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BY

THOMAS FREDERICK CRANE, A. M.

To

GIUSEPPE PITRÈ.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

LIST OF STORIES.

ITALIAN POPULAR TALES

CHAPTER I.

FAIRY TALES.

I. THE KING OF LOVE.

II. ZELINDA AND THE MONSTER.

III. KING BEAN.

IV. THE DANCING WATER, THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE SPEAKING BIRD.[9]

V. THE FAIR ANGIOLA.

VI. THE CLOUD.

VII. THE CISTERN.

VIII. THE GRIFFIN.

IX. CINDERELLA.

X. FAIR MARIA WOOD.

XI. THE CURSE OF THE SEVEN CHILDREN.

XII. ORAGGIO AND BIANCHINETTA.

XIII. THE FAIR FIORITA.

XIV. BIERDE.

XV. SNOW-WHITE-FIRE-RED.

XVI. HOW THE DEVIL MARRIED THREE SISTERS.

XVII. IN LOVE WITH A STATUE.

XVIII. THIRTEENTH.

XIX. THE COBBLER.

CHAPTER II.

FAIRY TALES CONTINUED.

XXV. THE KING WHO WANTED A BEAUTIFUL WIFE.

XXVI. THE BUCKET.

XXVII. THE TWO HUMPBACKS.

XXVIII. THE STORY OF CATHERINE AND HER FATE.

XXIX. THE CRUMB IN THE BEARD.

XXX. THE FAIRY ORLANDA.

XXXI. THE SHEPHERD WHO MADE THE KING'S DAUGHTER LAUGH.

XXXII. THE ASS THAT LAYS MONEY.

XXXIII. DON JOSEPH PEAR.

XXXV. FAIR BROW.

XXXVI. LIONBRUNO.

CHAPTER III.

STORIES OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN.

XXXVII. THE PEASANT AND THE MASTER.

XXXVIII. THE INGRATES.

XXXIX. THE TREASURE.

XL. THE SHEPHERD.

XLI. THE THREE ADMONITIONS.

XLII. VINEYARD I WAS AND VINEYARD I AM.

XLIII. THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS.

XLIV. THE MASON AND HIS SON.

XLV. THE PARROT (First Version).

XLVI. THE PARROT. (Second Version.)

XLVII. THE PARROT WHICH TELLS THREE STORIES.

(Third Version.)

FIRST STORY OF THE PARROT.

SECOND STORY OF THE PARROT.

THIRD STORY OF THE PARROT.

XLVIII. TRUTHFUL JOSEPH.

CHAPTER IV.

LEGENDS AND GHOST STORIES.

L. THE LORD, ST. PETER, AND THE APOSTLES.

LI. THE LORD, ST. PETER, AND THE BLACKSMITH.

LII. IN THIS WORLD ONE WEEPS AND ANOTHER LAUGHS.

LIII. THE ASS.

LIV. ST. PETER AND HIS SISTERS.

LV. PILATE.

LVI. THE STORY OF JUDAS.

LVII. DESPERATE MALCHUS.

LVIII. MALCHUS AT THE COLUMN.

LIX. THE STORY OF BUTTADEU.

LX. THE STORY OF CRIVÒLIU.

LXI. THE STORY OF ST. JAMES OF GALICIA.

LXII. THE BAKER'S APPRENTICE.

LXIII. OCCASION.

LXIV. BROTHER GIOVANNONE.

LXV. GODFATHER MISERY.

LXVI. BEPPO PIPETTA.

LXVII. THE JUST MAN.

LXVIII. OF A GODFATHER AND A GODMOTHER OF ST. JOHN WHO MADE LOVE.

LIX. THE GROOMSMAN

LXX. THE PARISH PRIEST OF SAN MARCUOLA.

LXXI. THE GENTLEMAN WHO KICKED A SKULL.

LXXIII. SADDAEDDA.

CHAPTER V.

NURSERY TALES.

LXXIV. MR. ATTENTIVE.

LXXV. THE STORY OF THE BARBER.

LXXVI. DON FIRRIULIEDDU.

LXXVII. LITTLE CHICK-PEA.[A]

LXXVIII. PITIDDA.

LXXIX. THE SEXTON'S NOSE.

LXXX. THE COCK AND THE MOUSE.

LXXXI. GODMOTHER FOX.[A]

LXXXII. THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.

LXXXIII. A FEAST DAY.

LXXXIV. THE THREE BROTHERS.

LXXXV. BUCHETTINO.

LXXXVI. THE THREE GOSLINGS.

LXXXVII. THE COCK.

LXXXVIII. THE COCK THAT WISHED TO BECOME POPE.

CHAPTER VI.

STORIES AND JESTS.

XCI. THE COOK.

XCII. THE THOUGHTLESS ABBOT.

XCIII. BASTIANELO.

XCIV. CHRISTMAS.

XCV. THE WAGER.

XCVI. SCISSORS THEY WERE.

XCVII. THE DOCTOR'S APPRENTICE.

XCVIII. FIRRAZZANU'S WIFE AND THE QUEEN.

XCIX. GIUFÀ AND THE PLASTER STATUE.

C. GIUFÀ AND THE JUDGE.

CI. THE LITTLE OMELET.

CII. EAT, MY CLOTHES!

CIII. GIUFÀ'S EXPLOITS.

CIV. THE FOOL.

CV. UNCLE CAPRIANO.

CVII. THE CLEVER PEASANT.

CVIII. THE CLEVER GIRL.

CIX. CRAB.

NOTES.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.

FAIRY TALES.

XX. SIR FIORANTE, MAGICIAN.

XXI. THE CRYSTAL CASKET.

XXII. THE STEPMOTHER.

XXIII. WATER AND SALT.

XXIV. THE LOVE OF THE THREE ORANGES.

CHAPTER II.

FAIRY TALES CONTINUED.

XXXIV. PUSS IN BOOTS.

CHAPTER III.

STORIES OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN.

XLIX. THE MAN, THE SERPENT, AND THE FOX.

CHAPTER IV.

LEGENDS AND GHOST STORIES.

LXXII. THE GOSSIPS OF ST. JOHN.

CHAPTER V.

NURSERY TALES.

ONCE UPON A TIME.

ONE AND ANOTHER.

LXXXIX. THE GOAT AND THE FOX.

PEPPER-CORN.

XC. THE ANT AND THE MOUSE.

CHAPTER VI.

STORIES AND JESTS.

CVI. PETER FULLONE AND THE EGG.

LIST OF WORKS MOST FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO IN THE NOTES.

INDEX.