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THE STORY OF

DON QUIXOTE

ARVID PAULSON

CLAYTON EDWARDS

THE HAMPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE STORY OF DON QUIXOTE

Which Treats of the Character and Pursuits of the Famous Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha

Which Treats of the First Sally Don Quixote Made from Home

Which Treats of Don Quixote's Further Adventures

In Which the Narrative of Our Knight's Mishap is Continued

Of the Diverting and Important Scrutiny Which the Curate and the Barber Made in the Library of Our Ingenious Gentleman

Of the Second Sally of Our Worthy Knight, Don Quixote of La Mancha

Of the Good Fortune Which the Valiant Don Quixote Had in the Terrible and Undreamt-of Adventure of the Windmills, with Other Occurrences Worthy to Be Fitly Recorded, Including the Terrible Battle Between The Gallant Biscayan and The Valiant Manchegan

Of the Pleasant Discourse that Passed between Don Quixote and His Squire Sancho Panza

Of What Befell Don Quixote with Certain Goatherds

Of What a Goatherd Related to Those with Don Quixote

In Which Is Ended the Story of the Shepherdess Marcela with Other Incidents

Wherein Are Described the Despairing Verses of the Dead Shepherd

In Which Is Related the Unfortunate Adventure That Don Quixote Fell in with When He Fell Out with Certain Heartless Yanguesans

Of What Happened to the Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Took to Be a Castle

In Which Are Contained the Innumerable Troubles Which the Brave Don Quixote and His Good Squire Sancho Panza Endured at the Inn, Which to His Misfortune He Took to Be a Castle

In Which Is Related the Discourse Sancho Panza Held with His Master, Don Quixote, Together with Other Adventures Worth Relating

Of the Shrewd Discourse Which Sancho Held with His Master, and of the Adventure That Befell Him with a Dead Body, Together with Other Notable Occurrences

Of the Unexampled and Unheard-of Adventure Which Was Achieved by the Valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha with Less Peril Than Any Ever Achieved by Any Famous Knight in the World

Which Treats of the Exalted Adventure and Rich Prize of Mambrino's Helmet, Together with Other Things That Happened to Our Invincible Knight

Of the Freedom Don Quixote Conferred on Several Unfortunates Who Against Their Will Were Being Carried Where They Had No Wish to Go

Of What Befell Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena, Which Is One of the Rarest Adventures Related in This Veracious History

In Which Is Continued the Adventure of the Sierra Morena

Which Treats of the Strange Things That Happened to the Stout Knight of La Mancha in the Sierra Morena

In Which Are Continued the Refinements Wherewith Don Quixote Played the Part of a Lover in the Sierra Morena

Of How the Curate and the Barber Proceeded with Their Scheme; Together with Matters Worthy of Record in This Great History

Which Treats of the Strange and Delightful Adventures That Befell the Curate and the Barber in the Same Sierra

Which Treats of the Droll Device and Method Adopted to Extricate Our Love-Stricken Knight from the Severe Penance He Had Imposed Upon Himself

Which Treats of the Address Displayed by the Fair Dorothea, with Other Matters, Pleasant and Amusing

Of the Delectable Discussion Between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, His Squire, Together with Other Incidents

Which Treats of What Befell All Don Quixote's Party at the Inn

Which Treats of the Heroic and Prodigious Battle Don Quixote Had with Certain Skins of Red Wine, and Brings the Novel of The "Ill-Advised Curiosity" to an End

Which Treats of More Curious Incidents That Occurred at the Inn

In Which Is Continued the Story of the Famous Princess Micomicona, with Other Droll Adventures

Which Treats of the Curious Discourse Don Quixote Delivered on Arms and Letters

Wherein the Captive Relates His Life and Adventures

Which Treats of What Further Took Place in the Inn, and of Several Other Things Worth Knowing

Wherein Is Related the Pleasant Story of the Muleteer, Together with Other Strange Things That Came to Pass in the Inn

In Which Are Continued the Unheard-of Adventures at the Inn

In Which the Doubtful Question of Mambrino's Helmet and the Pack-Saddle Is Finally Settled, with Other Adventures That Occurred in Truth and Earnest

Of the End of the Notable Adventure of the Officers of the Holy Brotherhood; and of the Great Ferocity of Our Worthy Knight, Don Quixote

Of the Strange Manner in Which Don Quixote of La Mancha Was Carried Away Enchanted, Together with Other Remarkable Incidents

In Which the Canon Pursues the Subject of the Books of Chivalry, With Other Matters Worthy of His Wit

Which Treats of How Our Knight Is Permitted to Descend from His Cage, and of the Canon's Attempt to Convert Him from His Illusions

Of the Shrewd Controversy Which Don Quixote and the Canon Held, Together with Other Incidents

Of the Quarrel That Don Quixote Had with the Goatherd, Together with the Rare Adventure of the Penitents, Which with an Expenditure of Sweat He Brought to a Happy Conclusion

Of the Interview the Curate and the Barber Had with Don Quixote About His Malady

Which Treats of the Notable Altercation Which Sancho Panza Had with Don Quixote's Niece and His Housekeeper, Together with Other Droll Matters

Of the Laughable Conversation That Passed Between Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the Bachelor Samson Carrasco

In Which Sancho Panza gives a Satisfactory Reply to the Doubts and Questions of the Bachelor Samson Carrasco Together with Other Matters Worth Knowing And Mentioning

Of the Shrewd and Droll Conversation That Passed Between Sancho Panza and His Wife, Teresa Panza, and Other Matters Worthy of Being Duly Recorded

Of What Took Place Between Don Quixote and His Niece and His Housekeeper; One of the Most Important Chapters in the Whole History

Of What Passed Between Don Quixote and His Squire, Together with Other Very Notable Incidents

Wherein Is Related What Befell Don Quixote on His Way to See His Lady Dulcinea Del Toboso

Wherein Is Related What Will Be Seen There

Wherein Is Related the Crafty Device Sancho Adopted to Enchant the Lady Dulcinea, and Other Incidents as Ludicrous as They Are True

Of the Strange Adventure Which the Valiant Don Quixote Had with the Car or Cart of "The Cortes of Death"

Of the Strange Adventure Which Befell the Valiant Don Quixote with the Bold Knight of the Grove

In Which Is Continued the Adventure of the Knight of the Grove, Together with the Sensible and Tranquil Colloquy That Passed Between the Two Squires

Wherein It is Made Known How the Knight of the Mirror and His Squire Emerged from Their Adventure

Of What Befell Don Quixote with a Discreet Gentleman of La Mancha

Wherein Is Shown the Farthest and Highest Point Which the Unexampled Courage of Don Quixote Reached or Could Reach; Together with the Happily Achieved Adventure of the Lions

Of What Happened to Don Quixote in the Castle or House of the Knight of the Green Coat, Together with Other Matters out of the Common

In Which Is Related the Adventure of the Enamored Shepherd, Together with Other Truly Droll Incidents

Wherein an Account Is Given of the Wedding of Camacho the Rich, Together with the Incident of Basilio the Poor

In Which Camacho's Wedding Is Continued, with Other Delightful Incidents

Wherein Is Related the Grand Adventure of the Cave of Montesinos in the Heart of La Mancha, Which the Valiant Don Quixote Brought to a Happy Termination

Of the Wonderful Things the Incomparable Don Quixote Said He Saw in the Profound Cave of Montesinos, the Impossibility and Magnitude of Which Cause This Adventure to Be Apocryphal

Wherein Are Related Some Trifling Matters, as Trivial as They Are Necessary to the Right Understanding of This Great History

Wherein Is Set Down the Braying Adventure, and the Droll One of the Puppet-Showmen, Together with the Memorable Divinations of the Divining Ape

Wherein Is Continued the Droll Adventure of the Puppet-Showman, Together with Other Things in Truth Right Good

Wherein It Is Shown Who Master Pedro and His Ape Were, Together with the Mishap Don Quixote Had in the Braying Adventure, Which He Did Not Conclude as He Would Have Liked or as He Had Expected

Of Matters That Benengeli Says He Who Reads Them Will Know, If He Reads Them with Attention

Of the Famous Adventure of the Enchanted Bark

Of Don Quixote's Adventure with a Fair Huntress

Which Treats of Many and Great Matters

Of the Reply Don Quixote Gave His Censurer, with Other Incidents, Grave and Droll

Of the Delectable Discourse Which the Duchess and Her Damsels Held with Sancho Panza, Well Worth Reading and Noting

Which Relates How They Learned the Way in Which They Were to Disenchant the Peerless Dulcinea Del Toboso, Which Is One of the Rarest Adventures in This Book

Wherein Is Continued the Instruction Given to Don Quixote Touching the Disenchantment of Dulcinea, Together with Other Marvelous Incidents

Wherein Is Related the Strange and Undreamed-of Adventure of the Distressed Duenna, Alias the Countess Trifaldi, Together with a Letter Which Sancho Panza Wrote to His Wife, Teresa Panza

Wherein Is Continued the Notable Adventure of the Distressed Duenna, Including Her Marvelous and Memorable Tale of Misfortune

Of Matters Relating and Belonging to This Adventure and to This Memorable History

The End of This Protracted Adventure

Of the Counsels Which Don Quixote Gave Sancho Panza Before He Set Out to Govern the Island, Together with Other Well-Considered Matters

Of the Second Set of Counsels Don Quixote Gave Sancho Panza

How Sancho Panza Was Conducted to His Government; and of the Strange Adventure That Befell Don Quixote in the Castle

Of How the Great Sancho Panza Took Possession of His Island; and of How He Made a Beginning in Governing

Of the Terrible Bell and Cat Fright That Don Quixote Got in the Course of the Enamored Altisidora's Wooing

Wherein Is Continued the Account of How Sancho Panza Conducted Himself in His Government

Of What Happened to Sancho in Making the Round of His Island

Wherein Is Set Forth How Governor Sancho Panza's Wife Received a Message and a Gift from the Duchess; and also What Befell the Page Who Carried the Letter to Teresa Panza

Of the Progress of Sancho's Government; and Other Such Entertaining Matters

Wherein Three Delectable Epistles Are Read By the Duchess

Of the Troublous End and Termination of Sancho Panza's Government

Of What Befell Sancho on the Road; and Other Things That Cannot Be Surpassed

Which Treats of How Don Quixote Again Felt the Calling of Knight-errantry and How He Took Leave of the Duke, and of What Followed with the Witty and Impudent Altisidora, One of the Duchess' Damsels

Which Tells How Adventures Came Crowding on Don Quixote in Such Numbers That They Gave One Another No Breathing-Time

Wherein Is Related the Strange Thing, Which May Be Regarded as an Adventure, That Happened to Don Quixote

Of What Happened to Don Quixote on His Way to Barcelona

Of What Happened to Don Quixote on Entering Barcelona, Together With Other Matters That Partake of the True Rather Than the Ingenious

Which Deals with the Adventure of the Enchanted Head, Together with Other Trivial Matters Which Cannot Be Left Untold

The Mishap That Befell Sancho Panza Through the Visit to the Galleys

Treating of the Adventure Which Gave Don Quixote More Unhappiness Than All That Had Hitherto Befallen Him

Wherein Is Made Known Who the Knight of the White Moon Was; Likewise Other Events

Of the Resolution Which Don Quixote Formed to Turn Shepherd and Take to a Life in the Fields While the Year for Which He Had Given His Word Was Running Its Course; with Other Events Truly Delectable and Happy

Of the Bristly Adventure That Befell Don Quixote

Of the Strangest and Most Extraordinary Adventure That Befell Don Quixote in the Whole Course of This Great History

Which Follows Chapter Sixty-Nine and Deals with Matters Indispensable for the Clear Comprehension of This History

Of What Passed Between Don Quixote and His Squire Sancho on the Way to Their Village

Of the Omens Don Quixote Had as He Entered His Own Village; and Other Incidents That Embellish and Give a Color to This Great History

Of How Don Quixote Fell Sick, and of the Will He Made; and How He Died

THE END