Legends of Florence
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- Collected from the People, First Series
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1. Front matter2. Legends of Florence Collected from the People3. PREFACE4. THE THREE HORNS OF MESSER GUICCIARDINI5. THE PILLS OF THE MEDICI6. FURICCHIA, OR THE EGG-WOMAN OF THE MERCATO VECCHIO7. THE LANTERNS OF THE STROZZI PALACE8. THE GOBLIN OF LA VIA DEL CORNO9. FRATE GIOCONDO, THE MONK OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA10. THE LEGEND OF THE CROCE AL TREBBIO11. THE TWO FAIRIES OF THE WELL a legend of the via calzaioli12. THE STORY OF THE VIA DELLE SERVE SMARRITE13. THE BRONZE BOAR OF THE MERCATO NUOVO14. THE GOBLIN OF THE TOWER BELLA TRINITA, OR THE PORTA SAN NICCOLO15. THE GHOST OF MICHEL ANGELO16. THE APPARITION OF DANTE17. LEGENDS OF LA CERTOSA18. LEGENDS OF THE BRIDGES IN FLORENCE19. THE BASHFUL LOVER a legend of the chiesa santa lucia in the via de’ bardi20. LA FORTUNA a legend of the via de’ cerchi21. THE STORY OF THE UNFINISHED PALACE a legend of the via del proconsolo22. THE DEVIL OF THE MERCATO VECCHIO23. SEEING THAT ALL WAS RIGHT a legend of the porta a san nicolò24. THE ENCHANTED COW OF LA VIA VACCHERECCIA25. THE WITCH OF THE PORTA ALLA CROCE26. THE COLUMN OF COSIMO, OR DELLA SANTA TRINITA27. LEGENDS OF OR’ SAN MICHELE28. THE WITCH OF THE ARNO29. STORIES OF SAN MINIATO30. THE FRIAR’S HEAD OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE—THE LADY WHO CONFESSED FOR EVERYBODY—HOLY RELICS31. BIANCONE, THE GIANT STATUE IN THE SIGNORIA32. THE RED GOBLIN OF THE BARGELLO33. LEGEND OF THE PIAZZA SAN BIAGIO34. THE SPIRIT OF THE PORTA SAN GALLO35. STORY OF THE PODESTÀ WHO WAS LONG ON HIS JOURNEY a legend of the duomo36. LEGENDS OF THE BOBOLI GARDENS: THE OLD GARDENER, AND THE TWO STATUES AND THE FAIRY37. HOW LA VIA DELLA MOSCA GOT ITS NAME38. THE ROMAN VASE a legend of bellosguardo39. THE UNFORTUNATE PRIEST a legend of la via dello scheletro40. THE MYSTERIOUS FIG-TREE a legend of the via del fico41. IL PALAZZO FERONI showing how it got its name from a fairy42. LA VIA DELLE BELLE DONNE43. THE WIZARD WITH RED TEETH44. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE45. INTIALO the spirit of the haunting shadow46. CAIN AND HIS WORSHIPPERS the spell of the mirror—the invocation to cain—the witch-history of cain and abel47. Footnotes: