Chapter I: Introduction: 9

A TUSCAN SNOW-WHITE AND THE DWARFS 11

MONTE ROCHETTINO 17

TERESINA, LUISA, AND THE BEAR 25

A TUSCAN BLUEBEARD 30

TASSA 37

PADRE ULIVO 46

THE SOUND AND SONG OF THE LOVELY SIBYL 55

THE SNAKE’S BOUDOIR 65

POMO AND THE GOBLIN HORSE 67

TUSCAN SKETCHES—

A TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE AND THE FESTA AT IL MELO 73

A WEDDING IN THE PISTOIESE 87

OLIVE-OIL MAKING NEAR FLORENCE 98

A TUSCAN FARMHOUSE 106

THE FLORENTINE CALCIO: GAME OF KICK 117

ELBA—

A MONTH IN ELBA—I. 127

” ” ” ” II. 137

THE FIRST STEP OF A MIGHTY FALL 149

FUGITIVE PIECES—

A TALE FROM THE BORDERLAND 167

THE PHANTOM BRIDE 172

CYPRESSES AND OLIVES 180

LOVELORNNESS (AFTER THE MANNER OF THE EDDA) 184

KOIT AND ÄMARIK (AN ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALE) 186

TWO TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ITALIAN OF ADA NEGRI—

THE GREAT 191

THE WORKMAN 193

THREE LITERARY STUDIES—

GIOSUÉ CARDUCCI 199

GIOVANNI PASCOLI 230

LANG’S “MAKING OF RELIGION”—(ITALIAN) 257