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THE INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR SERIES.
Edited by W. H. DIRCKS.
THE HUMOUR OF ITALY.
STORY OF DANTE AND THE SMITH. [P. 290.
THE
HUMOUR OF ITALY
SELECTED AND TRANSLATED,
WITH INTRODUCTION,
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND
NOTES, BY A. WERNER: WITH
FIFTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY ARTURO FALDI
LONDON WALTER SCOTT
1892 LTD.
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | xi |
| The Poet Complains of Unreasonable Friends—Antonio Pucci (1375) | 1 |
| Calandrino Finds the Stone Heliotrope—Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) | 2 |
| Story of Dante and the Smith—Franco Sacchetti (1335–1400) | 10 |
| Messer Bernabò and the Miller—Franco Sacchetti | 11 |
| How Ser Nastagio was Collected for in Church—Girolamo Parabosco (16th century) | 14 |
| How a Barrister got his Money’s Worth—Sabadino degli Arienti (c. 1450–1500) | 19 |
| The Merry Jests of Buffalmacco the Painter—Vasari (1512–1574) | 21 |
| Anecdotes—Vasari | 25 |