
A WET NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY.
A LOST EXPLORER. FROM THE COMEDY “CORVI” (CARRION CROWS).
THE SPIRIT OF CONTRADICTION.
TRUTH.
PASQUIN.
EPIGRAMS.
The Hermit and the Thieves.
THE OLD LADY AND THE DEVIL.
THE SUITOR AND THE PICTURE.
NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
NOTES.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF WRITERS.
Chapter 76
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