TUSCAN FOLK-LORE AND SKETCHES [Illustration: _See p. 172_ FLORENCE FROM THE PIAZZALE MICHEL ANGELO] “_A Land of Cypresses and Olives_” TUSCAN FOLK-LORE AND SKETCHES TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER PAPERS BY ISABELLA M. ANDERTON _Edited, with a BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, by her brothers H. Orsmond Anderton and Basil Anderton_ London ARNOLD FAIRBAIRNS 20 CHEAPSIDE, E.C. 1905 THE CAMPFIELD PRESS ST. ALBANS CONTENTS PAGE TUSCAN FOLK-LORE— INTRODUCTION 9 A TUSCAN SNOW-WHITE AND THE DWARFS 11 MONTE ROCHETTINO 17 TERESINA, LUISA, AND THE BEAR 25 A TUSCAN BLUEBEARD 30 TASSA 37 PADRE ULIVO 46 THE SOUND AND SONG OF THE LOVELY SIBYL 55 THE SNAKE’S BOUDOIR 65 POMO AND THE GOBLIN HORSE 67 TUSCAN SKETCHES— A TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE AND THE FESTA AT IL MELO 73 A WEDDING IN THE PISTOIESE 87 OLIVE-OIL MAKING NEAR FLORENCE 98 A TUSCAN FARMHOUSE 106 THE FLORENTINE CALCIO: GAME OF KICK 117 ELBA— A MONTH IN ELBA—I. 127 ” ” ” ” II. 137 THE FIRST STEP OF A MIGHTY FALL 149 FUGITIVE PIECES— A TALE FROM THE BORDERLAND 167 THE PHANTOM BRIDE 172 CYPRESSES AND OLIVES 180 LOVELORNNESS (AFTER THE MANNER OF THE EDDA) 184 KOIT AND ÄMARIK (AN ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALE) 186 TWO TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ITALIAN OF ADA NEGRI— THE GREAT 191 THE WORKMAN 193 THREE LITERARY STUDIES— GIOSUÉ CARDUCCI 199 GIOVANNI PASCOLI 230 LANG’S “MAKING OF RELIGION”—(ITALIAN) 257 APPENDIX— BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 267 TUSCAN FOLK-LORE