THE UNPUBLISHED LEGENDS OF VIRGIL.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

THE STORY OF ROMOLO AND REMOLO.

HOW VIRGIL WAS BORN.

VIRGIL, THE EMPEROR, AND THE TWO DOVES.

VIRGILIO AND THE ROCK.

VIRGIL, THE EMPEROR, AND THE TRUFFLES.

BALSÀBO.

VIRGIL, MINUZZOLO, AND THE SIREN.

LAVERNA.

VIRGIL AND THE UGLY GIRL.

VIRGIL AND THE GEM.

THE FLIES IN ROME.

THE COLUMNS OF VIRGIL AND HIS THREE WONDERFUL STATUES.

VIRGIL AND ADELONE.

VIRGIL AND DORIONE, or THE MAGIC VASE.

VIRGIL AND THE LADY OF ICE AND WATER. [63]

VIRGIL THE MAGICIAN, OR THE FOUR VENUSES.

VIRGIL, THE LADY, AND THE CHAIR.

VIRGIL AND THE GODDESS OF THE CHASE.

VIRGIL AND THE SPIRIT OF MIRTH.

NERO AND SENECA.

VIRGIL AND CICERO.

VIRGIL AND THE GODDESS VESTA.

THE STONE FISH, AND HOW VIRGIL MADE IT EATABLE.

VIRGILIO AND THE BRONZE HORSE.

VIRGILIO AND THE BALL-PLAYER.

VIRGIL AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO BRAYED.

VIRGIL AND THE GIRL WITH GOLDEN LOCKS.

VIRGIL AND THE PEASANT OF AREZZO.

THE GIRL AND THE FLAGEOLET.

LA BEGHINA DI AREZZO, OR VIRGIL AND THE SORCERESS.

THE SPIRIT OF THE SNOW OF COLLE ALTO. [134]

THE LEGEND OF LA MADONNA DELLA NEVE.

THE MAGICIAN VIRGIL; A LEGEND FROM THE SABINE.

VIRGIL, THE WICKED PRINCESS, AND THE IRON MAN.

GIOVANNI DI BOLOGNA AND THE GOD MERCURY.

THE DOUBLE-FACED STATUE, OR HOW VIRGILIO CONJURED JANUS.

VIRGIL AND HIS COURTIERS.

VIRGIL AND THE THREE SHEPHERDS. A Legend of the Monte Sybilla, near Rome.

THE GOLDEN PINE-CONE.

VIRGIL’S MAGIC LOOM.

VIRGIL AND THE PRIEST.

IL GIGLIO DI FIRENZE, OR THE STORY OF VIRGIL AND THE LILIES.

VIRGIL AND THE BEAUTIFUL LADY OF THE LILY.

VIRGIL AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE EMPEROR OF ROME.

VIRGIL AND POLLIONE, OR THE SPIRIT OF THE PROVERB.

VIRGIL AND MATTEO, OR ANOTHER PROVERB OF VIRGILIO.

VIRGILIO AND THE FATHER OF TWELVE CHILDREN. A Legend from Colle di Val d’Elsa, Tuscany.

VIRGILIO AS A PHYSICIAN, OR VIRGIL AND THE MOUSE.

THE ONION OF CETTARDO.

FOOTNOTES.