From The World’s Wit and Humor, Volume I, American; The Review of Reviews Company; New York; 1906; pp. vii-2.
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viiTable of Contents
PORTRAIT OF MIGUEL CERVANTES Frontispiece
PAGE
The One-Legged Crane. — “The Decameron” 3
Three Girls and Their Talk. — The Sonnets 6
The Stolen Pig. — “The Decameron” 7
RUSTICO DI FILIPPO (1200-1270).
The Making of Master Messerin 13
CECCO ANGOLIERI (Thirteenth Century).
The Ridiculous End of Morgante and Margutte. —
“Morgante the Great”
15
MASUCCIO DI SALERNO (About 1420-1487).
The Inheritance of a Library. — The Collection of
Tales, or “Novellino”
20
The Silver Cup and the Lamprey. — The Collection of
Tales, or “Novellino”
22
Living in Bed. — “Roland Enamored” 29
LLODOVICO ARIOSTO (1474-1533).
What Astolfo Saw in the Moon. — “ Raving Roland” 32
Of a Trick Played upon Some Monks by a Donkey 35
BENVENUTO CELLINI (1500-1571).
A Lawsuit and Some Domestic Vicissitudes. — The “Biography” 40
A Compulsory Marriage at Sword’s Point. — The “Biography” 46
Criticism of a Statue of Hercules. — The “Biography” 48
GIOVANNI DELLA CASA (1503-1556).
Diatribe Against Water. — “Bacchus in Tuscany” 52
Forcing a Match — “The Beneficent Bear” 55
A Female “Solicitor of Lawsuits.” — The “Memoirs” 62
ixUninvited Guests — “Useless Memoirs” 70
On Reciting One’s Own Compositions. — “Thoughts” 74
Dialogue Between Fashion and Death. — “Dialogues” 78
Dialogue Between the Earth and the Moon. — “Dialogues” 82
The Academy of Syllographs. — “Essays” 90
The Origin of Laughter. — “The Praise of Birds,” in the “Essays“ 95
The Purchase of a Greek Manuscript. — “The Bibliomaniac” 99
ALESSANDRO MANZONI (1785-1873).
Don Abbondio’s Encounter with the Outlaws. — “The Betrothed” 105
ANTONIO GHISLANZONI (1824-1893).
Methods of Making a Living — “Signor Lorenzo” 119
The Penalty for Deceived Husbands. — “Ridicule” 123
The Pythagorean Problem. — “Smiles and Tears” 126
xThe Conscript. — “Military Life” 131
Tooth for Tooth. — “Morocco” 134
HURTADO DE MENDOZA (1503-1575).
The Cheese-Eating Snake. — “Lazarillo de Tormes” 139
BALTAZAR DEL ALCAZAR (About 1600).
The Attack on the Windmills. — “Don Quixote” 158
Great Battle Against a Flock of Sheep. — “Don Quixote” 160
Rascalities of Rincon and Cortado. — “Exemplary Tales” 166
Doctor Glass-Case. — “Exemplary Tales” 180
xiTOME BURGUILLOS (About 1650-1700).
JOSÉ MORELL (Seventeenth Century).
CALDERON DE LA BARCA (1600-1681).
The Mayor of Zalamea — Act I 199
The Musical Ass. — “Fables” 219
The Bear, the Ape, and the Pig. — “Fables” 221
MANUEL DE HERREROS (1800-1873).
Two Rivals Gulled. — “A Female Don Juan” 223
ANONYMOUS AUTHOR (Eighteenth Century).
JOSÉ DE LARRA “Figaro” (1809-1837).
Joys of Journalism — The Articles 228
Don Candido Buenafé’s Ambitious Son. — The Essays 231
ANTONIO RIBOT Y FONTSERÉ (1815-1890).
Maximum and Minimum — The Periodical La Risa 237
Eccentric Britons. — The Periodical La Risa 247
xiiJUAN M. VILLERGAS (Middle of Nineteenth Century).
The Friend that Sticketh Closer than a Brother 251
Courting by Invective. — “The Three-Cornered Hat” 255
Captain Veneno’s Proposal of Marriage. — “Captain Veneno” 257
The Account-Book. — “Moors and Christians” 262
Doctor Pertinax — “Trumpet-Blasts” 269
Founding a Provincial Newspaper. — “The Fourth Estate” 279
Acknowledgments
We beg to tender courteous acknowledgment to the following publishers for the use of extracts appearing in this volume:
CASSELL & COMPANY: The Account-Book, by PEDRO DE ALARCON, in “Moors and Christians.”
BRENTANO’S: Founding a Provincial Newspaper, from PALACIO VALDÉS’ “The Fourth Estate.”
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