| ITALIAN |
| Giovanni Boccaccio.
1313–1375. |
The One-Legged Crane |
| Three Girls and Their Talk |
| The Stolen Pig |
| Rustico di Filippo.
13th Century. |
The Making of Master Messerin |
| Cecco Angiolieri.
c. 1260–c. 1312. |
What I Should Like to Do |
| Luigi Pulci.
1432–1484. |
The Ridiculous End of Morgante and Margutte |
| Masuccio Salernitano.
1410–1475. |
The Inheritance of a Library |
| The Silver Cup and the Lamprey |
| Francesco Berni.
1497/8–1535. |
Living in Bed |
| Lodovico Ariosto.
1474–1533. |
What Astolfo Saw in the Moon |
| Matteo Bandello.
1485–1561. |
Of a Trick Played upon Some Monks by a Donkey |
| Benvenuto Cellini.
1500–1571. |
A Lawsuit and Some Domestic Vicissitudes |
| A Compulsory Marriage at Sword’s Point |
| Criticism of a Statue of Hercules |
| Giovanni Della Casa.
1503–1556. |
Call Me Not John! |
| Francesco Redi.
1626–1697. |
Diatribe Against Water |
| Carlo Goldoni.
1707–1793. |
Forcing a Match |
| A Female ‘Solicitor of Lawsuits’ |
| Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni.
1692–1768. |
In Praise of Small People |
| Carlo Gozzi.
1720–1806. |
Uninvited Guests |
| Giacomo Leopardi.
1798–1837. |
On Reciting One’s Own Compositions |
| Dialogue Between Fashion and Death |
| Dialogue Between the Earth and the Moon |
| The Academy of Syllographs |
| The Origin of Laughter |
| Alberto Nota.
1775–1847. |
The Purchase of a Greek Manuscript |
| Alessandro Manzoni.
1785–1873. |
Don Abbondio’s Encounter with the Outlaws |
| Antonio Ghislanzoni.
1824–1893. |
On Musical Instruments |
| Paolo Ferrari.
1822–1889. |
Methods of Making a Living |
| The Penalty for Deceived Husbands |
| Enrico Castelnuovo.
1839–1915. |
The Pythagorean Problem |
| Edmondo De Amicis.
1846–1908. |
The Conscript |
| Tooth for Tooth |
| Pride |
| SPANISH |
| Hurtado de Mendoza.
1503–1575. |
The Cheese-Eating Snake |
| Lope de Vega.
1562–1635. |
The Demoniac |
| To-morrow |
| Luis de Góngora y Argote.
1561–1627. |
Truth and Falsehood |
| Baltasar del Alcázar.
1530–1606. |
Sleep |
| Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
1547–1616. |
The Attack on the Windmills |
| Great Battle Against a Flock of Sheep |
| Rascalities of Rincon and Cortado |
| Doctor Glass-Case |
| José Morell.
17th Century. |
Advice to an Innkeeper |
| To a Poet |
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
1600–1681. |
The Mayor of Zalamea: Act I |
| Tomás de Iriarte.
1750–1791. |
The Musical Ass |
| The Eggs |
| The Bear, the Ape, and the Pig |
| Manuel Bretón de los Herreros.
1796–1873. |
Two Rival Lovers Gulled |
| Anonymous.
18th Century. |
Minguillo’s Kiss |
| Mariano José de Larra.
1809–1837. |
Joys of Journalism |
| Don Candido Buenafé’s Ambitious Son |
| Antonio Ribot y Fontseré.
1813–1871. |
Maximum and Minimum |
| Eccentric Britons |
| Juan Martínez Villergas.
1817–1894. |
The Friend that Sticketh Closer than a Brother |
| Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
1833–1891. |
Courting by Invective |
| Captain Veneno’s Proposal of Marriage |
| The Account-Book |
| Leopoldo Alas.
1852–1901. |
Doctor Pertinax |
| Armando Palacio Valdés.
1853–1938. |
Founding a Provincial Newspaper |
