Author''s Preface............................001
OCTOBER
First Day of
School............................002
Our
Master............................004
An
Accident............................006
The Calabrian
Boy............................007
My Comrades............................009
A Generous
Deed............................011
My Schoolmistress of the Upper First...........013
In an
Attic............................015
The
School............................017
The Little Patriot of Padua............................018
NOVEMBER
The
Chimney-Sweep............................022
The Day of the
Dead............................024
My Friend
Garrone............................025
The Charcoal-Man and the
Gentleman................027
My Brother''s Schoolmistress............................029
My
Mother............................031
My Companion
Coretti............................033
The
Head-Master............................037
The
Soldiers............................039
Nelli''s
Protector............................041
The Head of the
Class............................043
The Little Vidette of
Lombardy............................045
The
Poor............................051
DECEMBER
The
Trader............................053
Vanity............................055
The First
Snow-Storm............................057
The Little
Mason............................059
A
Snowball............................061
The
Mistresses............................063
In the House of the Wounded Man.................065
The Little Florentine
Scribe............................067
Will............................076
Gratitude............................078
JANUARY
The Assistant
Master............................080
Stardi''s Library............................082
The Son of the
Blacksmith-Ironmonger............084
A Fine
Visit............................086
The Funeral of Vittorio
Emanuele............................088
Franti Expelled From
School............................089
The Sardinian Drummer-Boy............................092
The Love of
Country............................101
Envy............................103
Franti''s
Mother............................105
Hope............................107
FEBRUARY
A Medal Well
Bestowed.................109
Good
Resolutions............................111
The
Engine............................113
Pride............................115
The Wounds of Labor................117
The
prisoner............................119
Daddy''s
Nurse............................123
The
Workshop............................133
The Little
Harlequin............................136
The Last Day of the
Carnival..................140
The Blind
Boys............................143
The Sick
Master............................150
The Street............................152
MARCH
The Evening
Schools....................155
The
Fight............................157
The Boys''
Parents............................159
Number
78............................161
A Little Dead Boy............................163
The Eve of the Fourteenth of
March................165
The Distribution of
Prizes............................167
Strife............................173
My
Sister............................175
Blood of Romagna.................176
The Little Mason on His
Sick-Bed............185
Count
Cavour............................187
APRIL
Spring............................190
King
Umberto............................191
The Infant
Asylum............................197
Gymnastics............................201
My Father''s
Teacher............................204
Convalescence............................215
Friends Among the
Workingmen................217
Garrone''s
Mother............................219
Giuseppe
Mazzini............................221
Civic Valor............................223
MAY
Children with the
Rickets...............229
Sacrifice............................231
The
Fire............................233
From the Apennines to the
Andes............237
Summer............................276
Poetry............................278
The
Deaf-Mute............................280
JUNE
Garibaldi............................290
The
Army............................291
Italy............................294
Thirty-Two Degrees................295
My Father............................297
In the
Country............................299
The Distribution of Prizes to the
Workingmen...............302
My Dead
Schoolmistress............................305
Thanks............................308
Shipwreck............................309
JULY
The Last Page From My
Mother...............317
The
Examinations............................318
The Last
Examination............................321
Farewell............................323