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