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Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected.
This book has two types of notes. Footnotes are in the text and are indicated by a letter. These have been moved to the end of the appropriate paragraph. Endnotes are indicated by a number, and the notes for all the chapters are at the end of the stories.

ITALIAN POPULAR TALES

BY

THOMAS FREDERICK CRANE, A. M.

PROFESSOR OF THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES
IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
Copyright, 1885,
By THOMAS FREDERICK CRANE.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.