w read this book, boys; I hope that you will be pleased with it, and
that it may do you good.

EDMONDO DE AMICIS.

CONTENTS.

OCTOBER.
PAGE
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 1
OUR MASTER 3
AN ACCIDENT 5
THE CALABRIAN BOY 6
MY COMRADES 8
A GENEROUS DEED 10
MY SCHOOLMISTRESS OF THE UPPER FIRST 12
IN AN ATTIC 14
THE SCHOOL 16
_The Little Patriot of Padua_ 17
THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP 20
THE DAY OF THE DEAD 22

NOVEMBER.

MY FRIEND GARRONE 24
THE CHARCOAL-MAN AND THE GENTLEMAN 26
MY BROTHER'S SCHOOLMISTRESS 28
MY MOTHER 30
MY COMPANION CORETTI 31
THE HEAD-MASTER 35
THE SOLDIERS 38
NELLI'S PROTECTOR 40
THE HEAD OF THE CLASS 42
_The Little Vidette of Lombardy_ 44
THE POOR 50

DECEMBER.

THE TRADER 52
VANITY 54
THE FIRST SNOW-STORM 56
THE LITTLE MASON 58
A SNOWBALL 61
THE MISTRESSES 62
IN THE HOUSE OF THE WOUNDED MAN 64
_The Little Florentine Scribe_ 66
WILL 75
GRATITUDE 77

JANUARY.

THE ASSISTANT MASTER 79
STARDI'S LIBRARY 81
THE SON OF THE BLACKSMITH-IRONMONGER 83
A FINE VISIT 85
THE FUNERAL OF VITTORIO EMANUELE 87
FRANTI EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL 89
_The Sardinian Drummer-Boy_ 91
THE