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 Italian Helps 
 
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 The Library and the Immigrant 7 
 
 The Librarian and the Italian 12 
 
 "The Lists that Follow" 14 
 
 Biography 19 
 
 Travel, Description, History 23 
 
 In the United States 27 
 
 Italy 30 
 
 Books of Literature and Education 38 
 
 Fiction — Italian 43 
 
 Fiction from Other Languages 49 
 
 Books for Children 53 
 
 Poetry 57 
 
 Drama 65 
 
 Music 68 
 
 Art, and the Sciences and their Application 71 
 
 Other Useful Books Ti 
 
 Books of Reference 81 
 
 Periodicals and Newspapers 84 
 
 Library Rules and Helps in Italian 89 
 
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Pronouncing Italian 
 
 It is very difficult to pronounce Italian perfectly — very easy 
 to pronounce it so that you can be understood. The spoken 
 word faithfully follows the spelling. There are no mute 
 vowels, and no silent consonants except h, which is never 
 pronounced. Every syllable begins, if possible, with a con- 
 sonant. Double consonants are usually divided. 
 The letter a is always pronounced as in far; e sometimes as in 
 there, sometimes like a in gate ; i always has the sound of i in 
 machine; o is pronounced as in rose — shorter before two con- 
 sonants; u always as oo in hoot. 
 
 Italians pronounce c before e and i like ch in church — other- 
 wise as in English ; ch has the sound of k before e and i. And 
 so g is pronounced as in gentle before e or i — otherwise as in 
 English, and gh is always hard; gn sounds like ni in union] 
 gl like Hi in niillion. The r is rolled — ^^heavily rolled by some 
 Italians — and t is pronounced as in return, never as in nation. 
 
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The Library and the Immigrant 
 
 The library was long a sort of institutional Lord Bacon. All 
 learning was its province. Now its province has become all 
 life, and it is already the greatest of our popular universities. 
 It is ever seeking larger powers of usefulness, and striking is 
 its development along simpler and humbler lines. 
 
 In the new duties that immigration has brought, it is unques- 
 tionably meeting the greatest educational problem yet unat- 
 tempted in this country. The Census Bureau states the size 
 and signiticance of that problem when it announces that there 
 are four million foreign-born white men of voting age in the 
 United States, who are not citizens, and two million men and 
 women either foreign-born, ox wholly or partly of foreign 
 parentage, who are illiterates. 
 
 It is of the very first national importance that the foreign- 
 born who are to remain among us, should be made an ef- 
 fective part of our democracy, — a vital part of our own people. 
 But how shall they gain quick interest in our collective life^ 
 our citizenship, our government? How shall they be given 
 our English and a knowledge of American conditions that 
 will make their daily living easier, improve their working 
 skill and wages, and reduce by one half, as English does, 
 their liability to industrial accident? 
 
 When Firmin Roz, keenest of French publicists, wrote the 
 other year of the marvels of the United States, he put in the 
 very forefront of his preface the most astounding thing he 
 had found : "There," he said, "the aged and out-worn races 
 of the w^orld repair, cast aside old age like a garment, and 
 renew their youth in American life." I believe that if you see 
 the working life of our foreign-born at its normal, all of these 
 toilers seem in marvellously rapid process of Americanization. 
 But they are often in close touch with the worst and not the 
 best side of our civilization ; they too often lose the restraints 
 and ideals of the old world and find nothing to replace them. 
 
 In this great work of education, the library has a far greater 
 opportunity than the school. Friendly and helpful, its aid is 
 more inviting and less formal. It makes less strenuous de- 
 mand upon the attention of a man who is often very tired 
 after a long day's work. It welcomes those who think them- 
 selves too old for school. It is open throughout the year, 
 where the night school at most is open only seven months of 
 the j-^ear. It can furnish papers and books in the immigrani's 
 
own language arid 'thus provide a familiar and homely air. A 
 common meeting ground with Americans, it gives him a sense 
 of joint right and ownership with us in the best things of our 
 country, and this with no suggestion of patronizing interest. 
 Best of all, I think, it can put him in effective touch with 
 American democracy, and American ideals ; and so, better 
 than any other agency, destroy the impression of heartless 
 commercialism, that many of our immigrants, in their colon- 
 ies, continually assert is the main characteristic of our civili- 
 zation. 
 
 Work for our immigrants is not wholly a new thing in Amer- 
 ican libraries. It dates back many years ; but it is new in the 
 extent of its present enterprise and interest. Its progress has 
 never been without opposition. Many have insisted that the 
 immigrant should have no books in his own tongue. Many 
 have wished him to forget everything he was or thought be- 
 fore coming to America, and they have been jealous of foreign 
 languages, insisting on English. 
 
 We sometimes forget that no naturalized citizen can ever be 
 a good American unless he has first been a good Italian or 
 German or Greek, — unless he has the reverent instinct of 
 loyalty to the land of his birth. If he is to be a good Ameri- 
 can, we must give him some sufficient reason for respecting 
 and loving our land. And how better than through the library 
 can this country of ours be made alluring, accepted in love? 
 Alluring certainly is the library's invitation to personal prog- 
 ress and self-betterment, and in its friendly rooms are an 
 American environment and the atmosphere of our spoken 
 English. 
 
 Even though the foreigner may never become a citizen, but 
 remain only as a visitor of seasonal labor, he may still have 
 in the library some helpful experience of American good-fel- 
 lowship, pass profitable hours in at least one place that is filled 
 with respect for the land of his birth, and this to the definite 
 advantage of our state. The wider use of the library by the 
 foreign-born directly stimulates among us an increasing and 
 truer knowledge of other lands, and a more generous under- 
 :standing of their national ideals. 
 
 Ht is the unvarying experience of librarians that every attempt 
 made in opening the libraries to our recent immigrants has 
 had large and unexpected success. Providence reports that 
 the hunger for books among the foreign-born is keen and uni- 
 versal. Boston, welcoming the unskilled laborer as well as the 
 cultured student of the classics, has made striking progress in 
 these new efforts the last three or four years, and incidental- 
 ly has discovered — eloquent testimony to the ambition in the 
 homes of these workers — that the "children of foreign-born 
 parents read a better class of books than their American 
 
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brothers and sisters." A Brooklyn branch lets it be known 
 that men coming from work with their dinner pails are wel- 
 come. And at once the library reaches a point and has suc- 
 cess of service before unknown. 
 
 The result of broad and aggressive work in the New York 
 Public Library has had an instant return. During 1913, the 
 last report records, the circulation of Italian books increased 
 by nearly ten thousand — a remarkable growth when a mo- 
 ment's calculation shows you that it amounts to nearly 27 
 per cent, falling less than 4 per cent behind the Yiddish, read 
 by the most eager frequenters of our libraries. 
 
 And here another significant matter may be learned, use- 
 ful for quoting to those who think the dominance of our 
 English threatened by the foreign languages. In this same 
 report the large total is set down of the circulation of Ger- 
 man books — by far the largest circulation for books in 
 foreign tongues. Yet, figuring again, it appears that for all 
 the new inducements and attractions of the library, the 
 annual gain had barely passed one half of one per cent. 
 
 The community life of our foreign colonies rapidly passes. 
 Its picturesqueness and foreign customs vanish, its theatres 
 and festivals. Even its music dies. And in spite of every 
 effort its speech is lost. 
 
 The generation of the great mass of our German immi- 
 grants is, of course, rapidly passing — so rapidly that by the 
 last census, in spite of an immigration of seven hundred 
 thousand for the decade, our total German-born population 
 decreased by over three hundred thousand. This goes far to 
 explain a stationary circulation. But it is also clear that 
 these same people, the most literate, and the most tenacious 
 of their national culture of all our earlier immigrants, have 
 come so far into the practice of the English language, for- 
 getting their own, that further increase of German readers in 
 our libraries is hardly to be looked for. 
 
 It is important for the immigrant to learn English more 
 rapidly, and the library can greatly help in this. It is also 
 important that the knowledge of foreign languages should 
 be seriously cultivated among us. It could now easily be 
 made a national accomplishment as it is in many countries of 
 the Continent. Here again the library should greatly help. 
 
 But such results as those attained in New York only come 
 as the consequence of hard and earnest work. There are dif- 
 ficulties a plenty in the way. Our foreign-born working men 
 and women oftentimes know nothing of the existence of the 
 library. Or they have a strange fear to enter, and need much 
 
persuasion before they can believe that they will be welcome 
 visitors in such splendid buildings. Often, too, they seem 
 to fear that the library may be connected with a church that 
 is trying to proselytize them, or that some advantage may be 
 taken of them. They need to learn that the library, like the 
 school, is non-sectarian and non-political; that it is the prop- 
 erty of the public, and that full privilege of it belongs to every 
 man and woman and reading child. For this reason their 
 priests and rabbis make the librarians' most helpful friends. 
 And once the immigrant workman is persuaded to enter 
 the library, he needs immediate personal attention. He needs 
 to have the different rooms of the library explained, the 
 few simple rules given him* to read in his own language. In- 
 dex cards are impossible to him. The open shelf is gener- 
 ally almost useless. He knows little or nothing of the proper 
 use of books; often he has never even handled one. He 
 requires the librarian's aid in the mysteries of selecting and 
 registering books. In short, he requires much painstaking- 
 individual help. 
 
 But how bring the immigrant to the library? In a number 
 of places, very ambitiously, lists were made, classified by 
 nationalities, of all the foreign-born families living within 
 the radius served by the library ; and to each family an at- 
 tractive postal card notice was sent. But in many of our 
 cities such work would be an almost impossible task. In 
 such cases, and generally, very effective publicity has been 
 found in the distribution of cards and leaflets bearing lists 
 of appealing books. These have been sent to the multitude 
 of national societies and clubs of various kinds that exist, 
 as well as to drug, stationery and grocery stores, to the 
 rooms of trade unions and to factories. Many librarians are 
 regularly sending boxes of books to such very practical dis- 
 tributing centres. And public schools, night schools, paro- 
 chial schools are being pressed more and more widely into 
 the service, and the teachers' help very effectively claimed. 
 In some of the New York branches rooms have been assigned 
 for the use of literary and historical societies, and here meet- 
 ings with music have been held for the discussion of liter- 
 ature, history, folk lore and social questions. By one admir- 
 able and popular plan a special visit is in%|^|^ of a group of 
 men and women of the same nationality. ^^^e librarian re- 
 ceives them and one of their own countr3^'me^ explains in their 
 native tongue the privileges of the library. Most of our for- 
 eign friends are used to being read to, and an adaptation of 
 the story hour has brought excellent results. It has proved 
 fruitful in the independent and more careful reading of 
 books, and has sometimes directly opened the way to" the 
 formation of library clubs. 
 
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In New York, also, lessons in English have been given, the 
 library itself often supplying the text-books needed. This has 
 promptly caused a greater demand for simple books in English. 
 Librarians report that every effort such as these described not 
 only increases membership, and revives the use of cards that 
 have fallen into disuse, but gives a profitable opportunity for 
 intensive study of the neighborhood. 
 
 Successful experiments of great variety have been made in 
 providing evening entertainments organized directly by the li- 
 brary. These have included simple lectures, often illustrated 
 by the stereopticon ; addresses by men, often leading men, of 
 different nationalities to those of their own speech ; musical 
 entertainments, vocal and instrumental; dramatic recitations, 
 with national music on the phonograph ; exhibitions of photo- 
 graphs of Italian art and lace. As many children are too 
 young to leave alone, there is a suggestive instance at the 
 Mt. Vernon Library that invites parents to bring their little 
 ones to the children's room for separate entertainment. 
 
 Emphatically it is a work that is fast growing, spreading 
 usefully over the country. To develop it efficiently within 
 the borders of the state, 5lassachusetts through its Free Pub- 
 lic Library Commission is carefully organizing effort, learning 
 the location of the foreign colonies, their nationalities, and 
 library facilities. The active interest of the leaders of the 
 various groups has been secured; and with the help of a 
 traveling secretary specially provided by the new law to take 
 up this educational work, the results achieved within a single 
 year have been so very promising that it is hoped that these 
 efforts may be greatly extended. And where one state has so 
 practically led the way, others must soon follow. 
 
 All this reveals the broad field of service now opening to 
 our libraries. We are apt to forget that a man becomes an 
 American, that his blood becomes American, when the judge 
 signs his second citizenship paper. Whether he becomes a 
 good American or a bad American depends in some measure 
 upon ourselves. The great virtues and ideals that we are fond 
 of thinking characteristically our own are often equally the 
 national ideals of other lands. Italianitd and Americanism 
 are hard to distinguish in a moral definition. And if we find 
 in America some special glory and leading, even some tang of 
 the air. that no other land could give, we may be sure that 
 our nation, for all the races of our origin, will never become 
 great on its cosmopolitan plan, unless we respect and nourish 
 the culture and all the precious heritage of the centur- 
 ies, developed by other countries at such heavy sacrifice, 
 and brought us, however humbly and indirectly, by the 
 millions of our immigrants. 
 
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The Librarian and the Italian 
 
 Beyond all doubt it means trouble and work to start an 
 Italian department in a library; but it is trouble and work 
 that always, so it seems, bring delighted satisfaction to the 
 librarian. The Italian readers who come to our libraries are 
 hard-working folk, who were but yesterday, the majority of 
 them, shy and simple peasants. They are extremely grate- 
 ful for everything done for them, and scrupulously follow the 
 rules, once they are understood. They are full of respect, 
 and so honest that the Boston Public Library reports the 
 disappearance of only three Italian books in 1913. 
 It is the common habit of these Italians of ours to live 
 in closer human fellowship than ever we do. Their gracious 
 manners expect cordial ways and smiles and kindly acts; and 
 for these they make polite and generous return. Following the 
 children, they may call you "Teacher," but easy is the trans- 
 ition from teacher to friend. 
 
 The Italian, it is true, usually has a background of reserve. 
 He is patiently submissive to authority of every sort, yet 
 he is hurt by brusqueness and, 'perhaps more than any other 
 of our immigrants, resents unofficial intrusion. "Sir," was 
 the complaint of an Italian workingman^ "these investigators 
 are as smoke in our eyes." But welcome to them is such 
 friendship as the librarian can give, neither curious nor of- 
 ficious, but full of good will and usefulness. And they are so 
 responsive to tactful suggestion that its practical helpfulness 
 is soon proved. 
 
 A gift for remembering faces and names is a wonderful aid 
 in capturing their friendship. Learn something of the history 
 of Italy and the things that Italians are proud of. Find out 
 from what province each man comes. Learn a few words 
 of Italian and ask their help in learning more. One librarian 
 of my acquaintance has found memorable pleasure and great 
 profit for her work in a summer's trip to Italy. 
 It is no difficult matter to make a beginning with these good 
 people. Simple books, like the story of Silvio Pellico's im- 
 prisonment, or one of Vallardi's little manuals, or some care- 
 fully chosen volume from the children's shelf, sent home from 
 time to time by a small boy or girl, may. finally bring you a 
 man who thinks he is too old to learn any English, and yet 
 has secretly yearned to have some book in his own tongue. 
 
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Take the new-comer to the Italian books, even though he 
 can only be shown by gestures, for certainly the Italian, quick- 
 est of all, understands gesture. You will find it a lan- 
 guage of large possibilities. You may not know a single 
 word of Italian, and yet simply by gestures be able to explain 
 quite satisfactorily the Italian resources of the library as he 
 needs to know them. And incidentally you will discover his 
 tastes, and be able to oflfer him some specific book, perhaps 
 opened at an interesting chapter. 
 
 At the time of your new reader's enrollment, be sure im- 
 pressively to call his attention to the rules, which should 
 be printed in Italian. And, a thing of great importance, to 
 avoid otherwise inevitable misunderstandings, point out for 
 his special reading the rule about fines, and the one restrict- 
 ing the number of novels that may be taken out — if you have 
 such a rule. And as many are careless in the handling of 
 books, — none will damage them wilfully — it would be well if 
 every volume on the Italian shelves carried such a paster of 
 advice as that given in the last chapter of this book. 
 
 Our Italian readers are fond of the heroic, the dramatic, 
 the ideal and the noble, and they like the picturesque. Poetry, 
 drama, fiction, biography, history, travel are popular with them 
 and in about the order named. But you will meet with many 
 surprises. Many a rough looking laborer you will find who 
 will revel in the classics. It was a workman, grimy from the 
 shops, who returned Hamerton's "Intellectual Life" to a li- 
 brarian in a little Massachusetts town, with : "That's what I 
 call a good book!" 
 
 In the New^ York Public Library Italians make constant de- 
 mand for simple books of agriculture. And though nothing 
 may rival in enthralling power "I Reali di Francia," it is sur- 
 prising how often an immigrant with no discoverable school- 
 ing will be a keen judge of the practical value of a book. You 
 will find them grow enthusiastic about the library. None are 
 inspired so easily as they by the artful words: "The more 
 you use these books and magazines, the more of them we 
 shall buy." 
 
 For a last word:^ Cultivate in the Italian a love for the land 
 of^ his birth. Give him books about Italy and the Italian 
 things he craves. So, he will come to find America a friendly 
 home, worthy of love and better knowledge. In the personal 
 touch of friendship is all the magic of dealing with these 
 simple and lovable people. 
 
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"The Lists That Follow" 
 
 If the Italian people formerly read little, it was because 
 the stress of life made books and reading luxuries that 
 few could afiford ; and the books urged were forbidding, 
 learned, so burdened with rigorous logic and philosophical 
 generalities that they were called "iioiosi" by the common 
 people who ventured to open them, — and utterly wearisome 
 they mostly were. 
 
 But during the last ten years, following the rap^d de- 
 velopment of national wealth, life on easier terms has 
 brought greater leisure, and with the grow'th of the 
 schools, and the fight on illiteracy in the South, the habit 
 of reading is fast becoming national, and popular and 
 excellent books in great variety have appeared. Often 
 sold for a few centesimi, they have had the great merit 
 of being simple, informing, and at the same time readable. 
 And strangely enough, among the most attractive and 
 popular of them have been school books, until now in 
 every land the special abomination of the adult. The 
 great success of their first experiments has led to more 
 ambitious attempts by the publishers, and new demands 
 have come for new books of the most varied sort. 
 
 Unfortunately, for our purpose, as will be seen, there are 
 few books for the immigrant dealing helpfully with 
 American life. One will hunt in vain for accurate and 
 readable books of American history; for simple and prac- 
 tical books on American business, industries and agricul- 
 ture, and their opportunities; or for American biograph- 
 ies, books of description, travel, popular customs, sports. 
 Grammars and manuals for learning English, with the 
 promising title *'metodo accelerato*' are many and often 
 expensive, but they are of little use to the people for 
 whom they are mainly intended. 
 
 The excellent model gift libraries so generouslv dis- 
 tributed by the Societd Nazionale Dante Alighieri have 
 formed the basis of the lists that follow. Many help- 
 ful suggestions were found in the admirable BibUotechine 
 of the Federazione Italioua delle Biblioteche Popolari. 
 as well as in the Catalogo. and its supplement, of the 
 Coniniissione Permanente per le Librerie dei Marinai. 
 In our own country, the Catalogo dei Libri Italiani issued 
 by the Ne\N- York Public Library has been of the g eatesr 
 
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service. 'J'he lists of the Public Libraries of Providence 
 and Springfield, Mass., have been most carefully and 
 profitably read. J\Iost helpful and suggestive has been 
 that excellent little pamphlet, "Aids in Library Work 
 with Foreigners" by Miss Marguerite Rcid and Mr. John 
 G. Moulton, first issued by the Massachusetts Library 
 Club, and now published by the American Library As- 
 sociation. To these should be added the latest catalogues 
 of the Italian publishers, with their very attractive and 
 important announcements. 
 
 In preparing these lists, special attention has been given 
 to the needs of readers of limited educational experience, 
 and a considerable number of elementary books have 
 been included. But the uniform experience of librarians 
 is that the reading of our foreign born is steadily pro- 
 gressive; and in the great mass of our immigrants there 
 are many with excellent educations, who have bravely 
 been willing to start life anew in a new land, sometimes 
 taking rough manual work and showing no outward mark 
 of that education which they really have. And so these 
 lists have been formed with a definite idea of progression. 
 For this reason they should also be of service as a 
 reading guide for Americans, who, with varying mastery 
 of the language, are coming to take a deeper interest in 
 Italian literature and the development of Italian nattonal 
 life. 
 
 For our selection, the first purpose has been to seek 
 books of fine human quality, of great and attractive 
 simplicit}^ Some famous names have been omitted for 
 a variety of sufficient reasons. It has been the purpose 
 to include no expensive books, no difficult books of 
 science or of research, of narrow or purel}' scholarly in- 
 terest, no unwholesome or trivial books, no books repre- 
 senting the aesthetic or decadent schools, no English 
 books — for though the number of these is restricted. 
 many useful lists already exist. No religious books will 
 be found here, except "The Little Flowers of St. Francis" 
 and "Pilgrim's Progress." 
 
 The descriptive notes make no ambitious attempt to 
 give a complete critical estimate of authors, but merely 
 in an elemental way to be suggestive and informing. As 
 these lists are not exclusively for the use of librarians, 
 no knowledge whatever of Italian books or literature 
 is presumed. It is hoped that no apology is needed for 
 a somewhat unvarying note of praise — a deliberate at- 
 tempt has been made to select books that are worthy^ 
 of praise, the best that are available of those now in 
 print. 
 
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In the description of each book here listed, the author's 
 name comes first, except in the case of works that are 
 anonymous. Then follow the title of the book — trans- 
 lated into English when necessary; the name, in Italian, 
 of the place of publication; the name of the publisher; the date 
 of printing of the edition chosen; a brief bibliographical de- 
 scription, and the price. 
 
 Where the date of an author is not given, it means that 
 he is either a contemporary, or has recently been writ- 
 ing. The many asterisks do not indicate books that are 
 equally important or desirable or simple. They are rnere- 
 ly a note of attention, suggesting a first choice, subject 
 to conditions that must vary with each library. 
 As these lists have come for a final revision, they have 
 made upon me a double impression deeply marked. They 
 seem. to mirror the sentiment, the life, the whole progress 
 of modern Italy. And most impressive of all, in almost 
 every section is the inspiring patriotic note. The poets' 
 dream of a united Italy, constant throughout the centuries 
 from the time of Dante, was at last given substance 
 through the heroic work of the Revolution. And that 
 great struggle of the Risorgimento — the long and bitter 
 years stretching from 1814 and the Congress of Vienna 
 to the September day in 1870, when the armies of Victor 
 Emanuel entered Rome, — forms a basis upon which 
 nearly everything that is worthy in the life and in the 
 literature of the new Italy has since been built. We 
 Americans would do well to know more of the great men of 
 that time and their great deeds, that did in fact accom- 
 plish the "resurrection" of Italy. In Italian patriotism 
 we should find refreshment for our own. 
 
 Ordering Books 
 
 With most of the larger Italian publishers it is possible 
 to correspond in English, and orders may be sent them 
 directly. But generally, to avoid mistakes and misunder- 
 standings, unless correspondence can be in Italian, it is 
 strongly advised that all purchases be made through a 
 responsible American agent. Brentano's, 229 Fifth Ave- 
 nue, New York, and G. E. Stechert & Company, 151 West 
 25th Street, New York, are well-known importers and 
 carry a considerable stock of Italian books. Books that 
 are not on their shelves, they will import promptly direct 
 from the publishers. Such orders require from six to 
 eight weeks. The prices are invariably given in Italian 
 money, the lira. Its American equivalent will vary from 
 21c to 25c, depending to some extent upon the cost of the 
 book, and the amount of the purchase. Books may be 
 
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had by post in from three to four weeks at an additional 
 cost of about 10%. 
 
 Unless otherwise stated, the books listed are in paper. 
 Books so quoted can only be had in this way, practically 
 unbound, and usually need immediate and substantial 
 binding. Many of the cheaper books issued by Italian 
 and other continental publishers are so poorly bound in 
 paper, and so poorly stitched, that they can hardly be cut 
 and opened for the reading of a single chapter without 
 falling apart. This matters little in a land where book- 
 binding is cheap, and either economy or taste requires 
 books in paper, but it often means serious difficulties for 
 the innocent American purchaser. 
 
 With the exception of a few manuals, every book in- 
 cluded in these lists has been seen and examined. Par- 
 ticular effort has been made to select editions of moderate 
 price, and there has been equal effort to choose those 
 well printed on good paper. But in many cases the only 
 form in which a book may be had, and this is particularly 
 true of translations, is in a very cheap edition. 
 It is believed that every volume described in these lists 
 is now in print. A very large proportion of the titles — 
 nearly 70% — are of books that have been printed within 
 the last five years. They are all to be found in current 
 catalogues, with the exception of a few, and for these, 
 pains have been taken to make certain that they are held 
 in ample stock. 
 
 It is the experience of librarians that it is necessary to 
 purchase in greater number duplicates of books that are 
 popular with these new Americans, than of popular books 
 for any other class of readers. Their disappointment is 
 keen if they fail to secure a book on which they have set 
 their hearts. A second failure often results in abandon- 
 ment of all further effort. 
 
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Biography 
 
 The great popularity of books of biography among Italian 
 readers is frequently a surprise to our librarians. But there 
 is no mystery in the preference. It is a choice that is chiefly 
 due to the thrilling heroic and dramatic appeal in the life 
 stories that have been written of many men, who were great 
 patriots, who sacrificed and suffered much, and won liberty 
 so splendidly for the oppressed and divided land of their birth. 
 
 * ALFIERI, VITTORIO. See also "Drama." 1749-1803. Vita 
 e rune scelte. Roma: Albrighi, Segati e C. 1902. 5" x 7>4". 
 pp. 240. L1.80. 
 
 The autobiography and selected poems of the great poet, 
 who Carducci said, "created the Revolution in Italy." The 
 "Life" of this fierce, impetuous and forthright man to 
 whom liberty was a religion makes thrilling and inspiring 
 reading — thrilling for its adventures, inspiring for its 
 story of long struggle and patience and work. It is be- 
 sides a strongly personal book. He pictures himself: "A 
 resolute soul, most obstinate and unconquered; a heart 
 filled to overflowing with love of every sort; and with 
 that strange mixture of love and all its furies, I had in 
 me a profound and most ferocious rage and horror for 
 tyranny in every form." 
 
 BACCINI, IDA. See also "Books for Children." La mia 
 vita — Ricordi autobiografici. Roma: Albrighi, Segati e C. 
 1904. 5"x7^". pp.297. L3. 
 
 The life story of a very popular writer — a school teacher 
 of Florence, whose writings, largely for children, are 
 marked by great simplicity and gentleness of spirit. 
 Widely honored and loved. 
 
 * BEI.LIO, V. Cristoforo Colombo. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 
 1892. 4^4" x 6". pp.159. L 1.50. Illustrated and bound. 
 
 A popular story of Columbus, interesting and written 
 with special appeal to Italians. 
 
 ^ BELTRAMI, LUCA. Alessandro Manzoni. Milano : Ulrico 
 Hoepli. 1898. 4^"x6". pp.191. L 1.50. 
 
 A charming little book, crowded with personal detail, 
 and in spite of its few pages, with illustrations. Manzoni 
 
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was a great patriot as well as a great novelist and poet. 
 His were the words, famous in Italian history: "We shall 
 not be free, if we are not united." 
 
 CAPPELLETTI, LICURGO. Napoleone I. Milano : Ulrico 
 Hoepli. 1908. 4"x6". pp.272. L2.50. 
 Admirable little biography, well illustrated. 
 
 * CELLINI, BENVENUTO. 1500-1571. La vita scritta da lui 
 medesimo. Edited by Gaetano Guasti. Firenze : G. C. Sansoni. 
 1908. 5%" X 73/4"- PP- 205. L 1.50. 
 
 One of the famous autobiographies of the world and one 
 of Italy's classics — the swashbuckling story of the great 
 16th century artist. Expurgated edition. 
 
 * D'AZEGLIO, MASSIMO. See also "Fiction— Italian." 1798- 
 1866. I miei ricordi. Edited by Prof. A. Pippi. Firenzi : G. 
 Barbera. 1910. 5"x7H". pp.361. L2. 
 
 The very popular and inspiring autobiography of "the 
 spotless knight without fear" — il cavaliere senza macchia 
 e senza paura — of the heroic struggle for the regeneration 
 of Italy. Painter, novelist, soldier, statesman, prime minister. 
 
 * FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. La vita, scritta da se medesimo. 
 Translated by Pietro Rotondi. Firenze: G. Barbera. 1912. 
 5"x7". pp. 296. L2. 
 
 Several editions of Franklin's autobiography have been 
 printed in Italy, and have been widely read. 
 
 GOTTI, AURELIO. See also "Italy." Italiani del secolo 
 
 XIX. Citta di Castello : S. Lapi. 1911. 6^" x 10". pp.417. 
 
 L3. 
 
 A selection of biographical sketches of twenty important 
 
 men of Italy of the 19th century. 
 
 I due primi re d' Italia. Roma: Albrighi, Segati e C. 1912. 
 
 53^" X 8". pp. 288. L2. 
 
 The story, simply told, of the lives of the first two kings 
 
 of Italy. 
 
 * KING, BOLTON. Mazsini. Firenze: G. Barbera. 1905. 
 5"x7". pp.400. L4. 
 
 The most popular volume of this admirable series. A 
 very inspiring story of "the apostle of liberty," who, 
 preaching and organizing, dedicated his whole life to 
 Italy and its cause of freedom and union. 
 
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* MARIO, JESSIE WHITE. La vita di Garibaldi. Milano: 
 Fratelli Treves. 1902. 5" x 7^". pp. 285, 303. 2 vols. L.l 
 each. 
 
 The popular biography of Garibaldi, the great hero of the 
 Revolution. 
 
 * MORANDI, LUIGI. See also "Literature and Education." 
 Come fu educato Vittorio Emanuele III. Roma: G. B. 
 Paravia e C. 1905. 5^"x8". pp.141. Illustrated. L 1.50. 
 Tells in a very entertaining way of the education and 
 training of the present King of Italy — of the Spartan dis- 
 cipline to which he was subjected as a boy, and the great 
 diversity and shrewd practical usefulness of his studies. 
 
 * PELLICO, SILVIO. 1788-1854. Le mie prigioni. Milano: 
 Bietti. 1911. 4^"x7^". pp.253. LI. 
 
 A famous popular book of Italy. This story of the prison 
 life of Pellico had an important part in the great strug- 
 gle for liberty. 'Tt w^as a real battle against Austria." For 
 its political effect it has been compared to "Uncle Tom's 
 Cabin." Celebrated for its beauty and mildness of spirit, 
 its simplicity of language. 
 
 " PLUTARCH. Vite degli uomini illustri. Milano: Sonzogno. 
 1913. 5" X 7H". pp. 400. L 1.50. 
 Includes the most famous "Lives." 
 
 ^'RAMBALDI, PIER LIBERALE. Amerigo Vespucci. 
 Firenze: G. Barbera. 1898. 5" x 7". pp.229. L2. 
 Italian readers in our libraries are keenly interested in 
 the stories of the two great Italian discoverers. Amerigo 
 Vespucci, no less than Columbus, appeals to their nation- 
 al pride. 
 
 RICCI, C. Michelangelo. Firenze: G. Barbera. 1904. 5" x 7". 
 pp. 208. L2. 
 
 An excellent short life, clearly and simply written, with 
 abundant human detail. 
 
 4$. SCHIATTAREGIA. PROF. BENEDETTO. Vita di Vit- 
 torio Emanuele II. Roma : Albrighi, Segati e C. 1896. 
 5"x7i^". pp. 103. Illustrated. LI. 
 
 A very simple story of the life and times of Victor Eman- 
 uel II. A popular account of the patriotic and heroic 
 aspect of the long struggle for the liberty and union of 
 Italy. It includes many of the most famous pieces of 
 patriotic poetry of the days of Victor Emanuel. 
 
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VASARI, GIORGIO. 1511-1574. Narrazioni scelte dalle vite. 
 Firenze: G. Barbara. 1905. 4M" x 7^". pp.315. L2. 
 For ordinary library purposes, probably the best selec- 
 tion of Vasari's "Lives of the most Excellent Painters, 
 Sculptors and Architects" — contains nearly all the famous 
 passages. 
 
 VILLARI, PASQUALE. 1827—. Storia di Girolamo Savo- 
 narola. Firenze : Successori Le Monnier. 1898. 6" x 8J^". 
 2 vols. pp. 532 & CLXVIII, 261 & CCCLVI. L 6. each. 
 The life of Savonarola is considered the best work of 
 Italy's foremost living historian, who in learning and crit- 
 ical pov^^er is frequently compared by Italian scholars to 
 Macaulay. 
 
 * ZANICHELLI, DOMENICO. Cavour. Firenze: G. Barbara. 
 1905. 5"x7". pp. 427. L4. 
 
 Admirable life within small limits of the wise statesman 
 and prime minister, whose political skill had so great a 
 part in the creation of the new Italy. Cavour, like King 
 Victor Emanuel, is called the "Father of his Country." 
 
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Travel — Description — History 
 
 * ABRUZZI, DUCA DEGLI. La "Stella Polare" nel mare 
 artico. 1899-1900. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1912. 6^"x9j.r. 
 pp. 518. Profusely illustrated — 2 maps — bound in cloth. 
 L8.50. 
 
 A graphic account of the voyage of the ''Polar Star" 
 (1899-1900) and the Arctic explorations of the Duke of 
 the Abruzzi. Very popular. 
 
 BARETTI, GIUSEPPE. 1719-1789. Lettere fatnigliari. Ed- 
 ited bv Gioachino Brognoligo. Roma : Albrighi, Segati e C. 
 1906. "5"x7i^". pp. 194. L2. 
 
 Fascinating letters of an 18th century traveller in Spain 
 and Portugal. Humorous, rapid, keen-eyed observer of 
 men and national customs, picturesque, farcical. Baretti 
 was a friend of Samuel Johnson. 
 
 BARZINI, LUIGI. La meta del mondo vista da un automo- 
 bile. (The Half of the World as Seen from an Automobile). 
 Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1910. 6i/4"x9H". PP- 523. Bound 
 and illustrated, with maps L 9.50. 
 
 From Pekin to Paris in 60 days in an automobile. De- 
 lightful book of travel — vivid and brilliant pages — by one 
 of the ablest of living journalists. Extraordinary photo- 
 graphic power. 
 
 BEVIONE, GIUSEPPE. See also "Italy." LInghilterra 
 d'oggi. (The England of To-day). Torino: Fratelli Bocca. 
 1910. 5" X 7H". pp. 439. L 5. 
 
 Highly instructive and interesting book, brilliant and 
 sympathetic, written by one of the most serious of the 
 younger newspaper men of Italy, who was for several 
 years London correspondent of "La Stampa" of Turin: 
 English Life — The Theatre — Sport — Journalism — A study 
 of the new Imperialism. 
 '^ U Argentina. Torino: Fratelli Bocca. 1911. 5" x 7^". pp. 
 239. L3.50. 
 
 Careful journalistic studies of social, economic, and po- 
 litical conditions in the Argentine Republic, of great in- 
 terest to Italians, because of the large Italian population 
 in that country. Almost everyone has friends there, 
 
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particularly the northern Italian. This book pays special 
 attention to this phase of interest. 
 
 * BIASIOLI, U. Piccola storia del popolo argentino. Milano : 
 Antonio Vallardi. 1910. 4^" x 7^"- PP- 149. Illustrated. 
 L.60. 
 
 This admirable little book gives a brief history of the 
 Argentine, some account of its original peoples, of its 
 present population, of its geography, climate, institutions, 
 customs, industry and commerce, with a very useful 
 chapter on the Italian immigrant in the Republic. 
 
 BORGHESE, G. A. La nuova Germania. Torino : Fratelli 
 Bocca. 1909. 5" x 714". pp. 495. L 5. 
 
 This is not merely a serious and exact study of the life 
 of the new^ Germany; but in telling "how^ the Germans 
 live" it becomes a. picturesque book of travel, rapid, 
 photographic, crowded with illustrative anecdotes. 
 
 * BRA'GAGNOLO, G. See also "Music." Storia di Francia. 
 Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1905. 4" x 6". pp. 424. L 3. 
 
 A rapid and concise account of the history of France 
 "from the most remote times" to our own days. 
 
 * Storia d'Inghilterra. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1906. 4" x 6". 
 pp. 367. L3. 
 
 Like the author's history of France, this little history of 
 England is notable for rapid narration that sacrifices 
 nothing to interest. It carries the story from Roman 
 days almost to the present. 
 
 * CASTELLIN'I, GUALTIERO. / popoli halcanici nell'anno 
 delta guerra. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1913. 5" x 7j^". pp. 
 211. Illustrated. L3.50. 
 
 A political study of the Balkan peoples, made during the 
 year of the war, from the Italian point of view. Filled 
 with human interest and well illustrated. The author ef- 
 fectively answers the question: "What are these people?" 
 
 ^r COLOMBO. E. Argentina. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1909. 
 4^"x6". pp.330. L3.50. 
 
 A historical account of the Republic of Argentina that 
 includes much detail on present economic conditions, sta- 
 tistics, notes of geography, etc. 
 
 COCCHIA, E. // Giappone vittorioso. (Victorious Japan). 
 Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1913. 5" x 7\^". pp. 408. L 5.50. 
 
 Tells the story of the rapid evolution of the Japanese 
 spirit, its historical causes, and its consequences, political 
 
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and social. The sub-title "The Rome of the F"ar East" 
 completes the description of an extremely readable and 
 instructive book. 
 
 DE AMICIS. EDMOXDO. See also ''Literature and Edu- 
 
 * cation", ''Fiction — Italian", "Books for Children", and "Poetr}'." 
 1846-1908. 
 
 The first popular writer of Italy. An unusually long list 
 of his books is recommended. His simple and direct 
 style, friendly spirit, imbued with love for humanity, his 
 healtliy sentiment and sympathy, passionately Italian, 
 make him a particularly effective "public educator." as 
 he has been called, for young men and workmen to 
 whom so large a part of his work was consecrated. His 
 stories are delightful, filled with genial humor, hopeful- 
 ness, vivacity. The vivid pages of liis books of travel 
 read like romances. 
 
 These six charming books of travel and description de- 
 voted to Constantinople. London. Morocco. Holland, 
 Paris, and "Upon the C3cean" form a remarkably interest- 
 ing and instructive series. 
 
 CostantinopoU Milano : Fratelli Treves.' 1905. 5" x 7V2". 
 pp. 579. L6.50. 
 
 Ricordi di Londra. (London). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1901. 6K-"xlO". pp.111. Illustrated. L 1.50. 
 
 Olanda. (Holland). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1909. 5" x 
 7%". pp. 477. L 4. 
 
 Morocco. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1907. 5" x 7^/4". pp. 485. 
 L5. 
 
 Parigi. (Paris). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1913. 5" x 7r'<". 
 pp. 331. LI. 
 
 SuU'Oceano. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 7^2". pp. 
 423. L5. 
 
 Brilliant sketches and stories of life at sea. The tropic 
 seas. Emigrants embarking and at sea. The voyage to 
 South America. 
 
 GREEN. J. R. Breve storia del popolo inglese, dalle origini 
 ai tempi nostri. (Short History of the English People). 
 Translated by Sofia Santarelli. Firenze: G. Barbera. 1884. 
 5" x 7V2". pp. 912. L 6. 
 
 * MARCO POLO. 1254-1323. See "Books for Children." / 
 z'iaggi. (The Voyages). 
 
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* MONACHESI, PROF. G. Piccola storia del popolo brasili- 
 ano. Milano : Antonio Vallardi. 1913. 4^" x 7^". pp.150. 
 Illustrated. L .60. 
 
 This little story of the Brazilian people, besides history 
 gives a short, but very interesting account of the geog- 
 raphy, ethnography, products, industry, commerce, and 
 public institutions of Brazil. Italian immigration to Bra- 
 zil has fallen off lately, but that country still has a large 
 Italian population and this little book accordingly de- 
 votes two chapters to the subject, detailing something of 
 Italian progress, and not forgetting to give some very 
 necessary advice to the immigrant. 
 
 SERAO, MATILDE. See also "Fiction— Italian." Nel paese 
 di Gesu {Ricordi di tin viaggio in Palestina). Napoli : Fran- 
 cesco Perrella. 1910. 5^"x7H". pp.366. L3. 
 
 Brilliant and rather mystical record of a journey in Pal- 
 estine by the ablest Italian woman prose writer of our day. 
 
 SOLERIO, G. P. La rivohizione francese. Milano: Ulrico 
 Hoepli. 1914. 4" x 6". pp.176. L2. 
 
 Excellent little book, giving, within narrow limits, an 
 adequate account not only of the events of the French 
 Revolution, but also of its causes and effects. 
 
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In the United States 
 
 The list of helpful and informing books written in Italian 
 about the United States and life in America is an exceedingly 
 short and unsatisfactory one. Several good books are out of 
 print, and with a few exceptions those that are available are 
 either inadequate in one way or another, or inaccurate, or 
 wholly out of date. But with our present heavy Italian immi- 
 gration, our rapidly developing commerce with Italy, and the 
 consequent steady increase of vital mutual interests, the time 
 must soon come when it w'ill be important for Italy to have 
 adequate knowledge of every side of our national life. And 
 better books describing America should be a consequence of 
 that need. 
 
 * ARBIB-COSTA, ALFONSO. Lezioni graduate di lingua 
 inglese. New York: Italian Book Co. 1906. 5^" x 7H". 
 pp. 286. $1.00. 
 
 Not a simple book on learning English for a man with 
 little or no educational experience and without a teacher. 
 But still almost certainly the best book of the sort 
 whether for library or school use. In some libraries in 
 which it has been placed, it has proved so serviceable that 
 it is in constant use. 
 
 -•f BOTTA, CARLO. See also "Italy." 1766-1837. Storia della 
 guerra dell'independenza degli Stati Uniti d' America. Torino: 
 Unione Tipogratico — Editrice Torinese. 1859. 4^" x 7". 3 
 vols. pp. 283, 291, 275. L4.15 for the set. 
 This history of the American Revolution, first published 
 over a hundred years ago, is the most important book 
 ever written about America by an Italian. It is also 
 Botta's greatest work — the result of love and long labor. 
 His sincerity and nobility, his faith in justice and de- 
 mocracy, his clear picturing of the purposes of our Re- 
 volution made this history an inspiration to the ardent 
 young men of his day, who were to make ready 
 Italian liberty. And through the years it has been the 
 best interpretation of America to his countrymen. In 
 many ways it is antiquated; its style is difficult, yet to- 
 day it is still being urged for educational use in Italy on 
 account of its powder "in forming the hearts and souls 
 
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of youth." A recent reprint from the plates of an old 
 edition. 
 
 CARNEGIE, ANDREW. Nel regno degli aifari. (The Em- 
 pire of Business). Translated by Giulio De Rossi. Firenze : 
 G. Barbera. 1912. 5"x7". pp. 260. L 2. 
 
 * CARR, JOHN FOSTER. Guida degli Stati Uniti per I'immu 
 grante italiano. New York : Immigrant Education Society. 
 1913. 5" x7%". pp. 79. Illustrated, with map, 20c. postpaid. 
 Aims to give the immigrant the practical information he 
 needs about life in the United States. Separate chapters 
 tell him where to go for work, how to travel, how to 
 learn English; about the schools and libraries and other 
 educational advantages, about the opportunities of agri- 
 culture, and the successes made by Italians in farming. 
 Other chapters tell of the geography and climate of the 
 United States, of the federal and state governments, of 
 citizenship and the qualifications for it. There are, too, 
 chapters on the laws of the United States, on health, 
 savings banks, postal rates, our money, and weights and 
 measures, with tables of information about the States 
 and a chapter of special advice. 
 
 FERRERO, GUGLIELMO. See also "Italy." fra i due 
 mondi. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1913. 5" x 7^". pp. 430. 
 L5. 
 
 The author warns the reader that this book is not a 
 novel, nor a book of travel, nor a drama, nor a treatise of 
 philosophy and sociology. But the reader will find it 
 something of all of these, though the historian of Rome 
 has ably fulfilled his intention of writing a record of his 
 trip to America that would be a comparison between the 
 old world and the new. And a brilliant comparison he 
 has made it. 
 
 4c- GIANI, RODOLFO. Storia degli Stati Uniti d' America. Mi- 
 lano : Paolo Carrara. 1902. 5" x 8". pp. 285. L 2. 
 On the whole, a poor and inaccurate history of the 
 United States, based in great part on the work of 
 Romussi, written nearly forty years ago. But excellent 
 in parts, and for all its shortcomings, the only work of 
 the sort available in Italian. 
 
 MONDAINI. GENNARO. Le origini degli Stati Uniti 
 d' America. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1904. 5" x 7^". pp.459. 
 L 6.50. 
 
 Deals in very careful and scholarly way with the origins 
 of the Republic. Does not go beyond colonial days. 
 
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* PECORINI, ALBERTO. Gli americam nella vita moderno 
 ossen-ati da un italiano. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1909. 5" x 
 7V/'. pp. 448. L5. 
 
 The best modern book about the United States written by 
 an Italian, a treasury of accurate information about 
 American life. Not altogether a simple book, but able, 
 interesting, at times brilliant, written with an obvious 
 friendly intention — usually successful — to be fair. Opens 
 with a good chapter of history. Contains a very clear 
 analysis of our government and politics. Separate chap- 
 ters are devoted to woman, leligion. journalism, capital 
 and labor, industry and commerce, the railroads, educa- 
 tion, the army and navy. Indians, negroes, American 
 cities, art, literature, music and immigration. 
 
 ROMUSSL C. Storja degli Stati Uniti d' America. Milano: 
 Sonzogno n. d. 4^4" x 6H"- PP- 63. L .20. 
 This little pamphlet in the "Biblioteca del Popolo" series 
 only carries the History of the United States to the 
 Philadelphia Exposition of 1876. 
 
 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Vigor di vita. (The Strenu- 
 ous Life). Translated bv Hilda di Malgra. Milano: Fratelli 
 Treves. 1905. 5" x llA"". pp. 305. L 3. 
 
 * ROSSI, ADOLFO. Uyi italiano in America. Milano: Fra- 
 telli Treves. 1912. 5" x 7^". pp. 325. L 1. 
 
 The experiences of an Italian journalist travelling as an 
 immigrant workman in the U. S. 1879-1881. The first 
 and most popular book of the well-known war cor- 
 respondent and member of the Royal Italian Emigration 
 Commission. He is now Minister to Uruguay. 
 
 STRAFFORELLO, GUSTAVO. Letteratura americana. Mi- 
 lano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1898. 4" x 6". pp. 158. L 1.50. 
 Again a book, "excellent in parts," but wholly out of 
 date, even in its revised edition. 
 
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Italy 
 
 History — Description — War with Turkey — 
 Nationalism 
 
 With the rapid economic development of Italy during the last 
 ten years, there has been also a marked growth of national 
 consciousness and of patriotic interest in all things Italian. 
 Many exceedingly interesting and well-written books, accurate 
 and yet filled with characteristic patriotic fervor, have ap- 
 peared, covering almost every side of national life. The old 
 provincial distinctions and jealousies are rapidly passing away, 
 and among Italians themselves there is seen the growth of a 
 deep interest in every detail of the progress of the nation, 
 not merely politically and industrially, but also ideally, — an 
 intense feeling that Italy has a definite national mission in the 
 world; and of this, particularly on the humanitarian and 
 cultural sides, eloquent testimony will be found in many places 
 in these pages. For this section the usual alphabetical arrange- 
 ment of the list has been almost wholly discarded for a group- 
 
 • ing of books of related interest. 
 
 History 
 
 FERRERO, GUGLIELMO. Grandesza e decadenza di Roma, 
 (The Greatness and Decline of Rome). Milano: FratelH 
 Treves. 1908-1910. 5" x 7i^". 5 vols. pp. 526, 562, 599, 379, 
 423. L 22. for the set. 
 
 The original edition of Ferrero's great work. Italians 
 are taking an increasing interest in the story of ancient 
 Rome. Its history and traditions they are coming to feel 
 are a part of their own — an inspiration of definite politi- 
 cal importance these last years since the beginning of the 
 war with Turke}'. 
 
 # GALANTI— ZIPPEL— RAULICH. 
 
 del medio evo. 476-1313. 
 
 moderna d' Euro pa e specialmente d' Italia. 
 
 1313-1748. 
 contemporanea d'Europa e specialmente 
 d'ltaUa. 1750 ai nostri giorni. 
 Torino : G. B. Paravia e C. 1909-1910. 5i/^"x8^". 3 vols, 
 pp. 472, 357, 433. L 11. for the set. 
 These three volumes grouped together give in consider- 
 
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 Manual e di storia 
 
able detail the history of Europe, and especially of Italv 
 from 476 A.D. to the death of King Humbert in 1900. 
 Each volume has been prepared by a specialist. All three 
 are clearly written with admirable perspective. Maps ac- 
 company each volume. Written for the use of secondary 
 schools. 
 
 ^' ORSI. PIETRO. See also "Books for Children." Jreve 
 storia d'ltalia. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1911. 4" x 6". pp. 
 285. L2.50. 
 
 A brief history of Italy from prehistoric times to the 
 earthquake of 1908. 
 
 Italia modema. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1914. 5" x TYz". 
 pp. 535. Illustrated, with three maps. L 7.50. 
 
 The history of Italy from 1750 to the close of 1913. The 
 best and the most popular book of the sort available. 
 
 * BOTTA. CARLO. 1766-1837. Narrazioni di storia patria. 
 Edited bv Prof. G. Finzi. Roma : Albrighi, Segati e C. 1897. 
 5"x7H". pp. 249. L1.75. 
 
 Contains 20 selections of the most famous passages of 
 this famous historian, covering the story of Italy from 
 the days of Alexander de'Medici to the coronation of 
 Napoleon. 
 
 * BERTOLINI. L. Storia del risorgimeufo italiano. Milano: 
 Ulrico Hoepli. 1905. 4"x6". pp.208. L 1.50 
 Admirable short account — perhaps the best within so few 
 pages — of the whole struggle that ended in the creation 
 of modern Italy— 1814-1870. 
 
 ^ LA VITA ITALIAXA NEL RISORGIMENTO.^^ 1815-1861. 
 Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1911. 4)4" x 7". 12 vols. 
 About pp. 175 each. LI. each. 
 
 This little series covers in a very popular way the en- 
 tire story of the struggle for the union of Italy, in the 
 several points or history, letters, arts and sciences. It has 
 been carefully prepared by the co-operation of some of 
 the ablest living writers of Italy. 
 
 CARDUCCL GlOSUfi. See also "Literature and Education" 
 and ''Poetrv." 1836-1907. Letture del risorgimento italiano. 
 1749-1870 Bologna: Xicola Zanichelli. 1912. 5" x 7i/<". pp. 
 534. L3. 
 
 Remarkable selection of interesting readings from orig- 
 inal sources, showing the history and development of 
 the ideas and of the literature of the Risorgimento — the 
 ri?e. development and union of modern Italy. 
 
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* CAVALLOTTI, FELICE. See also "Drama." 1842-1898. 
 Martirologio italiano. Milano : Sonzogno. 1898. 4j/2"x6j4'. 
 pp. 106. L.30. 
 
 Cavallotti, killed in a duel in 1898, was a strange combina- 
 tion of idealist and rebel He wrote many beautiful 
 poems filled with patriotic ardor. This selected volume 
 is of prose and is devoted to a few of the early martyrs 
 of the great struggle for the independence and union of 
 Italy. 
 
 ^ ERRERA (R) and TRENTO (I). Italia. Milano: Giacomo 
 Agnelli. 1912. 5^" x 8". pp. 562. L3. 
 A patriotic reader carrying the motto: "To increase love 
 through knowledge." It might carry the sub-title "Italy 
 in Song and Story," for it tells of Italy's wonders and 
 beauties, as described in famous passages of literature — 
 the heroic things of the present as well as the past — the 
 homely and lovely things, and not forgotten, an appeal- 
 ing note of human brotherhood. Side by side with the 
 great authors of the past are the most brilliant writers 
 of to-day. A model of a patriotic reader. 
 
 GOTTI, AURELIO. Quadri e ritratti. Roma: Albrighi. 
 Segati e C. 1910. 5H"x8". pp.378. L2.50. 
 An exceedingly readable story of the creation of modern 
 Italy, told chiefly in vivid sketches of the lives of its 
 great men, 
 
 DE GUBERNATIS, ANGELO. 1840-1913. L'ltalia. Roma: 
 Albrighi, Segati e C. 1911. 5H"x8". pp.337. L2. 
 A clear and simply written book about Italy by a well- 
 known historian and educator. The first part of the book 
 is devoted to an account of the physical characteristics 
 of Italy and local history of cities and provinces. About 
 a hundred pages are given to the history of Italy, from 
 the founding of Rome to the death of Victor Emanuel 
 and a hundred pages are given to sketches of the lives 
 of great Italians. 
 
 VALLARDI, ANTONIO. Mesco secolo di vita italiana. Mi- 
 lano : Antonio Vallardi. 1911. 12"xl5". pp.215. L5. 
 Twenty-six popular, well informed articles, by specially quali- 
 fied writers, abundantly illustrated and covering every phase 
 of the development of Italy during the last fifty years : Poli- 
 tics, army, navy, industry, art, science, literature, journalism, 
 religion, schools, finance. 
 
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SANTORO. CAV. AW. MICHELE. L'ltalia nei suoi pro- 
 f^ressi economici dal 1860 al 1910. Roma : Tipografia Popolare. 
 1911. 7"xlO". pp. 527. LIO. 
 
 A careful account of the economic progress of Italy 
 made during a half century — in considerable part a de- 
 tailed statistical study. Extremely interesting is the com- 
 parison between economic conditions in the old Italy 
 and the new. 
 
 MOSSO, ANGELO. See also "Art and the Sciences." 1846- 
 1910. Vita moderna degli Ualiani. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 
 1906. 5"x7H". pp. 430. L4. 
 
 A series of sympathetic studies by a distinguished scien- 
 tist, dealing chiefly with emigration, and the economic 
 and social problems affecting the peasantry and working 
 people of Italy. A clear headed and charming book with 
 a purpose: that the reader may know more accurately 
 something of these problems that so vitally affect Italian 
 national life, and that he may learn "to love the poor." 
 
 NITTI, FRANCESCO S. L'ltaUa aU'alba del secolo XX. 
 Torino : Societa Tipografico-Editrice Nazionale. 1901. 5^" 
 x9". pp. 215. L2.50. 
 
 "Italy at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century." A collection 
 of addresses to the young men of Italy by one of the ablest 
 economists and constructive Italian statesmen of our time. 
 Together they form a clear and purposeful statement of nation- 
 al resources, of national problems of population, political di- 
 visions and industry, and they have made a profound impres- 
 sion in Italy, inspiring for the practical progress of the nation. 
 Signor Nitti was Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Com- 
 merce during the last Ministry. His chief interests for many 
 years have been the industrial development of his country — 
 particularly southern Italy — the development of its water 
 power, and emigration and education. 
 
 ♦ NOVIKOW, GIACOMO. La missione dell'Italia. Milano: 
 Fratelli Treves. 1903. 5" x 7^/^ . pp.339. L3. 
 This book by the great Russian pacifist is celebrated in 
 Italy. Written at a time of almost national pessimism, 
 it furnished a scientific and practical analysis of econom- 
 ic, political and intellectual conditions, and became a 
 true prophecy of the rapid advance of Italy during these 
 last years. It showed Italy's capacity for leadership 
 among Latins, based on the remarkable Italian progress 
 in the Argentine, and it held that the union of Italy, not 
 based on the subjugation of any part of the nation, is the 
 type that can best be followed in a peaceful federation 
 of Europe. 
 
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Description 
 
 ^'- ABBA, GIUSEPPE CESARE. See also "Books for Child- 
 ren." 
 Le Alpi nostre e 
 
 il Veneto montano. 
 
 il Monferrato. 
 
 il Piemonte. 
 
 la Lomhardia montana tra la Sesia e I' Adda. 
 
 la Lomhardia montana, Adda-Mincio. 
 Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche. 1901. 5" x 7^". 
 5 vols. pp. 176,172, 178, 170, 176. Well illustrated, with maps. 
 L.60 each. 
 
 The Italian Alps, in their different divisions. First 
 part general and same in all books. Second devoted 
 to the section named in title. School books that make 
 excellent reading. Topics, simply and very interestingly 
 treated, are : geology, glaciers, crevasses, mountains, val- 
 leys, rivers, lakes, clouds, fauna, flora, tunnels, agriculture, 
 hospices, famous passes, peoples, dialects and languages, 
 history, cities, towns, traditions, famous men, art, poetry. 
 
 BACCELLI, ALFREDO. Vette e ghiacci. Roma: Albrighi, 
 .Segati e C. 1901. 5"x7^". pp. 216. Illustrated L 2.50. 
 Italy is so largely divided between mountain and shore, 
 Italians are always interested in mountains. This title 
 might be translated "mountain summits and fields of ice." 
 It IS almost entirely devoted to the Italian Alps, a 
 healthy, enthusiastic outdoor book, filled with beauty of 
 thought — not without humor. 
 
 REY, G. Alpinismo acrobatico. Torino: S. Lattes e C. 1914. 
 '6"x9". pp.313. L6. 
 
 A. thrilling book of mountain climbing, beautifully illus- 
 trated. 
 
 * VF.CCHI, A. V. See also "Books for Children." 
 
 LItalia marinara e il lido della patria. ' 
 
 Liguria e Toscana. ' 
 
 Calabria, lonica, Puglie e Marche. * 
 
 Cilento, Calabria, Tirrena e Sicilia. 
 
 Lazio, Campania e Sardegna. 
 
 Romagna e Veneto. 
 Bergamo : Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche. 1901. 5" x 7^". 
 5 vols. 
 pp. 147, 151, 155, 152, 150, well illustrated. L.60 each. 
 
 Italy and the Sea. School books of splendid interest, ex- 
 ceedingly simple and readable. All Italians are inter- 
 
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ested in the sea as in the mountains. The fir-t part of 
 each volume is the same and is given to the general topics 
 indicated by the series. The second and third parts deal 
 with the particular section of the Italian sea coast sug- 
 gested by the title. Each book has a clear map. Topics 
 are of a great variety of interest: The geography, his- 
 tory and antiquities of the Italian coast, its towns and 
 cities, industries and commerce, fisheries; the nav}- and 
 merchant marine; salt makirig, coral, light houses and life 
 saving, legends and descriptions, emigration ; the physical, 
 moral and economic influence of the sea. 
 
 * STOPPANI, ANTONIO. 1824-1891. II bel paese. Milano: 
 L. F. Cogliati. 1908. 5" x 7". pp. 663. L 2. 
 
 Stoppani was geologist, philosopher, priest. A famed and 
 instructive book. Talks upon the natural beauties, the 
 geolog}- and physical geography of Italy. Very popular 
 among young people. This is the 75th "economic edition." 
 
 * CITTA (LE) DTTALIA ILLUSTRATE. (The Cities of 
 Italy Illustrated). Milano: Sonzogno. 1908-1914. 8"xll". 
 4 vols. pp. 96 to 104 each. L 1.25 each. Already published : 
 Roma, Milano, Venezia and Torino. 
 
 Give in brief and popular form the history of the great 
 cities of Italy, including admirable descriptions of im- 
 portant monuments, good accounts for each cit>' of its 
 industry and commerce, education, charities, public serv- 
 ice activities, population, traveller's guide. Profusely and 
 carefully illustrated. 
 
 * MOSCHINO, ETTORE. La bella Napoli Milano : Fratelli 
 Treves. 1911. Folio. L3.50. 
 
 A supplement to "LTllustrazio;ie" devoted to a descrip- 
 tion of Naples — the old city and the new. its monuments 
 and life, beautifully illustrated. 
 
 CHIESI, GUSTAVO. La Sicilia illustrata nella storia, 
 neJl'arte, nei paesi. Milano : Sonzogno. 1892. 8H" x 12". pp. 
 720. L9. 
 
 A large and profusely illustrated book, still very satis- 
 factory in spite of the date of its publication. 
 
 SAN GIULIANO. ANTONIO DI. Condizioni presenti della 
 Sicilia. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1896. 5" x 7^". pp. 225. 
 LI. 
 
 Written nearly twenty years ago by the Marquis di San 
 Giuliano, the brilliant Minister of Foreign Affairs of 
 Italy's new cabinet. This book has maintained its im- 
 portance not merely for historical reasons, but because 
 
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in spite of the progress and changes of recent years, in 
 its most significant parts it^ still remains the best study 
 of many economic and social conditions that seem per- 
 manent in Sicilian life. 
 
 PITRfi, GIOVANNI. Usi popolari. Catania: Cav. N. Gian- 
 notta. 1912. 5" x 7^". pp. 250. L 1. 
 
 Very popular in Sicily. Deals with Sicilian folk lore and 
 customs. Very well known, not only in Sicily, but also 
 in Germany. 
 
 MARTINI. FERDINANDO. See also "Drama." NeWAffrica 
 italiana. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1895. 5" x 7^". pp. 357, 
 L2. 
 
 Succinct and interesting record of things seen in Eritrea, 
 Italy's first African colony, on the Red Sea. It includes 
 not only description of places and peoples — their cliar- 
 acter and customs — but a very careful study of the eco- 
 nomic possibilities of the country. Martini was Gover- 
 nor-General of Eritrea for many years. 
 
 War With Turkey — Nationalism 
 
 BEVIONE, GIUSEPPE. Come siamo andati a Tripoli. Tor- 
 ino : Fratelli Bocca. 1912. 5" x 7^". pp. 425. L5. 
 
 Collection of letters and dispatches to "La Stampa" 
 of Turin, written from Tripoli in the spring and autumn 
 of 1911 (2 Apl. to 4 Nov.) Complete story of the con- 
 quest by an eye witness. 
 
 CORRADINI, ENRICO. Ablest and best known writer 
 of Nationalism — in Italy these last years a movement of 
 reaction against socialism and internationalist anti-patri- 
 otic ideals. He has been its precursor and apostle, calling 
 for a greater faith in Italy and a more virile political 
 policy. 
 
 La conquista di Tripoli. 5" x 7^". pp. 233. L3.50. 
 
 Sopra le vie del nuovo impero. 5" x 7^". pp. 242. L3.50'. 
 
 Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1912. 
 
 The first volume describes the capture of the city of Tri- 
 poli in a series of letters that were written on the scene 
 at the time— 6th October to 12th December, 1911. The 
 second with the capture of the islands of the Aegean Sea 
 and the problems created by the result of the African 
 war, their moral value and effect on national character. 
 
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Both books are remarkable for their brilHant, vigorous, 
 picturesque and eloquent writing. 
 
 La patria lontana. See "Fiction — Italian." Milano : FrateUi 
 Treves. 1910. 5" x z^^". pp.258. L3.50. 
 
 The most popular of nationalist novels, inspired by lofty 
 patriotism. 
 
 SIGHELE, SCIPIO. Pagine nazionaliste. 5" x 7^". pp.244 
 L 3.50. 
 
 // nacionalismo e i partiti politici. 5" x 7H"- PP- 259. L3.50 
 Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910 & 1911. 
 
 Books of Nationalist faith and propaganda, by the Presi- 
 dent of the first Nationalist Congress. Give the history 
 of the movement and the development of Nationalist 
 ideas vi^ith their application to the foreign and domestic 
 politics of Italy. 
 
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Books of Literature and Education 
 
 -^ DE AMICIS, EDMONDO. 1846-1908. L'Idioma gentile. 
 Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 7K". pp.440. LS.SO. 
 A simple, readable, witty, and to Italians and some 
 others, an inspiring book of language. It drew from 
 a Minister of Public Instruction a special letter to the 
 heads of the secondary schools of Italy advising its dili- 
 gent use. A book of patriotism, well loved for the love 
 there is in it of native land and language. One of De 
 Amicis' later books, but many times reprinted. 
 
 ^ FERRARI, VITTORIO. Letteratura italiana, moderna e con- 
 temporanea. 1748-1911. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1911. 4^" 
 x6". pp. 340. L3. 
 
 A convenient little manual of modern Italian literature. 
 By far the best of its kind. 
 
 '"' PIZZI, ITALO. Storia della letteratura italiana. Torino: 
 Hans Rinck. 1912. 5H"x8". pp.413. L3. 
 One of the best brief accounts of Italian literature from 
 its beginnings to the date of publication. 
 
 CARACCIOLO, FRANCESCO. Antologia italiana di prosa 
 e poesia. Torino : G. B. Paravia e C. 1902. 5" x 8". pp. 389. 
 L3. 
 
 An exceedingly interesting and useful anthology of Ital- 
 ian prose and verse, arranged in strictly chronological 
 order. Has a very attractive popular character. 
 
 MESTICA, ENRICO. Antologia letteraria. Torino: G. B. 
 Paravia e C 1905. 5" x 8". pp. 672. L 3. 
 An anthology of prose and verse, very useful as a com- 
 panion volume to the preceding book of Caracciolo's. 
 The selections of famous passages of the most diverse 
 sorts are here arranged entirely according to literary 
 classifications. 
 
 * MORANDI, LUIGI. Letture educative. Citta di Castello: 
 S. Lapi. 1912. 5"x7i^". pp.350. L2. 
 
 Prose e poesie italiane. Citta di Castello: S. Lapi. 1912. 
 5"x7H". pp. 828. L3.50. 
 
 Two famous school readers. When they first appeared, 
 the objection was made that they were so interesting 
 
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that the children would read them out of school, and so 
 find nothing of fresh interest in them in the class room. 
 "I hope so," said the author, "and I hope that their 
 fathers and mothers will read them, too." And so it 
 proved. "Teaching good and useful things" as well as 
 reading, the first of these books consists of selections 
 from the best of the world's literature, Franklin, Cervan- 
 tes, Sterne, Heine, with the greatest Italian authors of all 
 time, and journalists of today. The second is an anthol- 
 ogy that mirrors the life of modern Italy. Both have a 
 wealth of lively anecdotes; they contain a large amount 
 of practical information about history, geography, social 
 and political life, hygiene, agriculture, industry and litera- 
 ture. With a very inspiring note of hero-worship and 
 patriotism, their importance from the humanitarian side 
 brought them special approval from the Peace Congress 
 of Berne. 
 
 CARDUCCI, GlOSUfi, & BRILLI, UGO. Letture italiane. 
 Bologna : Nicola Zanichelli. 1898. 4M" x 7J^". pp. 759. L 3. 
 An anthology of prose and verse of very unusual selec- 
 tions from the great masters of Italian style, chosen by 
 the poet and critic with his characteristic enthusiasm and 
 broad knowledge, in order "to accustom young pegple to 
 the reading, to the understanding and to the love of the 
 great writers, who are classics because they were first of 
 all Italians." 
 
 CARDUCCI, GlOSUfi. 1836-1907. Prose. Bologna: Nicola 
 Zanichelli. 1911. 5^" x 7^"- India paper, pp.1486. Bound. 
 LIO. 
 
 Comprehensive collection of his prose writings — those the 
 author himself judged significant "in literary or political 
 history."^ In prose Carducci is considered the ablest liter- 
 ary critic of modern Italy — ^polished, nervous, clear — as 
 in his poetry, classic in form, master of language. Pow- 
 erful controversialist, using always irony and humor. 
 
 CARLYLE, THOMAS. Gli eroi. (Heroes and Hero 
 Worship). Translated by Maria Pezze Pascolato, Firenze: G. 
 Barbera. 1912. 5" x 7". pp.327. L2.50. 
 
 D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE. See also "Poetry." Prose 
 scelte. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1909. 5"x7H". PP- 399. 
 L4. 
 
 Some 50 pages consist of selections from essays and ad- 
 dresses. The remainder of the volume is given to selec- 
 tions from his novels. Characteristic and popular pas- 
 
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sages showing every side of this remarkable stylist at 
 his best, including admirable examples of his great de 
 scriptive power. 
 
 * DE AMICIS, EDMONDO. 1846-1908. Letture scelte. Mi- 
 lano: Fratelli Treves. 1911. 5" x 7]^". pp.340. L2. 
 
 Selection of his most popular prose — widely read stories 
 and description. 
 
 Ricordi d'infanzia e di scuola. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 
 5"x7j^". pp.444. L4. 
 
 Chiefly recollections and stories of childhood and youth. 
 Contains a number of his famous short stories. 
 
 I'ra scuola e casa. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1912. S" yLlYi". 
 pp. 437. L4. 
 
 Like "Ricordi d'infanzia," a book of sketches and stories. 
 
 La carrozza di tutti. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1911. 5"x7^''. 
 pp.476. L4. 
 
 "Not exactly a novel — a series of pictures, of observa- 
 tions, of studies of modern life and all the questions of 
 the day, but pleasant enough to include stories of Ana- 
 tole France and tales of Mark Twain." 
 
 ESOPO. Favole. (Fables). Milano: Sonzogno. 1910. 4H" 
 x6H". pp. 95. L.30. 
 
 FIORETTI DI SAN FRANCESCO E IL CANTICO DEL 
 SOLE. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1907. 5" x 7^". pp. 335. 
 L1.50. 
 
 "The Little Flowers of St. Francis," a collection of popu- 
 lar and monastic legends, very simply and devoutly 
 describing the life of peace and love and compassion to- 
 ward all God's creatures, lived by the great saint of the 
 middle ages. 
 
 GL\COSA. GIUSEPPE. See also "Drama." Conferenze e 
 discorsi. Milano: L. F. Cogliati. 1909. 5" x 7^". pp. 291. 
 L3.25. 
 
 A book of lectures and addresses by the brilliant Pied- 
 montese dramatist. 
 
 KIDD, BENJAMIN. ' L'evoluzione sociale. Firenze: G. 
 Barbera. 1904. 5" x 7". pp. 320. L 3. 
 
 A complete translation of Kidd's most important book, 
 which is still much read in Europe. 
 
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LEOPARDL GIACOMO. See also "Poetry." 1798-1837. Le 
 prose viorali. Edited by lldebrando della Giovanna. Firenze : 
 G. C. Sansoni. 1912. 5^"x7^". pp. 409. L2.50. 
 Leopardi was great as a prose writer as well as a poet. 
 This volume includes his best dialogues and the 
 "Thoughts." Here, as always, he is "the great solitary of 
 pessimism." His writing, particularly in the '"Thoughts", 
 is clear, incisive, effective, often profound. He covers a 
 wide range of subjects in a vigorous, and frequently 
 stimulating way. 
 
 LESSONA. MICHELE. 1823-1894. Volere e potere. Fi- 
 renze : G. Barbera. 1910. 5"x7^". pp.496. L3. 
 ""Will is power" is a well known book of high educa- 
 tional value, written for young men. Lessona was promi- 
 nent as a scientist, was the translator of Darwin, and, as 
 Carducci said, "learned in many arts." He had broad 
 and generous and noble views of life, — ideals that he 
 made most effective in this best of all his books, whose 
 lively pages never seem to lose their inspiration for the 
 young men of Italy. 
 
 MACHIAVELLI, XICCOLO. // principe ed altri scrittx 
 politici. Edited bv Francesco Costero. Milano : Sonzogno 
 1905. 5" X 7K'". pp. 336. L 1.50. 
 
 This excellent little edition contains not only "The 
 Prince" — always interesting and always eagerly dis- 
 cussed — but the important Dialogue of the Art of War, 
 and other significant selections from his political writ- 
 ings. Machiavelli stands high among the Italian classi- 
 cal writers. His knowledge of the science of government 
 was unrivalled. Keenly and profoundly he knew human 
 nature. Because of his clearness, brevity, precision, lim- 
 pid reasoning, he is still used as a model in the schools. 
 And Machiavelli also has a popular quality of high pa- 
 triotic appeal. 
 
 :^IAETERLINCK, MAURIZIO. La saggezza e il destino. 
 Translated bv Enrico Malvani. Torino : Fratelli Bocca. 1910. 
 5" x 8". pp. 302. L 3.50. 
 
 The translation of one of the most popular of Maeter- 
 linck's books of essays : "Wisdom and Destiny." 
 
 MAZZINI, GIUSEPPE. _ 1805-1872. Doveri dell'uomo. 
 Roma: Commissione Editrice degli Scritti di Giuseppe 
 Mazzini. via Torino, 122. 1905. 4M" x 7". pp. 96. L .15. 
 Selected by the Italian Government to be widely used 
 in the public scTiools of Itah^ a? best representing the 
 
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thought of Mazzini, the great "world apostle of liberty," 
 bearing on the formation of character in the young. On 
 broad and religious lines. 
 
 SETTEMBRINI, LUIGI. 1812-1876. Pagine scelte. Selected 
 by Francesco Torraca. Roma: Albrighi, Segati e C. 1913. 
 5"x73^". pp. 175. L1.80. 
 
 Admirable example of books of selections used in the 
 schools of Italy. This from the works of a great patriot 
 and literary character of the Risorgimento is made up of 
 descriptions, stories, letters, historical sketches, recollec- 
 tions, in a style that is simple, clear, rapid, colloquial.. 
 
 SPENCER, HERBERT. Educazione intellettuale, morale e 
 fisica. Translated by Sofia Fortini-Santarelli. Firenze : G. 
 Barbera. 1910. 5" x 7^". pp. 220. L 1.30. 
 
 TEDESCO, PROF. LUIGI. // mare: Antologia di prose e 
 poesie. 2 vols. (I & III). Savona: D. Bertolotto e C. 1896. 
 5^"x8". pp. 546, 432. L 2.25 and L 2. respectively. 
 Written for the young men of Italy: Attractive to people 
 like the Italians, that in many provinces are almost 
 wholly men of the sea. It seems as if he had searched 
 put everything about the sea in all modern literature that 
 is beautiful either in form or thought; for this anthology 
 includes not merely descriptions and stories, heroic 
 deeds, strange sights, but biographies of great sailors and 
 marine inventors, thoughts and proverbs of the sea, fa- 
 mous voyages. For those who love "the traditions of the sea, 
 that inspire a holy and lofty ideal for the new destinies that 
 the sea reserves for our Italy." 
 
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FICTION 
 
 Italian 
 
 The novels given in the following list include a selection of 
 the famous books of Italian fiction — among them famous 
 patriotic" books that are always read and always popular. To 
 these have been added a certain number of the simplest and 
 most popular works of more recent fiction. 
 
 *BARRILI, ANTON GIULIO. 1836-1908. 
 Versatile and popular writer of many novels — pleasant 
 and simple love stories, attractively written. Widely 
 read, and, in Italy, especially recommended to young 
 ladies. 
 
 L'olmo e I'edera. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 714". 
 pp. 328. L 1. 
 
 Cuor di ferro e cuor d'oro. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 2 
 vols. 5" X 7^". pp. 286, 274. L 1. each. 
 One of the most widely read of Barrili's novels. 
 
 CAXT0, CESARE. 1805-1895. Margherita Piisterla. 
 Firenze: A. Salani. 1908. 5" x 7H". pp.393. LI. 
 A famous historical novel of the days of the Viscontrs, 
 written by the historian, Cantu, in prison. Exciting tale 
 of conspiracies and misfortunes, but full of lofty and no- 
 ble sentiments. Almost a classic, 
 
 CAPUANA, LUIGI. See "Books for Children." Passa 
 I'amore. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1913. 5" x 7^". pp. 343. 
 L3.50. 
 
 Thirteen delightful short stories. Capuana has been 
 called the de Maupassant of Italy. By many he is con- 
 sidered the best short story writer of Italy. He is a 
 Sicilian, but his stories are popular with all Italians. 
 
 CARCANO, GIULIO. 1812-1884. An giola Maria. Milano: 
 Cesare Cioffi. n. d. 5"x7^". pp. 319. L4. 
 Very popular historical novel of the old fashioned senti- 
 mental sort. There is something of Scott in it, something 
 of Manzoni, of whom Carcano was the friend, and de- 
 voted follower. 
 
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* CASTELNU'OVO, ENRICO. Very popular writer of 
 many novels, which are simple and easy in form, with 
 well drawn characters taken from daily life. For the 
 purity of his work, Castelnuovo is compared to Barrili, 
 and he is, as they say in Italy, most "simpatico." His 
 two most popular books, perhaps, are: 
 
 Dal primo piano alia soifita. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1912. 
 5"x7H": pp.316. L2. 
 
 Lonorevole Paolo Leonforte. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1913. 
 5"x7^". pp. 352. L2. 
 
 *' CORRADINI, ENRICO. ' La patria lontana. See "Italy— 
 \V[ir with Turkey — Nationalism." 
 
 ^' D'AZEGLIO. MASSIMO. 1798-1866. Ettore Fieramosca. 
 Firenze : Successori Le Monnier. 1895. 4^" x 7". pp. 255. 
 Bound L 1. 
 
 D'Azeglio's first novel — a historical romance, written with 
 the patriotic purpose, as he said, "to put fire into the 
 souls of Italians." Instantly popular, "it made hearts beat 
 with a new love of country." 
 
 Niccolo De'Lapi. Firenze: Successori Le Monnier. 1909. 
 4^"x7". pp.594. Bound L 1.75. 
 
 D'Azeglio's second novel, also historical and patriotic, — 
 '"to stir to flames the fires of patriotism." 
 
 * DE AMICIS, EDMONDO. 1846-1908. La vita militare. 
 Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 7^". pp. 453. LI. 
 Better paper L4. 
 
 Stories and sketches of military life — in large part recol- 
 lections of his service as officer in the army. With 
 ''Cuore" (See "Books for Children") most famous of all his 
 books. Contains pages widely known and loved. 
 
 DELEDDA, GRAZIA. Anime oneste. Milano: Fratelli 
 Treves. 1910. 3K"x5H". pp. 273. L3. 
 The first novel of this talented Sardinian authoress, writ- 
 ten in the purest Tuscan; dealino: almost entirely with 
 the primitive people of Sardinia, and abounding in local 
 color. One writer says that this has "all the charm of 
 an unpremeditated autobiography." 
 
 Cenere. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 75^". pp. 322. 
 L 3.50. 
 
 One of the best of her novels, and characteristic of the 
 many of them that are inclined to be sad. 
 
 / qhiochi della vita (and other stories). Milano: Fratelli 
 Treves. 1911. 5" x 7^". pp.321. L 3.50. 
 
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# FARINA, SALVATORE. Tesoro di donnma. ^Jor'mo: So- 
 cieta Tipografico — Editrice Nazionale. 1907. 5" x 7J/2". pp. 
 380. L3.50. 
 
 One of the best known novels of this popular writer — 
 admired for his simple and natural plots and his pleasant 
 and moving stories, not without humor. "Wholesome 
 reading" is the comment of Ferrari. 
 
 Aviore hendato. Milano : Galli. 1895. 5" x 7^^". pp. 207. 
 L2.50. 
 
 // signor lo. Torino : Societa Tipografico — Editrice Nazionale. 
 1909. 5"x73^". pp. 189. L1.50. 
 
 Pe'heUi occhi della gloria. Torino : Societa Tipografico — Edi- 
 trice Nazionale. 1906. 5"x7^". pp.294. L3.50. 
 
 4f FOGAZZARO, ANTONIO. 1842-1911. Piccolo mondo an- 
 tico. Milano: Baldini e Castoldi. 1911. 5" x 7^/4". pp.470. 
 L5. 
 
 By many considered the first of recent Italian writers 
 of fiction. An idealist, "noble and dignified,'' says Pizzi, 
 "even in his comic passages." This and "Piccolo mondo 
 moderno" are his best and most popular novels. Lively 
 and patriotic stories. 
 
 Piccolo mondo moderno. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1912. 5" x 
 yV2". pp.461. L5. 
 
 FUCINI, RENATO ("NERI TANFUCIO"). See also 
 "Poetry." Le veglie di Neri — Paesi e figure della campa<:na 
 toscana. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1905. 5" x 7H'^ PP. 239. 
 Illustrated. L2.50. 
 
 Book of delightful short stories of the Tuscan country- 
 side — filled with local color, and the clear air of the 
 hills — witty and gay. A book of good fellowship, marked 
 above all by Fucini's happy way of becoming' democrat- 
 ically a countryman himself. 
 
 GIOVAGNOLI, RAFFAELLO. Spartaco. Milano: Paoi- 
 Carrara. 1889. 5" x 7^". 2 vols. pp. 427, 412. L 2.50 each. 
 
 Of the school of Manzoni. This is the best of liis series 
 dealing with subjects of ancient Rome. 
 
 * GROSS!, TOMMASO. 1791-1853. Marco Visconti.Yirtn?.^: 
 Successori Le Monnier. 1911. 4^"x7". pp. 415. Bound. 
 L1.75. 
 
 A slory of the 14th century. A sentimental melancholy ro- 
 mance — the author a close friend of Manzoni. Always popular. 
 
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* GUERRAZZI, F. D. 1804-1873. Assedio di Firenze. Milano : 
 Bietti. n. d. 4" x 6". 2 vols. pp. 275, 291. L 1.60 for the two. 
 
 The most fiery and warlike of the many popular novelists 
 who powerfully lielped the union of Italy. He wrote this 
 particular book, he said, because he was unable to fight 
 a battle. 
 
 * MANZONI, ALESSANDRO. See also "Poetry." 1785-1873. 
 / promessi sposi. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1911. 5" x 7H"« 
 pp. 575. L 1. 
 
 This simple, thrilling love story of peasants is the greatest 
 novel of Italy. After its publication in 1825, when Man- 
 zoni told Sir Walter Scott that he had had his inspiration 
 from him,, Scott gracefully replied: "In that case I con- 
 sider *I promessi sposi' my best work." And Goethe de- 
 clared his belief that no greater heights could be reached 
 in fiction. It was the first readable novel printed in Italy, 
 and its humor and simplicity made wide appeal. Its sim- 
 plicity indeed gave literature to the common people, and 
 so far created a popular language for the new Italy, that 
 it has been said that no writer since Dante has rendered 
 greater services to the Italian tongue. 
 
 MISASI, N. Racconti calahresi. Napoli : Salvatore Ro- 
 mano. 1905. 5" X 7H". pp. 200. L 1.50. 
 A collection of stories of Calabria, very vividly recalling 
 the days of the brigands. 
 
 * NIEVO, IPPOLITO. 1832-1861. Le confessioni d'un ottua- 
 genario. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1908. 5" x 7^". 3 vols, 
 pp. 314, 303, 339. L 1. each. 
 
 This political romance written by a young soldier of 
 Garibaldi's is coming into new popularity in Italy. 
 
 NOVELLINO.il. Roma: Albrighi, Segatie C. 1911. 5" x 
 7K". pp. 135, LI. 
 
 A quaint book of short medieval tales, written in the 
 thirteenth century. For its simple and interesting char- 
 acter and beautiful style always widely read. Italian 
 critics are fond of calling it "a golden book." 
 
 * PALADINI DI FRANCIA, STORIA DEL Piacenza: Pon- 
 tremolese. 1910. 5''x7^'', abridged, pp. 351. L3.50. 
 Extremely popular with the common people. The ro- 
 mances of chivalry, which form the basis of most mari- 
 onette plays in Italy, arc usually either taken from this 
 work, or from the book which follows: "I reali di Francia." 
 
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* REALI, (I) DI FRANXIA (ANDREA DI JACOPO DA 
 BARBERIXO). Firenze: A. Salani. 1908. 5" x 7^". pp. 
 548. Illustrated L3. 
 
 Elaborate prose romance of chivalry, of a heroic sort, 
 
 written in the fifteenth century. Symonds says it has 
 
 never ceased to be the most widely popular of all books 
 written in Italian. 
 
 « ROVETTA, GEROLAMO. See also "Drama." 1854-1910. 
 Qne of the most popular of Italian novelists, both ideal- 
 ist and realist. His novels are clever in plot, swiftly moving, 
 filled with color and gaiety. The two chosen are among his 
 best. 
 
 // processo Montegu. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1897. 5" x 
 7H". pp. 306. L 1. 
 
 Sotfacqua. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1883. 5" x 7j/2". pp. 
 273. L3.50. 
 
 * RUFFINI, GIOVANNI. 1807-1881. Lorenzo Benoni. Mi- 
 lano. Luigi Trevisini. n. d. 5^"x8j/^". pp. 495. L3. 
 
 A political romance originally written in English — largely 
 autobiographical — which was powerful in winning English 
 sympathy for the cause of Italian unity. Ruflfini was a 
 friend and fellow exile of Mazzini, who appears in the 
 book in the character of Fantasio. 
 
 Dottor Antonio. Firenze: A. Salani. 1911. 5" x 7^". pp. 
 272. LI. 
 
 Originally written in English like "Lorenzo Benoni," with 
 which it must be read. Records Ruffini's story, the story 
 of his brothers, the tragedy of his family and his country, 
 of the group of young liberals who surrounded Mazzini — 
 the picture of the conspiracies for liberty in Italy from 
 their beginning to 1848. 
 
 * SALGARI, EMILIO. 1863-1911. See "Books for Children." 
 
 The thrilling books of Salgari are almost as popular 
 among grown-ups, as among boys. 
 
 SERAO, MATILDE. See also "Travel." Paese di cuccagna. 
 Napoli: Francesco Perrella. 1910. 5" x 7^". pp. 479. L4. 
 
 Her best book. A true and imaginative picture of Ne- 
 apolitan life, social classes, customs. Fanciful, vivacious, 
 showing keen powers of observation. 
 
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VERGA, GIOVANNI. 
 
 A powerful realist, describes the peasant life of Sicily, 
 •vith much local color. He is fond of depicting the som- 
 bre and violent side of Sicilian life. 
 
 Storia di una capinera. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1907. 3^" 
 x5j^". pp.250. L3. 
 
 Cavalleria rusticaua. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1912. 5" x 
 7H". pp. 267. L3. 
 
 Basis of the well known opera by Mascagni. Contains 
 several other popular short stories. 
 
 Mastro don Gesualdo. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1911. 5" 
 X 7^". pp. 333. L 3.50. 
 
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Fiction Translated Into Italian From 
 Other Languages 
 
 Even our Italian immigrants who have little or no educa- 
 tion usually have a vague consciousness of the glories of 
 Italian literature, and you will occasionally find a man 
 who is quite illiterate, reciting some bit of Tasso or 
 Dante. But there are still large numbers of them who 
 know nothing of their own literature and develop here a 
 habit of reading. Their children, ardent little Americans 
 through the power of our public schools, often lead them 
 to select books that are translations of our own class- 
 ics, — sometimes school classics, sometimes very simple 
 children's books. In this w-ay "Robinson Crusoe" and 
 "Ivanhoe" have achieved a very marked popularity in a 
 number of our libraries. This suggests that a helpful in- 
 troduction to things American may often be had through 
 American novels and tales, many of which have now been 
 translated into Italian. The best of these have been 
 chosen, and grouped with the best of the world's fiction. 
 
 BELLAMY, E. NeU'amw 2000. (Looking Backward). Mi- 
 lano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 7K^". pp. 308. LI. 
 
 BUNYAN, JOHN. // pellegrhiaggio del cristiano. _ (Pil- 
 grim's Progress). Translated bv Stanislao Bianciardi. Fi- 
 renze: Tipografia Claudiana. 1904. 5" x 7i^". pp.374. L1.50. 
 
 ^ CERVANTES, MICHELE— DI SAAVEDRA. Don Chisci- 
 otte della Mancia. (Don Quixote). Milano : Snnzogno. 1911. 
 4H"x7". pp. 395. L1.50. 
 
 -^ CLEMENS. S. L. (MARK TWAIN). See "Books for 
 Children." Le avveniitre di Tom Saivver. Firenze: R. Bem- 
 porad e Figlio, 1911. 6"x8^". pp. 133. Illustrated. L .95. 
 Racconti iimoristici. Translated bv Livia Bruni. Torino: 
 S. Lattes e C. 1906. 5" x 7^"- PP. 180. Illustrated. L 2.50. 
 A selection of w^ell known stories illustrating the au- 
 thor's characteristic humor. 
 
 * COOPER, J. F. La spin. (The Spv). Milano: Cesare Cioflfi. 
 n. d. 5"x75^". pp. 319. L2. 
 
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* CRAWFORD, F. M. Saracinesca. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1898. 2 vols. 5"x754". pp. 299, 283. LI. each, 
 "Saracinesca," and its sequels, "Sant'Ilario" and "Don 
 Orsino," have proved very popular in Italy, as stories 
 of Italian life. They cover the period 1865-1887. One of 
 the characters in the story is Cardinal Antonelli, Secre- 
 tary of State to Pius IX. 
 
 Sant'Ilario. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 2 vols. 5" x 7^". 
 
 pp. 284, 274. L 1. each. 
 
 Don Orsino. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 2 vols. 5" x 
 
 7H". pp. 294. 324. LI. each. 
 
 Corleone. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1900. 2 vols. 5" x 7^". 
 
 pp. 308, 329. LI. each. 
 
 "Corleone" is enjoying a popularity in Italy second only to 
 
 the "Saracinesca" series. 
 
 DAUDET, ALPHONSE. Tartarino di Tarascona. Firenze: 
 A. Salani. 1912. 5" x 7^". pp. 230. L .75. 
 
 Tartarino sulle Alpi. Firenze: A. Salani. 1904. 5" x 7^". 
 pp. 223. L.75. 
 
 * DEFOE, DANIEL. Robinson Crusoe. See "Books for Chil- 
 dren." In this version also popular with adults. 
 
 DICKENS, CHARLES. See "Books for Children." Cantico 
 di natale. (Christmas Carol). Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1888. 
 3H"x5". pp.237. L3. 
 
 Memorie di Davide Copperiield. Milano: Fratelli Treves, 
 1910. 2 vols. 5" X 7^". pp. 357, 356. L 1. each. 
 
 * DUMAS, ALEXANDER. Monte Cristo. Firenze: A. Sa- 
 lani. 1909. 5"x7^". pp. 1076, Illustrated. L4. 
 
 / tre moschettieri. (Three Musketeers). Firenze: A. Salani. 
 1900. 2 vols. 5"x7^". pp. 265, 248. L 1. each. 
 
 Venti anni dopo. (Twenty Years After). Milano: Bietti. 
 1907. 5"x7^". pp. 351. L2.50. 
 
 ELIOT, GEORGE. Romola. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1906. 8H"xl2". pp. 135. L5. 
 
 This inconveniently shaped volume is the only form in 
 which Romola may now be had in Italian. 
 
 FRANCE, ANATOLE. // delitto di Silvestro Bonnard. 
 (The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1910. 5" x 7^". pp. 299. L 1. 
 
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HUGO, VICTOR. Nostra Donna di Parigi. (Notre Dame 
 de Paris). Firenze: A. Salani. 1903. 5" x 7^"- PP. 431. 
 Illustrated. L 1.50. 
 
 * / miserabili. (Les Miserables). Milano : Bietti. 1914. 
 63^" X 9^". pp.659. Illustrated. L3.50. 
 
 LOTI, PIERRE. Pescatori d'Islanda. (An Iceland Fisher- 
 man). Firenze: A. Salani. 1900. 5" x 7K". PP. 253. LI. 
 
 ^- LYTTON, BULWER. Ultimi giorni di Pompei. (Last Days 
 of Pompeii). Milano: Baldini e Castoldi. 1911. 5"x7^". 
 pp. 278. L 1.50. 
 
 * MILLE E UNA NOTTE. (Arabian Nights). Translated by 
 Armando Dominicis. Firenze: A. Salani. 1908. 5" x 7". pp. 
 1018. L4. 
 
 * POE, EDGAR ALLEN. Racconti straordinari. Translated 
 by G. A. Santini. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1911. 6" 
 xSy/'. pp. 127. Illustrated. L.95. 
 
 Nuovi racconti straordinari Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 
 
 1909. 6"x8H". pp.135. Illustrated. L.95. 
 
 These two volumes include most of Poe's famous stories. 
 
 * SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Lucia di Lammermoor. (The 
 Bride of Lammermoor). Firenze: A. Salani. 1909. 5"x75^". 
 pp.377. L1.20. 
 
 This is popular among Italian readers, because it was taken 
 
 as the basis of the story in Donizetti's opera. 
 
 Ivanhoe. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 7" x 10^". pp. 677. 
 
 i-i 0. 
 
 SIENKIEWICZ, H. Quo vadis. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 
 1910. 5" X 7H". pp. 379. L 1. 
 
 STERNE, LAWRENCE. Viaggio sentimentale. (Sentimen- 
 tal Journey). Milano: Sonzogno. 1910. 4H"x6^". pp. 
 124. L.30. 
 
 STEVENSON, R. L. Rapito. (Kidnapped). Milano : Fra- 
 telli Treves. 1910. 5" x 7^". pp. 294. LI. 
 
 * STOWE, HARRIET B. La capanna dello zio Tom. (Uncle 
 Tom's Cabin). Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1911. 6" x 
 8^2". pp. 256. Illustrated. L.95. 
 
 * SUTTNER, BARONESS VON. Abbasso le armi! (Lay 
 Down Your Arms). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 2 vols. 
 5"x7^". pp. 282. 298. LI. each. 
 
 A translation of Baroness von Suttner's moving novel 
 that in Italian, as in so many other languages, has had a 
 profound effect in the cause of international peace. 
 
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* SWIFT, JONATHAN. Viaggi di Gulliver. (Gulliver's 
 Travels). Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1896. 5" x 7H". PP- 
 285. Illustrated. L 1.50. 
 
 THACKERAY, WILLIAM M. La Hera della vanita. (Van- 
 ity Fair). Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1910. 3 vols. 5" x 7^", 
 pp. 324, 335, 299. L 2. each. 
 
 TOLSTOI. L. Anna Kareniue. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1904. 2 vols. 5"x7^". pp. 319. 321. L 1. each. 
 Guerra e pace. (War and Peace). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1910. 4 vols. 5" X 7H". pp. 323. 323, 295, 306. L 1. each. 
 
 TURGHENIEFF. I. Vergini terre. (Virgin Soil). Milano: 
 Fratelli Treves. 1902. 5" x 7^". pp.340. LI. 
 
 * VERNE, J. Cinque settimane in pallone. (Five Weeks in a 
 Balloon). Milano : Bietti. 1907. 5" x 7^". pp.254. L 1.50. 
 Viaggio al centra della terra. (A Journey to the Center of 
 the Earth). Milano : Bietti. 1912. 5" x 7^". pp.254. L 1.50. 
 20,000 leghe sotto i marl (Twentv Thousand Leagues un- 
 der the Sea). Milano : Paolo Carrara. 1909. 5" x 7^"- PP- 
 634. Illustrated. L 5. 
 
 // giro del mondo in ottanta giorni. (Around the World in 
 Eightv Davs). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 5" x 75^". 
 pp. 315. LI. 
 
 VOLTAIRE, F. Candida. (Candide). Milano: Sonzogno. 
 1909. 4^"x6H". pp. 108. L.30. 
 
 4t WALLACE, LEW. Ben Hur. Milano : Baldini e Castoldi. 
 1902. 5"x7H". pp.483. L4. 
 
 WELLS, H. G. Nei giarni della cameta. (In the Davs of 
 the Comet). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1906. 5" x 7^/".' pp. 
 353. L3. 
 
 La guerra neU'aria. (The War in the Air). Milano: Fratelli 
 
 Treves. 1909. 5" x 7^"- PP- 424. L 3. 
 
 Novelle straardinarie. Milano: Fratelli Treves 1905. 61/" 
 
 xlO". pp. 213. L3. 
 
 A collection of strange stories. 
 
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Books for Children 
 
 Italian children in this country learn English so very quickly 
 that the use of children's books in Italian is somewhat limited. 
 But still they will often be the best introduction to the library, 
 for those children who have learned to read before coming 
 to America. Such books will also serve very valuably to help 
 these little folk retain a knowledge of their own language. 
 This is not only important for the practical use of knowing 
 Italian as well as English. It is even more important because 
 it will foster in them a respect and love for the land of their 
 race, which they so promptly lose in their speedy American- 
 ization. To preserve this respect and love will help bridge 
 the gulf that quickly divides parents and children among our 
 immigrants. 
 
 Italians have an actual cult for children, and this is well shown 
 in the great number of admirable books, especially written 
 for them. Among these there are many that combine definite 
 educational value with stories of thrilling interest. And re- 
 cently many translations have been made of children's books 
 from other languages. A selection of all of these has been in- 
 cluded in our list and here no asterisks are needed. 
 
 ABBA. CESARE. Storia dei Mille. Firenze : R. Bemporad 
 
 e Figlio. 1904. 6^" x 10". pp. 212. Illustrated. L3. A 
 
 cheaper edition at L2. is now available. 
 
 A stirring story of the Revolution in Italy, written for 
 
 children. 
 
 ALCOTT, LOUISA M. Piccole donne. (Little Women). 
 Lanciano: R. Carabba. 1914. 5" x 7^". 2 vols. pp. 341. 
 379. L2. each. 
 
 ANDERSEN, H. C Novelle. (Fairy Tales). Translated 
 bv Giuseppe Fanciullo. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 
 1911. 2 vols. 6"x8i/<". pp. 121. 125. Illustrated. L .95 each. 
 
 BACCINI, IDA. Memorie di un pulcino. Firenze: R. Bem- 
 porad e Figlio. 1911. 5"x7i^". pp.115. LI. 
 The story of a chicken is the most widely popular book 
 in Italy for small children. See also "Biography." 
 Cristoforo Colombo. Torino: G. B. Paravia e C. 1909. 5" 
 X yVz". Bound, pp. 47. L 1. 
 The story of Columbus written for children. 
 
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BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan. Translated by F. C. Ageno. 
 Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1913. 7"x9H". PP. 142. 
 Illustrated and bound. L6. 
 
 CAPUANA, LUIGI. Cera una volta. (Once upon a Time). 
 Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1910. 5" x 7^. pp. 315. 
 L 2.50. 
 
 Capuana is very popular not only as the author of charm- 
 ing short stories for grown ups, but as a writer for chil- 
 dren and especially for boys. 
 
 SciirHddu. Torino: G. B. Paravia e C. 1907. 6^"x9^". 
 pp. 172. Illustrated. L3. 
 
 Book for boys, recommended by the Italian Minister of 
 Public Instruction — also recommended by the delight with 
 which the boys themselves read about the boy Scurpiddu. 
 
 CLEMENS, S. L. (MARK TWAIN). Le avventure di Tom 
 Sawyer. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1911. 6" x 8^". 
 pp. 133. Illustrated. L .95. 
 
 "COLLODI, C." (LORENZINI, C.) Avventure di Pinocchio. 
 Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1907. 5"x7^". pp. 300. 
 L2.50. 
 
 A famous book for small boys. 
 
 Racconti delle fate. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1909. 
 5"x7H". pp. 267. L2. 
 
 Translation of a collection of fairy tales: Little Red Rid- 
 ing Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hop o' My Thumb, 
 Beauty and the Beast, etc. 
 
 "CORDELIA." (VIRGINIA TEDESCHI). Piccoli eroi. 
 Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1911. 5" x 75^". pp.290. L2. 
 
 The 55th edition of this extremely popular book for chil- 
 dren (9-14 years), teaching them life through the les- 
 sons of life itself. Romance of science and modern in- 
 dustry, humble heroes, unknown sacrifices, inspiring read- 
 ings — open air fun. 
 
 DE AMICIS. EDMONDO. 1846-1908. Cuore. Milano: Fra- 
 telli Treves. 1912. S":s^7y2". pp.340. L2. 
 
 One of the most famous of all books for boys. Trans- 
 lated into nearly every modern language. The edition 
 here listed is the 618th.. 
 
 DEFOE, DANIEL. Robinson Crusoe. Firenze: A. Salani. 
 1907. 5"x7H". pp. 545. L2. 
 
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DICKENS, CHARLES. Cantico di natale. (Christmas 
 Carol). Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1888. 3^" x 5". pp. 237. 
 L3. 
 
 GRIMM (BROTHERS). Novelle. Translated by B. Vet- 
 tori. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1911. 6" x 8^". pp. 
 128. Illustrated. L .95. 
 
 A selection from the old familiar fairy tales. 
 
 KIPLING, RUDYARD. // lihro delle hestie. (Just So 
 Stories). Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1913. 7" x 10". 
 pp. 165. Well illustrated. L 3.50. 
 
 MARCO POLO. 1254-1323. I viaggi. (The Voyages). 
 
 Milano: Sonzogno. 1906. 4H" x 7". pp. 148. L .30. 
 
 In this edition the language has been carefully modernized. 
 
 ORSL PIETRO. Come fu fatta Vltalia. (Might be trans- 
 lated: How Italy Became a Nation). Torino: Societa Tipo- 
 grafico— Editrice Nazionale. 1914. 4M"x7^". pp. 233, 
 Illustrated. Bound. L3. 
 
 This story of the great struggle for the union of Italy 
 is so popularly written that it should prove very interest- 
 ing to children. 
 
 SALGARI, EMILIO. 1863-1911. La scimitarra di Budda. 
 (The Scimitar of Buddha). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1909. 
 6i^"xl0". pp.251. Illustrated. L3. 
 
 Salgafi is the Jules Verne of Italy. His stories are us- 
 ually of wild adventure and imagined wonders of science 
 applied to life. Extremely popular and this is one of the 
 most read of all 'his many books. It was first published 
 in a paper for children. 
 
 La cittd dell'oro. (The City of Gold). Milano: Fratelli 
 Treves. 1898. 6>4" x 10". pp. 365. Illustrated. L 3.. 
 
 Another of Salgari's early stories — widely read. 
 
 // re dell'aria. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1907. 6J^" 
 X 10". pp. 324. Illustrated. L 3.50. 
 
 In this "The King of the Air" they say that Salgari in- 
 vented the first dirigible of fiction. 
 
 SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON. Animali eroi. Trans- 
 lated by Laura Torretta. Milano: L. F. Cogliati. 1910. 6" 
 X 8". pp. 346. L 5.50. 
 
 Well printed on good paper with the original illustrations. 
 A collection of nine of the best of Seton's stories of ani-- 
 mals. 
 
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SOCCI, ETTORE. Umili eroi della patria e dell'umanitd. 
 Milano : Libreria Editrice Nazionale. 1903. 5" x 7^". pp. 
 22>2. L2. 
 
 This book of "humble heroes of our country and of hu- 
 manity" is chiefly concerned with the desperate struggle 
 of the Revolution in Italy. A simple and beautiful book — 
 few books so well known popularly; not written to glor- 
 ify war but to glorify the nobility of sacrifice, the giving 
 of life by the humble for a noble end— not stories of the 
 aristocracy of heroism. Highly educational these tales — 
 from that of Goretti, the clown, to Federigo Comandini, 
 the peasant. 
 
 ^'VAMBA." (LUIGI BERTELLI). Ciondolino. Firenze:R. 
 Bemporad e Figlio. 1910. 5" x 7^". pp.228. L2.50. 
 In "Ciondolino" a boy becomes an ant, and learns the 
 habits and customs of ant life. The author is a naturalist, 
 humorist, journalist. This little book has been highly 
 praised by scientists, and boys like it so well that it has 
 gone through many editions. 
 
 VECCHI, A. V. Racconti di mare e di guerra. Firenze : R. 
 Bemporad e Figlio. 1903. 5" x 7^". pp. 276. L2. 
 These stories largely of the sea, were written with the 
 object of interesting children, through dramatic tales, in 
 science and nature, and of inspiring them with interest in 
 animals and aflFection for them. 
 
 VIDOTTO, GIACOMO. Garibaldi. Roma: Albrighi, Segati 
 eC. 1899. 43/4" X 7^". pp.110. L.75. 
 The life storv- of Garibaldi told for children. 
 
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Poetry 
 
 Italians have not lost, as we have, the habit of reading 
 poetry and loving it. They have a national fondness for 
 verse, shared by cultured and uncultured alike. In its 
 humblest forms, simple songs and refrains of a hundred 
 kinds, elemental poetrj^ is linked with music. A Roman 
 gardener of my acquaintance finds his chief delight in 
 composing sonorous octaves. And in line with Homeric 
 tradition is the Calabrian discovery of a friend. "My 
 uncle is a poet," proudly proclaimed the waiter. "You 
 must let me see one of his books," said my friend. "But 
 he cannot write and so they have never been printed." 
 Declamation revealed an undoubted epic ! 
 Owing to the great number and unusual excellence of 
 the Italian poets, the selection of a necessarily short list 
 presents unusual difficulties — particularly in dealing with 
 the poets of the Risorgimento. Many important, many 
 popular names have been omitted in order that this selec- 
 tion might not lose a certain essential proportion. But 
 if Berchet and Cavallotti, Monti and Prati, and many 
 others fail of a special title, they will all be found in 
 their best work in the fine anthology of Barbiera. 
 In any list of poetry such as this, popularity must be a 
 determining thing. And so I have included a selection 
 of popular poets of dialect. Of these, particularly living 
 writers. Italy has many, for every part of the country 
 has its own poet in dialect, who sometimes in comic and 
 satirical vein, sometimes seriously and nobly, mirrors the 
 s'mple life of his province. Work and love, death and ad- 
 venture are his theme. His characters are peasant and 
 priest, petty provincial officials, the hundred classes of 
 townsfolk, the conscript boys doing serv'ce in army and 
 navy. The dialect of one province is often almost un- 
 intelligible beyond its narrow boundaries, yet very re- 
 markably, in one way or another, nearly all of these 
 poets give evidence of the traditional and fundamenta' 
 Italian unity that has at last made one people of the men 
 of all provinces. 
 
 The Italian is very fond of reading poetry aloud and 
 those who cannot read, as well as many who can, listen 
 delightedly. For this custom — a classical inheritance — 
 and for many readers, the simpler and more dramatic 
 poetry should be chosen. But dialect poets like Pascarella 
 
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and Martoglio, or a stern sentimentalist like Rapisardi. 
 or Leopardi's "Ginestra" may make more appeal than 
 Tasso. 1 have found Dante many times in the hands of 
 workingmen. Some will be fond of De Amicis, and Ada 
 Negri — some thrilled with the patriotic "Garibaldean 
 Rhapsodies" of Marradi. 
 
 ALEARDI, ALEARDO. 1814-1878. Canti. Firenze: G. 
 Barbera. 1905. 5" x 7^". pp.499. L4. 
 This poet appeals to many for his marked moral and 
 religious qualities. His harmonious and dignified verses 
 often strike a national note. But on the whole a senti- 
 mental and melancholy bard. 
 
 * ALFIERI, VITTORIO. See "Biography." Vite e rime scelte. 
 See also "Drama." 
 
 ALIGHIERI, DANTE. 1265-1321. 
 
 In the case of Dante alone has it seemed necessary to de- 
 scribe a choice of editions to meet different needs. His great- 
 ness as a world classic calls for no note in this book. But for 
 Italians it is not merely that he was their first and greatest 
 writer — in a literary sense almost the creator of their lan- 
 guage. Throughout the centuries he has represented the best 
 in character and ideals to which they have looked. And 
 national love and reverence have given him the popular name 
 of "Padre Dante." 
 
 Tutte le opere di Dante Alighieri. Edited by Dr. E. Moore. 
 Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1904. 5i^"x8". pp.490. 
 $2.25. 
 
 A complete edition of all the works of Dante in one volume. 
 Handy, scholarly. Without notes except index of proper 
 names and notable things mentioned. 
 
 La divina com media. Edited, with notes by G. A. Scartazzini. 
 Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1911. 5" x 7^". pp. 1047 & 124. L6. 
 Contains full notes of the famous Dante scholar and a 
 rimario — an index of verses arranged according to their 
 rhymes. A mine of learning in the literature of Dante 
 and his commentators — abridged for school use from greater 
 work. On this work Scartazzini lavished the love and labor 
 of a life time. In one form or another it has been the 
 standard and most generally used edition for more than a 
 generation. 
 
 * La divina commedia. Edited, with notes by Francesco Tor- 
 raca. Roma : Albrighi, Segati e C. 1908. 5" x 7H"- PP- 952. 
 L4.50. 
 
 Very popular in Italy for schools and general reading. 
 Torraca's chief care is to make plain Dante's meaning 
 
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and to "collect and explain" the secrets of his art. Tor- 
 raca is a brilliant and accomplished man of letters and his 
 notes are full of literary and human interest. The best 
 edition for general use, where notes are needed. 
 
 * La dtvina commedia. Illustrated by Gustave Dore, with the 
 notes of E. Camerini. Milano : Sonsogno. 1911. 10" x 14". 
 pp. 688. L 10. 
 
 Dore's illustrations make this a very eagerly chosen book 
 in libraries. 
 
 * ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO. 1474-1533. UOrlando furioso. 
 Edited by Augusto Romizi. Roma : Albrighi, Segati e C. 
 1912. 5H" X 8". pp. 542. L 3.50. 
 
 The great poet of Italy who has been most widely and 
 delightedly read by people of every class. The "Orlando 
 Furioso" is, so some believe, the human comedy grotesque- 
 ly staged in the world of chivalry. The stories of knights 
 and ladies, the wars of Christians and Saracens, bloody 
 catastrophes, delicate sentimentalities, incantations, visits 
 with Dante in the Inferno, with St. John to the moon, 
 all verging from tragic to comic, from majestic to simple, 
 make such alluring reading that Baretti said the wonder- 
 ful pleasure of it ought to be allowed only as a prize and 
 recompense to those who render their country a great service. 
 
 * BARBIERA, RAFFAELLO. / poeti italiani del secolo XIX. 
 Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1913. 5" x 7i^". pp. 1400. Bound 
 and illustrated with portraits. L 10. 
 
 Unquestionably the best anthology of the Italian poets of 
 the Nineteenth Century. It contains an excellent intro- 
 duction, biographical sketches, notes and full indices. 
 Every school is well represented : Classicism, Romantic- 
 ism, Realism. Symbolism. There is a particularly good 
 selection of the poets of the Risorgimento. For a number 
 of well known poets nearly all their best work is included and 
 there is a notable selection of important verse by little known 
 poets not to be found in any other anthology. 
 
 * CARDUCCI, GlOSUe. 1836-1907. Poesie. 1850-1900. Bo- 
 logna : Nicola Zanichelli. 1911. 5^"x734". pp. 1075. Bound. 
 India paper. L 10. 
 
 Foremost poet of modern Italy. Deliberately classic in 
 style and form. In spirit modern and national. Beauty, 
 dignity, vigor characterize his work. He was powerful 
 and fearless in support of his ideals. His verse is often 
 difficult. Immensely respected. 
 
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D'ANNUNZIO, GABRiELE. Of the poetical works of 
 this leader of the Italian aesthetic school, three books 
 have been chosen, beginning with the volume that con- 
 tains the splendid "Naval Odes." In these are found 
 beautiful and noble ideas, and lofty sentiments inspired 
 by the national glories of Italy, joined with rare beauty 
 of form. These are nearly free from the obscurities, af- 
 fectations and other objections that may be urged against 
 his later work, and prevent his books from becoming 
 broadly popular. 
 
 Poema paradisiac o', Odi navali. Milano : Fratelli Treves 
 1913. 334" x5M"- PP.226. L4. 
 
 Canzone di Garibaldi. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1909. 7J/^" 
 xlVA". pp. 64. L1.50. 
 
 In morte di Giuseppe Verdi. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1913. 
 7^"xll^". pp. 28. LI. 
 
 ^ DE AMICIS, EDMONDO. 1846-1908. Poesie. Milano: 
 Fratelli Treves. 1907. 4" x 6". pp.268. L4. 
 Very popular among all classes of Italians. "To my 
 mother" is widely known and loved. Besides much that 
 is tender and lovely this little book contains many ex- 
 amples of delightfully humorous verse, 
 
 * DI GIACOMO, SALVATORE. Poesie. Napoli: Riccardo 
 Ricciardi. 1909. 5" x 7^". pp.442. L4. 
 The best of the Neapolitan poets of dialect. His poetry 
 is of high lyrical quality. His homely verses are free 
 from every trace of vulgarity, and are liked for their 
 "sweet melancholy-" 
 
 -^:- FOSCOLO, UGO. 1779-1827. Scelta di poesie e di prose. 
 Edited by Dr. Pio Spagnotti. Milano: Ulrico HoepH. 1901. 
 4K>"x7". pp. 352. L2.50. 
 
 Many selections have been made of the work of this early 
 poet of the Risorgimento, but this in several respects is the 
 best of all. Foscolo was a brilliant, erratic, romantic 
 genius, a revolutionary, a wanderer. He has been likened 
 to Byron. He had so great an effect in helping the cause 
 of liberty in Italy, that Mazzini said: "Without him, we 
 perhaps should not have been what we are." This volume, 
 of course, contains the famous "Carme dei Sepolcri." 
 
 .,5. FUCINI, RENATO. ("Neri Tanfucio.") See also "Fiction- 
 Italian." Le poesie. Firenze : R. Bemporad e Figlio. n. d. 
 4"x6". pp. 367. L2.50. 
 
 Writes the gayest and most spontaneous of popular Tus- 
 can poetry. His verses are filled with humor and life. 
 
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and seem caught from the lips of the people. Yet his art 
 is exquisite and restrained. 
 
 GIUSTI, GIUSEPPE. 1809-1850. Poesie complete. Firenze : 
 A. Salani. 1909. 5" x 7.^/4". pp.431. L 1.50. 
 Giusti was above all a satirical poet — the most read of 
 his time, and still has a very considerable popular appeal. 
 He attacked the shameful, the vicious, the ridiculous 
 things in the life of his day. His work became national 
 and powerfully he attacked the foreign oppressor. Yet 
 in many of his greatest poems his interest is not limited 
 to Italy, but is broadly humanitarian. He uses irony and 
 satire with extraordinary vigor and dramatic power, and 
 pathos and delicate fancy abound in his pages. 
 
 -^ LEOPARDI. GIACOMO. 1798-1837. / canti. Edited by G. 
 Tambara. Milano : Antonio Vallardi. 1912. 5" x 8". pp. 339. 
 L2.50. 
 
 The great poet of pessimism. Of first importance in 
 literature because he gave new form and new force to 
 Italy's poetry. His work, classic in style, is still vigorous 
 and beautiful. His love of his country was ardent. Graf 
 said: "There have been greater poets, but none is his 
 equal." This selection includes the famous "Ginestra" — "all 
 thunder and lightning and funereal light" — that may very 
 likely prove to be what it is often called, "immortal." 
 
 MANZONI, ALESSANDRO. See also "Fiction— Italian." 
 
 1785-1873. Le tragedie, gli inni sacri, le odi. Milano: Ulrico 
 
 Hoepli. 1907. 5"x7K". pp.400. L2.50. 
 
 The poetry of Manzoni is distinguished by lofty moral 
 
 and religious value, by great dignity and idealism. When 
 
 he treats of national themes, it is with deep patriotic 
 
 fervor. 
 
 # MARRADI. Rapsodie garibaldine. Firenze: G. Barbera. 
 1902. 5"x8". pp. 128. L2.50. 
 
 A Tuscan poet of the country side, deals often, as in this 
 book, with stirring national themes. Widely popular. 
 
 ^ MARTOGLIO, NINO. Centona. Catania: Giannotta. 1913. 
 5"x7H". pp. 350. L3. 
 
 The dialect verse of a very popular Sicilian poet. Abounds 
 in local color with many touches of quaint humor. 
 
 * MELI, GIOVANNI. 1740-1815. Le hucoUche. Milano: 
 Sonzogno. 1903. 4^" x 6^". pp. 173. L .60. 
 
 Greatest Sicilian poet in the vernacular. His poetry i? 
 
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Arcadian, delicate and beautiful; contains little local color, 
 but is very popular. This edition has on opposite pages 
 an Italian translation in verse. 
 
 .;- NEGRI, ADA. Maternita. Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1912. 
 4"xSK". pp. 285. L4. 
 
 Considered the first of living poets among Italian women. 
 The devoted and affectionate partisan of the working 
 classes and of the rights of the humble. Rather sombre 
 but very popular. 
 
 ,x- OXFORD BOOK OF ITALIAN VERSE. Edited by St. 
 John Lucas. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1910. 4j^2". 
 x6%". pp. 576. $2. 
 
 Selections chiefly from the classical poets, from the 13th 
 to the 19th century. A delightful anthology. 
 
 45- PARINI, GIUSEPPE. 1729-1799. Le poesie scelte. Edited 
 by Michele Scherillo. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1906. 5" x 
 7^". pp. 378. L2.50. 
 
 Excellent representative selection from the poetr>' of the 
 great poet priest of Milan — for generations used for the in- 
 struction and inspiration of Italian youth. His poems of 
 classic beauty nearly always deal with the useful and 
 practical, and in "II Giorno" his grave irony became a 
 powerful popular demand for human equality and for jus- 
 tice against the privileges of the great and nobly born. 
 
 -X- PASCARELLA, CESARE. Sonetti. Torino: Societa Tipo- 
 grafico— Editrice Nazionale. 1911. 6^"x9". pp.180. L4. 
 
 First of all living Italian poets of dialect. Writes in the 
 dialect of Rome. Extremely popular. Combines the gro- 
 tesque and comic with much dignity and nobility. Con- 
 sidered one of Italy's greatest living writers. The Dis- 
 covery of America (Scoperta dell'America) in this vol- 
 ume is famous and is often chosen for recitation. 
 
 * PASCOLI, GIOVANNI. 1855-1912. Limpido rivo— Prose e 
 poesie. Bologna : Nicola Zanichelli. 1912. 5" x 714". pp. 247. 
 L3. 
 
 One of the best of the poets of modern Italy. Noted for 
 his smooth and exquisite verse, his descriptive powers 
 and his serene and noble views of life. This volume con- 
 tains a selection of his best known verse — highly polished 
 minute descriptions of country life to which he prin- 
 cipally owes his fame, together with well chosen examples 
 of his prose. 
 
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* PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. 1304-1374. // cansoniere. With 
 the notes of Giuseppe Rigutini. Edited by Michele Scherillo. 
 Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1910. S" xJ'A". pp.474. L3.50. 
 Scholarly edition, with a wealth of interesting and human 
 notes. The introduction gives an excellent account of 
 the place of Petrarch in Italian literature and Italian life: 
 Not only the exquisite poet of love, the last of the trou- 
 badours — the last great writer of the Middle Ages ; but 
 also the first of the humanists, reviving the study of the clas- 
 sics of Greece and Rome — first of moderns, philosopher, cour- 
 tier, antiquary, constant traveller, free of mysticism, with 
 all the restlessness and curiosity of the modern world. 
 He was also as they are saying these late days, '"a true 
 Italian," for he tried to reconcile the jealous discords with 
 which the Italy of that day was torn; he had the dream 
 of continuing the glories of ancient Rome, a dream that 
 is now a powder and inspiration in the progress of Italy. 
 
 -X- RAPISARDI, MARIO. 1844-1913. Poesie religiose. Mi- 
 lano : Sonzogno. 1908. 4^<"x6^". pp.91. L.30. 
 
 Rapisardi, the literary antagonist of Carducci, is greatly 
 admired, particularly in Sicily. In his native province of 
 Catania even the peasants call him "II gran padre." His 
 dignity sometimes becomes pompous; he is often frankly 
 a pessimist. But he has great imaginative and descrip- 
 tive power, and high and rigorous purposes. These 
 poems are called religious — so is the reason given — "be- 
 cause they represent the triumph of reason, of love, of 
 sacrifice — the protest of humanity in behalf of truth and 
 the humble." Garibaldi spoke of Rapisardi's poetry, as 
 "a great work of moral emancipation heroically begun." 
 
 La palingenesi. Sesto S. Giovanni : Madella. 1912. 5" x 75^". 
 pp. 239. L 2. 
 
 Perhaps the best example of Rapisardi's longer symbol- 
 ical poems. This deals with the hope of civil and relig- 
 ious reform, bringing peace to the earth. On its first 
 printing, Victor Hugo wrote the poet: ''You hold in 
 your hands two torches: the torch of poetry and the 
 torch of truth — the great Italian heart beats everywhere 
 in your generous book." 
 
 ^- TASSO, TORQUATO. 1493-1569. La Gerusalemme liberata. 
 Edited by Riccardo Cornali. Roma : Albrighi. Segati e C. 
 1901. 5"x7^". pp. 348. L2. 
 
 Says Prof. Cornali: "The minds of young people are 
 fires to be lighted, not vases to fill." And so with human 
 and interesting notes he has prepared perhaps the very 
 
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best edition for general reading of this great epic — a 
 story of the Crusades, and of the rescue of the tomb of 
 Christ from the infidels. The "Gerusalemme" has always 
 been popular not only for its thrilling accounts of adven- 
 ture of its knightly champions, its duels and thundering 
 battles, and sorcery, but also for the very affecting love 
 stories that are a prominent part of its plot. Yet it is 
 dignified, noble, religious. Anciently it used to be sung 
 through the streets of the Italian cities; gondoliers sang 
 it on the canals of Venice within the memory of men 
 still living; its beautiful and sonorous verses are well 
 known and loved now, and in Italy one often hears its 
 favorite passages declaimed. 
 
 * TRILUSSA (CARLO ALBERTO SALUSTRI). Sonetti 
 romaneschi. Roma : Enrico Voghera. 1909. 6^"x9^". pp. 
 201. L4. 
 
 Very popular satirical poet; writes facile, musical, and 
 often humorous verse in the dialect of Rome. 
 
 POETRY TRANSLATED FROM THE ENGLISH. 
 
 •- LONGFELLOW, H. W. iMiles Standese. Translated by 
 Giacomo Zanella. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1884. 3^" x 5". 
 pp. 180. L3. 
 
 * Evangelina. Translated by Giacomo Zanella. Milano : Ulrico 
 Hoepli. 1883. 3^" x 5". pp. 172. L3. 
 
 MILTON, JOHN Paradiso perduto. Translated bv Lazzaro 
 Papi. Milano: Sonzogno. n. d. Folio pp. 296. L4. An in- 
 convenient size, but the only form in which "Paradise Lost" is 
 now available in Italian. 
 
 WHITMAN, WALT. Canti scelti. Translation and intro- 
 duction by Luigi Gamberale. Milano : Sonzogno. 1908. 4^" 
 X 6K". 2 vols. pp. 104, 128. L .30 each. 
 
 Admirable selection of the poems of Whitman, covering 
 every phase of the poet's work. 
 
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D 
 
 rama 
 
 The reading of plays strongly appeals to the dramatic in- 
 stincts of the Italian, and is today, as it has always been, pop- 
 ular with him. In fact, it is the frequent experience of librar- 
 ians that their Italian readers are often more apt to choose a 
 book of poetry or drama than of fiction. 
 
 * ALFIERI. VITTORIO. 1749-1803. See also "Biography." 
 Tragedie scelte. Firenze : G. C. Sansoni. 1912. 5^" x 7W- 
 vv- 397. L2.50. 
 
 A group of the most famous plays of the "Father of 
 Italian Tragedy." The Italian Revolution was the work 
 of thinkers and poets, and in this Alfieri in a large sense 
 led the way. Pizzi says: "His was the first voice to cry 
 'liberty,' after a silence of centuries-" With the broken, 
 rapid, breathless dialogue, with the precipitate rush of 
 action, love of liberty and his country fills all his traged- 
 ies. 
 
 * BENELLT. SEM. La cena delle beffe. Milano: Fratelli 
 Treves. 1910. 5>^" x 7^"- PP- 152. L3. 
 
 Brilliant historical tragi-comedy — the one real success of 
 the Italian stage of the last few years. Thoroughly Tus- 
 can. 
 
 * BRACCO. ROBERTO. Teafro (Vol. V.) Napoli : Remo 
 Sandron. 1911. 5" x 7^". PP. 338. L 3. 
 
 This vol. contains Maternita — // frutto acerb o. 
 
 Neapolitan dramatist — versatile genius, keen observer, 
 realist — sometimes wild, noisy — melancholy in his love 
 songs. Popularity seems sometimes to reach point of 
 fascination. 
 
 CAVALLOTTI. FELICE. 1842-1898. II cantico del cantici. 
 Milano: Carlo Barbini. 1909. 4^" x 6^". PP- 69. L 1.20. 
 In the drama, even more than in his verse, Cavallotti won 
 popularity. The play selected is a graceful and witty 
 domestic idyl. 
 
 * GIACOSA, GIUSEPPE. 1847-1906. Considered the first of 
 the Italian dramatists of our time. Able, vivacious and 
 graceful writer, with lofty moral standards. The play 
 that gives title to the first book selected, and "Come le 
 
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foglie" illustrate the two radically different kinds of his 
 work — one the sprightly historical comedy — the other, 
 modern, with the problems of our day- 
 Una partita a scacchi — Trionfo d'amore — Intermezzi e scene. 
 Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1908. 5" x 7^". pp.263. L3. 
 Come le foglie. (19th Edition). Milano: Fratelli Treves. 
 1907. 5"x7H". pp.275. L4. 
 
 '"- GOLDONI, CARLO. 1707-1793. Commedie scelte. Intro- 
 duction by Raffaello Nocchi. Firenze: Successori Le Monnier. 
 1910. W X 7". pp. 487. Bound. L 1.75. 
 A good selection of the most popular plays of the great 
 founder of the Italian drama. Gayly satirizing the follies 
 and extravagances of Venetian life, "painting nature with- 
 out spoiling it," as he said, Goldoni became for Italy 
 what Moliere was for France. He is still unequalled as 
 a writer of comedy and a numiber of his plays, notably 
 "La Locandiera" included in this volume, are frequently 
 acted with unfailing success. "La Locandiera" is one of 
 the favorite plays, and one of the favorite parts, of Elea- 
 nora Duse, the greatest living Italian actress. 
 
 MANZONI. ALESSANDRO. 1785-1873. See "Poetry." 
 
 ■5:- MARTINI, FERDINANDO. Chi sa il gioco non I'insegni. 
 Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 1906. 5" x 7^". pp. 245. 
 L3 
 
 A book of delightful one act comedies, by the gifted Min- 
 ister of Finance in Italy's new cabinet — the most distin- 
 guished literary man in a cabinet of literary men. These 
 plays can always be relied upon to draw crowded houses. They 
 are called "Proverbi" because each one takes its title from 
 some well known proverb, and wittily points the moral 
 of the bit of popular wisdom selected. 
 
 •55- MOLIfiRE. G. B. Commedie scelte. Translated bv Alcibiade 
 Moretti. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1912. 5" x yy/'. 2 vols, 
 pp. 339, 345. L 1. each. 
 Excellent selection — excellent translation. 
 
 -X- NICCOLINI, GIAMBATTISTA. 1782-1861. Arnaldo da 
 Brescia. Milano: Sonzogno. 1910. 4^"x6M"- PP- 161. 
 L.30. 
 
 The most important drama, artistically and politically, of 
 the great tragic poet of the Italian Revolution. In this 
 play, as in his "Sforza," love of his own country is so 
 joined with hatred of Austria that the representation of 
 his plays is still forbidden in Trieste. 
 
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^- ROVETTA. GEROLAMO. 1852-1911. Romauticismo. Mi- 
 lano: Balclini e Castoldi. 1911. 5" x 7^". pp. 254. L3.50. 
 
 Rovetta, a popular novelist and dramatist, lively, satirical, 
 with a keen eye for the comic. In this play, his best, he 
 leaves the intrigues of contemporary society and deals 
 with a patriotic, historical subject. 
 
 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Plays. Translated by 
 Diego Angeli. Each play in a separate volume, well printed 
 on excellent paper. Milano : Fratelli Treves. 1911-1914. 5^/2" 
 X 8". pp. 175 to 250. L 3. each. 
 
 This translation, now in course of publication, by Signor 
 Angeli, the well known novelist, art critic and satirist of 
 the "Giornale d'ltalia," is an exceedingly good one — by 
 common consent the best in Italian. The plays that have 
 already appeared are La Tempesta, Giulio Cesare. Mac- 
 beth. Amleto, Come vi pare (As You Like It), La bis- 
 betica domata (Taming of the Shrew), Antonio e Cleo- 
 patra, Otello, La notte dell'epifania (Twelfth Night). II 
 sogno di una notte di mezza estate (Midsummer Night's 
 Dream). Several other of the plays by the same transla- 
 tor are in preparation, and will soon be published. The 
 Italian readers in our libraries are, of course, apt to be 
 4:- especially interested in Othello, Julius Caesar, Romeo and 
 Juliet and the Merchant of Venice. The last two of these 
 are not yet published in this series, and may be had in in- 
 ferior editions- 
 
 Tragedie scelte: Otello, Macbeth. Mercante di Venesia. 
 About pp. 300. 1 vol. L 1.50. 
 Giulietta e Romeo. L .30. 
 Milano : Sonzogno. 1913 catalogue. 
 
 Teatro completo di Shakspeare. The complete dramatic works. 
 Translated by Carlo Rusconi. Torino: Unione Tipografico — 
 Editrice Torinese. 1859. 7 vols. 5" x 7r/". About pp. 400 
 each. L8.50 for the set. 
 
 One of the old editions, unsatisfactory in many respects, 
 but still readable and serviceable for ordinary use. It is 
 newly printed from old plates that are in fair condition. 
 The paper is passable. 
 
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Mu 
 
 SIC 
 
 Among Italian workingmen you will often find not only 
 a passion for music, but a very astonishing knowledge of it. 
 I have a memory of my first summer night in Venice 
 when there was wondrous singing of Rigoletto and Don Gio- 
 vanni across the Piazza, while the bells of the Campanile 
 marked the hour of two. I thought that they were cer- 
 tainly artists returning from the opera. But they were 
 not. They were night workers of the first shift, who had 
 been coaling ships in the harbor. A surprising experi- 
 ence, but soon matched after you have made friends with 
 Italian workingmen. 
 
 In Mount Vernon, New York, a city of 31,000 inhabitants, 
 the librarian has found that opera librettos havie been 
 very eagerly read — and this to such an extent, that the 
 library now has more than 200 of them on its shelves, 
 each stitched at the library in a heavy red paper cover. 
 Pains have been taken to select those editions giving Eng- 
 lish on one side, and Italian on the other. In many cases 
 it has been possible to choose librettos which contain ex- 
 cerpts of the most famous music in the opera score. 
 
 LIBRETTOS. 
 
 G. Ricordi & Company, 14 East 43rd Street, New York, 
 the American Branch of the great Italian firm of 
 music publishers, issue many librettos in Italian, a few 
 in English and Italian. 6^"x9^'' Prices vary from L .50 
 to L 2. No music included in these. Almost any special 
 needs concerning Italian music can be met by Ricordi. 
 Catalogue on request. 
 
 Charles H. Ditson & Co., 8 East 34th Street, New York, 
 publish 47 librettos in English and Italian, all with 
 selections of popular airs from the vocal score. 6^''x9^'^". 
 2Sc each. Catalogue on request. 
 
 G. • Schirmer, 3 East 43rd Street, New York, pub- 
 lishes 7 librettos in Italian and English, 2 sizes, 6"x8^'' 
 and 7"xlOj^'', 25c and 35c. These include the newest 
 operas by Wolf-Ferrari, very popular with Italians. No 
 music included. Catalogue on request. 
 
 COLLECTIONS OF SONGS. 
 Anthology of Italian Song, 17th and ISth centuries. New 
 York: Schirmer, 1898, 2 vols. 7y2''xlOV4" op. 144, 145. 
 
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Paper $1.00 each, cloth $2.00. The words of the songs 
 arc in Italian and English, biographical notes of the 
 composers in English only; music, with piano accompani- 
 ment. >.| /.afflij 
 
 The Prima Donna's Album. Edited by Josiah Pittmann, New 
 York: Schirmer, 1898, 7" x lOVf . pp. 328. Paper $1.50, cloth 
 $2.50. Forty-one famous arias and cavatinas, represent- 
 ing all of the leading Italian composers, as well as Mo- 
 zart, Weber, and Meyerbeer, whose operatic writings are 
 largely in the Italian style; text in Italian and English, 
 music with piano accompaniment. 
 
 Operatic Anthology, Celebrated arias selected from the 
 works of old and modern composers. Edited by Max 
 Spicker, New York: Schirmer, 1903; 5 vols., arranged by 
 voices: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, pp. 285, 263, 
 234, 261, 254, respectively. 7^"xll", paper $1.50 each, 
 cloth $2.50. The words of the songs are in their original 
 language, and in English; arias in the "Prima Donna's 
 Album" are not repeated here. The six volumes give an 
 admirable summary of the best in the operatic literature 
 of all time. 
 
 Neapolitan Songs. Edited by Eduardo Marzo, New York: 
 Schirmer, 1905. 7%" x 11", pp. 80 $1.00. 19 Neapolitan folk 
 and popular songs, words in Italian and English, music with 
 piano accompaniment. 
 
 Echoes of Naples. Edited by Mario Favilli, New York: 
 Ditson. 1909, 9K"xl2", pp. 87. $1.25. 30 Neapolitan songs, 
 words in Italian and English. 
 
 FOUR BOOKS. 
 
 * BRAGAGNOLO, (G.) e BETTAZZI (E.) La vita di Giu- 
 seppe Verdi. Milano : G. Ricordi e C. 1905. 5" x 7^". pp. 
 350. L2. 
 
 Well illustrated — Given prize at national memorial cere- 
 monies in Milan in honor of Verdi. 
 
 CHECCHI, E. La vita di Rossini. Firenze : G. Barbera. 
 1898. 5"x7". pp. 183. L2. 
 A short and simple biography. 
 
 ^ MAGRINI, G. Manuale di musica. (Theory & Practice for 
 Families and Schools). Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, n. d. 4^" x 
 '6". pp.414. L4. 
 
 * UNTERSTEINER. ALFREDO. Storia delta musica. Mi 
 lano : Ulrico Hoepli. 1910. 4^" x 6". pp. 423. L 4. 
 Admirable little summary of the history of music. 
 
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THE PHONOGRAPH. 
 
 Librarians are more and more taking up the question 
 of combining entertainment with instruction. The phono- 
 graph offers great possibilities, especially for work with 
 immigrants, and is comparatively inexpensive. 
 
 For $50 can be bought a moderate sized machine, suffi- 
 cient to give enjoyable music in a hall seating 300 people. 
 The most popular foreign records are double faced. 10" 
 discs, costing 75c. Records of the more famous singers 
 vary in price from $2 to $7. These records average 3 to 
 4 minutes in length, and with one winding, 3-10" or 
 2-12" records may be played. Such machines do not 
 easily get out of order, and if care is taken that they are 
 not scratched, the records are practically indestructible. 
 
 Italian lists of records in the catalogues offer a rather 
 remarkable selection of dance and opera music, folk 
 songs, national airs, and some speaking records in Eng- 
 lish and Italian. The opera records give in great variety, 
 not only the characteristic work of the most famous Ital- 
 ian composers, but also a very generous representation of 
 the more recent Italian school that has proved so pop- 
 ular. With regard to the popular songs and speaking 
 records in Italian, a word of caution is necessary: They 
 should be selected by some dependable adviser, prefer- 
 ably an Italian, as it has been found that records con- 
 taining some very objectionable material are on sale. 
 
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Art, and the Sciences and Their 
 Applications 
 
 -^ CHERUBIXl, EUGEXIO. Storia dcWarte. < The History 
 of Art). Firenze: R. Bemporad e Eiglio. 1909. 5"x7''2". 
 pp. 231. Illustrated. L2.50. 
 
 Devoted largely to Italian art. Though written for chil- 
 dren, this book would be read with pleasure by many 
 adults. Simple and very attractive in manner and form. 
 
 LIPPARINI, G. Storia dell'arte. Firenze: G. Barhera. 
 1909. 5"x7i^". pp.448. Illustrated. L4. 
 
 This is a slightly more advanced book than Cherubini's, 
 is profusely illustrated, and is also devoted largely to 
 Italian art. 
 
 * SERRA. L. Storia dell'arte italiana. Milano : Francesco 
 Vallardi. n. d. 5^"x8^". pp. 558. Bound. 525 Illustra- 
 tions. L 8. 
 
 The history of Italian art exclusively. The book selected 
 by the national society of the Dante Alighieri as a part 
 of its gift libraries. 
 
 * GALILEI, GALILEO. 1564-1642. Prose. Edited bv Augusto 
 Conti. Firenze : G. Barbara. 1908. 5" xJVo". pp.276. L 1.30. 
 
 The dialogues of Galileo are considered one of the great 
 glories of Italian literature. This selection prepared for 
 school use is highly thought of for its practical educa- 
 tional value, apart from its importance in a literary way. 
 
 * STRAFFORELLO. G. La scienca ricreatira. Torino: Fra- 
 telli Bocca. 1900. 4M"x8". pp.223. L3. 
 
 A delightful book of popular readings in science. In 
 short chapters — never more than six or seven pages in 
 length — such subjects are discussed as the story of the 
 telegraph, sleep, sugar, photography, hunger, thirst, the 
 coal supply of the world, the spectroscope, our teeth, tobacco 
 — its use and abuse. 
 
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* MACH, DR. ERNESTO. Letture scientiiiche popolari. 
 Translated by A. Bongioanni Torino: Fratelli Bocca. 1900. 
 4^4" X 8". pp. 259. L 3.50. 
 
 Interesting book of science very popularly written. Chap- 
 ters on the form of liquids, the explanation of harmony, 
 the velocity of light, why a man has two eyes, symmetry, 
 the conservation of energy, the part that chance has in 
 inventions and discoveries. 
 
 POKORNY-FISCHER. Storia illustrata del regno minerale. 
 Translated by G. Piolti and L. Colomba. Torino : Ermanno 
 Loescher. 1907. 6" x 9". pp. 176. Illustrated. L2.50. 
 
 This illustrated "history of the mineral kingdom" is 
 clearly and interestingly written and is about of high 
 school standard. 
 
 CARUEL, TEODORO. Storia illustrata del regno vegetale. 
 Edited by Oreste Mattirolo. Torino : Ermanno Loescher. 
 1913. 6"x9". pp.331. L3.25. 
 
 "Illustrated history of the vegetable kingdom" — compan- 
 ion volume to foregoing. 
 
 CAVAN'NA, GUELFO. Zoologia. Firenze: G. C. Sansoni. 
 1909. 5H"x8". 2 vols. pp. 223, 213. Illustrated. L 3. for 
 the two. 
 
 Excellent book of zoology, well illustrated, and rather 
 simpler than the two preceding books. 
 
 GARBASSO, ANTONIO. / progressi recenti delta fisica. 
 Roma : Albrighi, Segati e C. 1911. 6"x9". Illustrated, pp. 
 300. L4. 
 
 A collection of lectures by well known Italian scientists. 
 Not an elementary book. Treats of such subjects as 
 electricity and matter, the electric spark, spectrum analy- 
 sis, submarines, dirigibles, etc. 
 
 MACH, DR. ERNESTO. / principii delta meccanica. Trans- 
 lated by D. Gambioli. Roma: Albrighi, Segati e C. 1909. 
 5^"x8". pp.547. Illustrated. L6. 
 
 Story of the history and development of the principles of 
 mechanics, written with the useful, the interesting, the 
 significant always in view. Very clearly and simply 
 written, but still requires some education in the elements 
 of algebra and geometry. 
 
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VEROI, ING. GOMBERTO. L'abbici dell'elettrotecmca— 
 Libro per gli operai. The A B C of Electro-technics. Roma : 
 Albrighi, Segati e C. 1911. 6"x9". pp. 291. Profusely 
 illustrated. L 4.50. 
 
 Covers rapidly in a popular but effective way the princi- 
 pal applications of electricity to the uses of our civiliza- 
 tion, from the magnet to the wireless telegraph. Included 
 are trolleys, dynamos, lighting — from arc light to mer- 
 cury vapor — and motors. The sub-title, "A book for 
 workingmen," needs the explanation that this volume is 
 intended for the higher technical workingmen, who in 
 Italy in increasing numbers are going to evening contin- 
 uation schools. It is not as simple a book as the manuals 
 noted in the following list, but requires a certain know- 
 ledge of algebra and geometry to be read with advantage. 
 
 « FAUSTINI, A. Orrori e meraviglie dell'universo. Roma : 
 Albrighi, Segati e C. 1912. 5^" x 8". pp. 302. Well illus- 
 trated. L3. 
 
 "To create interest in the infinite problems of the uni- 
 verse, to excite curiosity and inspire to more profound 
 study." A wonder-book of nature, popularizing science by 
 telling dramatically its story of power and mystery. Sub- 
 jects: The Heavens, the Earth, the Sea, Man. 
 
 ^- PIPERNO, DOTT. ARRIGO. Salute. Roma: Albrighi, 
 Segati e C. 1907. 5^"x8". pp.221. L2. 
 "Health," a school book, but like so many other Italian 
 school books, alluringly readable. A book of literature 
 as well as of hygiene. Covers whole life of our body, its 
 care and perils. Wholesome, simple, not without humor. 
 
 SALVADORI, DR. ROBERTO. Elementi di chimica. Fi- 
 renze: Successori Le Monnier. 1912. S^"x8". pp.516. L 5. 
 A simple and fairly comprehensive book, intended for the 
 standard of the secondary school. 
 
 * MOSSO. ANGELO. 1846-1910. Fatica. Milano: Fratelli 
 Treves. 1911. 5" x 7i^". pp.351. L3.50. 
 
 A popular book, dealing in a very practical way with the 
 causes and effects of "Fatigue," from social and individ- 
 ual points of view. 
 
 A favorite book of Verdi's. Contains account of author, 
 a distinguished scientist, and his work. 
 
 * GOURAUD, DR. F. X. Che hisogna mangiare? Translated 
 by Dr. A. Cutolo, Municipal Chemist of Naples. Napoli : So- 
 cieta Commerciale Libraria. 1911. 5" x 7^^". pp. 364. L3. 
 A popular and "rational" discussion, admirably arranged, 
 
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of food values and digestive processes. Excellent chap- 
 ters on pure food, canned meats, alcoholic drinks, vege- 
 tarianism, ''education of the table." 
 
 GIACOMELLI, ANTONIETTA. // gran nemico. Milano: 
 Rivista "Contro L'Alcoolismo." 1912. 5" x 7". pp. 59. L .20. 
 The ''Great Enemy" Alcohol — a booklet widely sold and 
 distributed by the principal Italian temperance society. 
 
 "DONNA CLARA." Dalla cucina al salotto. Torino: S 
 Lattes e C. 1909. 5" x 7^". pp. 364. L 3. 
 A little encyclopedia for housewife and mother. A chatty 
 and sensible book crowded with useful notes. Chapters 
 on the kitchen and the preparation of food, with several 
 hundred recipes. Also chapters on the care of the body 
 and clothes, the care and ventilation of the house; social 
 suggestions; flowers in the house, first aid, the medicine 
 closet, family finances, and an admirable, well illustrated 
 chapter on the baby. All written from the view point of 
 simple science. 
 
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Other Useful Books 
 
 The Popular ** Manuals " 
 
 As part of an important movement in Italy to popularize 
 knowledge, several series of useful and simple books have 
 been issued by different publishers. They have been of so 
 dependable and practical a character that they have been 
 widely used in Italy, and are often found on the shelves 
 of Italian book-stores in the United States. But often 
 these books "in stock" are so wholly out of date that a 
 special note of warning is needed. The usefulness of 
 such manuals depends in great measure upon their fre- 
 quent revision. Those that are least popular are least 
 frequently reprinted. It is therefore all the more neces- 
 sary to secure the latest edition, which in every case should 
 be ordered specifically, either directly of the publisher, or 
 through a responsible agent. 
 
 MANUALI HOEPLI. (The Hoepli Manuals) : Ulrico Hoe-;' 
 of Milano, has been publishing for many years a series 
 of manuals of wide educational scope, treating in a popu- 
 lar form the various divisions of letters, arts, the sciences 
 and industry. Nearly 1300 of these have now been pub- 
 lished. They are the work of thoroughly qualified spe- 
 cialists. They are fully illustrated and at every reprinting 
 are carefully corrected and brought up to date. The books 
 are all of the same size 4"x6"; are substantially bound in 
 cloth; but vary, as will be seen, in number of pages and 
 price. Catalogue may be had on request of the publisher. 
 The following are same useful titles: 
 
 AGRICOLTORE, IL LIBRO DELL'. By A. Bruttini. pp. 
 446. 303 illustrations. L 3.50. 
 
 Covers nearly the whole field of farming in a very simple and 
 practical way. In spite of differences in climate and soil, this 
 book would be a great practical help as an introduction to 
 farming in this country; for the greater part of the book is 
 concerned with agriculture in Northern Italy. 
 
 ARTTMETICA E GEOMETRIA DELL'OPERATO. Bv 
 E. Giorli. pp. 220. L2. 
 
 This is a simple book of elementary mathematics especially 
 prepared for the working man. 
 
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ASTRONOMIA. The translation of the well known little 
 book by Lockyer, revised, pp. 255. L 1.50. 
 
 BOTANICA. Translation of Hooker's primer, carefully re- 
 vised to 1910. pp. 144. L 1.50. 
 
 CHAUFFEUR. By Pedretti. pp. 902. 881 illustrations. 
 L 6.50. 
 
 This is the text book of the principal schools for chauffeurs 
 and of the aviation schools in Italy. It has been found very 
 widely useful, even in this country, and a new edition has 
 just appeared. 
 
 CHIMICA, (Chemistry), pp.231. L 1.50. 
 A new book by E. Ricci, based upon Roscoe. 
 
 DISEGNO. By C. Boito. 5th edition, pp. 206. L 2. 
 The principles of design. 
 
 ELETTRICITA. By G. Marchi— in press. 
 
 This is an elementary book, dealing with the principles of 
 
 electricity. 
 
 EVOLUZIONE. By C. Fenizia. pp.389. L3. 
 This manual gives succinctly the history and development of 
 the theory of evolution, with a bibliography covering the 
 ground in fuller detail. 
 
 FABBRO-FERRAIO. By G. Belluomini. pp. 242. 233 illus- 
 trations. L2.50. 
 
 This is a practical handbook for the blacksmith, containing 
 much elemental, as well as much advanced, information useful 
 to him, including elements of mathematics, principles of meas- 
 urement, tempering and working of the metal, etc. 
 
 FALEGNAME. By I. Andreani. pp. 295. 264 illustrations. 
 
 L3. 
 
 The carpenter's handbook, giving the detail of the work of his 
 
 trade, from the first steps in handling wood and making the 
 
 simplest joints, to the advanced work of the master mechanic. 
 
 FISICA. By 0. Murani. pp. 710. 407 illustrations. L4. 
 Handbook of physics — the ninth edition — carefully revised 
 and brought up to date. 
 
 FOTOGRAFIA. By L. Sassi. pp. 205. Numerous illustra- 
 tions. L2. 
 The first steps in photography. 
 
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FRUTTICOLTURA By D. Tamaro. pp. 232. 113 illustra- 
 tions. L 2.50. 
 
 This is the sixth edition, revised and enlarged, and gives much 
 information that, in spite of differences in climate and soil, 
 would still be very useful to the Italian farmer or fruit-grower 
 in this country. 
 
 GEOGRAFIA. Bv G. Grove. Translated by G. Galletti. 
 pp. 160. L1.50. 
 
 GEOLOGIA. This is Geikie's book, translated, rewritten and 
 
 revised by A. Stoppani and G. Mercalli. pp. 180. Many illus- 
 trations. L 1.50. 
 
 GIARDINIERE. By A. Pucci. 2 vols. L3.50 each. 
 The first volume has to do with the garden and flower culture, 
 and takes up such details as the elements of botany, planning 
 of the garden, preparation of the soil, selection and planting 
 of the seed, care of young plants, acclimation, the diseases of 
 plants, animals and insects harmful to plants, the vegetable 
 garden, selling. The second volume deals entirely with orna- 
 mental plants. 
 
 LAVORI FEMMINTLI. By Teresita and Flora Oddone. 
 pp. 543. 822 illustrations, with 48 plates. L 5.50. 
 This book is entirely devoted to embroidery, lace-making, 
 crocheting and knitting, and various forms of fancy work. 
 
 MECCANICA.^ By R. Stawell Ball, translated by J. Benetti. 
 5th edition, revised, pp. 198. Numerous illustrations. L 1.50. 
 
 MICROSCOPIC. By C. Acqua. pp.230. L2. 
 
 An elementary handbook for the use of the microscope. 
 
 MINERALOGIA GENERALE. By L. Bombicci. 3d edition, 
 revised, pp. 220. With numerous illustrations, and colored 
 plates. L 1.50. 
 A general introductory book on mineralogy. 
 
 MURATORE, JL. By I. Andreani. pp. 290. 235 illustra- 
 tions. L 3. 
 A practical handbook for the mason. 
 
 NAVIGAZIONE AEREA. By A. De-Maria, pp. 338. 103 
 
 illustrations. L 3.50. 
 
 A new edition of this book is now in press. 
 
 OPERAIO, MANUALE DELL', pp. 272. L2. 
 
 A book of useful information for the workman. By work- 
 man in this book is meant chiefly the metal worker. The 
 
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book consists largely of practical suggestions with regard to 
 the mixing of alloys and the preparation of solders, casting 
 and working metals, together with recipes for the prepara- 
 tion of varnish, chapters on the transmission of power, and 
 the building of pumps, with a variety of useful tables. 
 
 PANE, IL. By G. Ercolani. pp. 261. Numerous illustra- 
 tions and tables. L3. 
 
 This book goes in considerable detail into the grinding of the 
 grain, the qualities of flour, the preparation of yeast and the 
 entire operation of making bread. 
 
 PARRUCCHIERE, MANUALS DEL. By A. Liberati. pp. 
 219. Numerous illustrations. L2.50. 
 A practical barber's book. 
 
 PASTICCIERE E CONFETTIERE MODERNO. By G 
 Ciocca. pp. 274. 300 illustrations, 36 colored tables. L8.50- 
 The modern pastry cook and confectioner's handbook, a col- 
 lection of many recipes and practical directions. 
 
 POLLICOLTURA. By G. Trevisani. pp. 224. With numer- 
 ous illustrations. L2.50. 
 
 This manual has to do not merely with the ordinary barn- 
 yard fowls, but includes also doves, pigeons and pheasants. 
 
 SARTO TAGLLATORE ITALIANO. By G. Peterlongo. 
 
 pp. 232. With 47 tables. L3.50. 
 
 A theoretical and practical manual for the cutter of men's 
 
 clothes. 
 
 TELEGRAFO SENZA FILI E ONDE HERTZIANE. By 
 O. Murani. pp. 397. With numerous cuts. L4.50. 
 This is the second edition of a very popular little book on 
 wireless telegraphy and Hertzian waves. 
 
 VETERINARIO. By C. Roux and V. Lari. pp. 306. With 
 illustrations. L3.S0. 
 
 The veterinary's handbook, filled with useful information of 
 many kinds and numerous recipes. 
 
 VITICOLTURA. By O. Ottavi. pp. 232. Illustrated. L2. 
 This is the sixth edition, revised and enlarged, of this very 
 popular book on vine-growing. 
 
 VALLARDI'S BIBLIOTECA POPOLARE DI COLTURA. 
 The publishing house of Antonio Vallardi, of Milano, has 
 recently begun the publication of a series of popular Man- 
 uals known as the '"Biblioteca Popolare di Coltura." 
 
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Most of them are practical in purpose and extremely 
 simple in form. They are well illustrated, have a strong 
 paper binding, — size 4^" x 7^" — contain from 128 to 144 
 pages, and are sold at the uniform price of L .60 each. 
 Each book has been prepared by a thoroughly competent 
 writer, and all those examined — twelve have been carefully 
 examined — have been brightly and interestingly written. The 
 following titles are selected from the thirty- five books that 
 have been published. 
 
 No. 1. PALLONI DIRIGIBILI— Dirigible Balloons. 
 
 No. 3. POLLI E POLLAI— An excellent little book on 
 
 chickens and chicken houses. 
 
 No. 4. LA LOCOMOTIVA— The history, development 
 
 and gradual perfection of the locomotive. 
 
 No. 6. LA CERAMICA NELLA STORL\, NELL'ARTE E 
 NELL'INDUSTRL\ — Ceramics, in history, art, and industry. 
 
 No. 8. DINAMO E MOTORI— Dynamos and motors, 
 their history, theory, construction and working. 
 No. IL L'AEROPLANO— The history and theory of 
 the aeroplane. 
 
 No. 12. CONCIMI E CONCIMAZIOXI— Fertilizers. 
 Nos. 13 & 14. L'AUTOMOBILE— The history and the- 
 ory of the automobile, its motors, etc. 
 No. 15. LA NAVE E LA NAVIGAZIONE. 
 An extremely interesting and informing little book, tell- 
 ing of the development of the ship, from the earliest 
 times in its simplest forms, to the giant ocean steamers 
 of today. Admirably illustrated. 
 
 No. 17. IL MONDO POLARE— The Polar world. 
 
 No. 18. LA CARTA — The history, manufacture and spe- 
 cial product? of paper. 
 
 No. 19. I RAGGI RONTGEN— The Rontgen rays and 
 their most important applications. 
 
 No. 20. NOZIONI DI FRUTTICOLTURA— Hints on 
 
 fruit growing. 
 
 No. 21. MICROBII — A very useful and interesting little book 
 on popular hygiene : The germ theory of disease, and methods 
 of disinfection and prevention. 
 
 No. 23. T CIELI — Popular introduction to astronomy. 
 One of the most successful and interesting books of the 
 series. It opens with a little history of astronomy. There 
 are excellent chapters on the sun. the earth, the measure 
 of time, the problem of origins. 
 
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No. 24. GLI ALIMENTI E LE LORO FALSIFICA- 
 ZIONI — Foods and their adulteration. 
 No. 27. IL RICAMO NELLA STORIA E NELUARTE 
 ^Embroidery in history and art. 
 
 No. 28. GLI ARABI NELLA STORIA E NELLA 
 CIVILTA — The Arabs in history and in civilization. 
 No. 29. IL CEMENTO E LE SUE APPLICAZIONI— 
 Cement and its use. 
 No. 31. IL VINO— Wine. 
 
 No. 34. LA SALUTE DELL'OPERAIO— The health of 
 the workman. An excellent little book, especially recom- 
 mended. 
 
 No. 35. FERRO, ACCIAIO E LORO LAVORAZIONE 
 — Iron and steel and how they are worked. 
 
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Books of Reference 
 
 ATLAS. 
 MARINELLI, PROF. OLTNTO. Atlante scolastico di geo- 
 grafia moderna. Milano : Antonio Vallardi. 1912. 2 parts. 
 14" X 12". 20, 18 maps. L 3.50 each. 
 
 A very simple, clear and practical atlas. Of special in- 
 terest and use to the Italian for the importance given to 
 Italy and Central Europe, the United States, Brazil and 
 the Argentine. 
 
 DICTIONARIES. 
 PETROCCHI, P. Disionario universale della lingua italiana. 
 Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1910. 7" x lOj^". 2 vols. pp. 
 1286, 1288. L25 for the two. 
 
 The popular unabridged Petrocchi. By many considered the 
 best for practical use of the many good Italian dictionaries. 
 
 Piccolo dizionario universale. Milano: Antonio Vallardi. 
 1906. 4^"x6H". pp.1159. L4.50. 
 
 Excellent Italian dictionary in small compass, includes 
 useful little encyclopedia of arts, sciences, biography, his- 
 tory, mythology, geography. 
 
 MILLHOUSE (JOHN) and BRACCIFORTI (FERDI- 
 NANDO). English-Italian and Italian-English. New York: 
 D. Appleton & Co. 1912. 2 vols. 5" x 8". pp. 741, 854. 
 $5.50 for the two. 
 
 The well known and long the standard dictionary in both 
 languages, simple in arrangement and use. 
 
 TAUCHNITZ POCKET DICTIONARY. English-Italian 
 and Italian-English. By J. E. Wessely, revised and rewritten 
 by G. Rigutini and G. Payn. New York : Lemcke & Buechner. 
 1912. 1 vol. Bound. 4^" x 6^". pp. 226, 199. $.75. 
 Clearly printed on good paper. Proper names and irreg- 
 ular verbs both English and Italian. Strongly bound. 
 For its size and cost the best little dictionary available. 
 
 EDGREN (DR.HJALMAR),BICO (GIUSEPPE) &GERIG 
 (JOHN L.). Italian and English Dictionary. Italian-English 
 and English-Italian. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 1902. 
 6" X 8H". 1 vol. pp. 576, 452. $3.00. 
 
 A serviceable dictionary in both languages. Regarded as 
 in many respects — scholarly respects — an advance over 
 
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all similar dictioiiar'es, hut it is not simple, and is em- 
 phatically a book for the student. 
 
 CARENA-SERGENT-GORTNI. Nuoyo vocabolario di arti 
 e niesiieri. Milano : Francesco Pagnoni. n. d. 4^4" x 7". pp. 
 394. L3. 
 
 A useful little dict'onary of arts and trades, arranged un- 
 der subject headings. 
 
 Kiioz'o vocabolario domestico. Milano: Francesco Pagnoni. n, 
 d. 4>>4"x7". pp. 413. L3. 
 
 A dictionary of the household and of daily life, arranged 
 under subject headings. 
 
 ENCYCLOPEDIA. 
 
 GAROLLO. G. Pkcola enciclo.^edia Hoepli. A-D. (To be 
 completed in three volumes). Milano: Ulrico Hoepli. 1913. 
 434" X 7". pp. 1522. L 12.50 for first vol. 
 
 Very comprehensive little encyclopedia, and the only one 
 moderate in price and recent. Articles are short, but ac- 
 curate and unusually informing. The first volume is 
 ready; the second is in press: and it is expected that the 
 third will be delivered this year. 
 
 YEAR BOOKS. 
 ALMANACCO ITALIANO. Firenze: R. Bemporad e Figlio. 
 1914. 5"x7i^". pp. 1000. L3.50. 
 
 Annual handbook of stafstics and facts of the world's 
 progress, with special reference to Italy. To be compared 
 with our popular almanacs of reference. But abundantly 
 illustrated; and is as well a kind of readable and popular 
 encyclopedia. Contains interesting chapters on the 
 Italian Government and the colonies of Italy, model 
 working-men's dwell'ngs in Italy, on "Europe in Figures," 
 on astronomy, art, industr3\ aeroplanes, sport, hygiene. 
 
 ALMANACCO DELLO SPORT. 1914. Firenze: R. Bem- 
 porad e Figlio. 1914 5"x7^". pp.350. L1.50. 
 
 In addition to topics of sport in which an American 
 would be interested, the Italian sportsman's almanac pays 
 special attention to wrestk'ng. swimming, running, moun- 
 tain climbing, shooting and fencing. There are also good 
 articles on the relations between sport and literature, 
 sport and art, and sport and hygiene. 
 
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ANXUARIO DELL'ITALIA ALL'ESTERO E DELLE SUE 
 COLONIE. Issued by the Istituto Coloniale Italiano. Roma: 
 Aristide Staderini. 1911. Bound in boards. 7^" x 10". pp. 
 759. LS. 
 
 A treasury of facts and statistics, regarding Italian col- 
 onies and Italians and Italian interests beyond the seas. 
 
 LA NOSTRA FLOTTA MILITARE. Torino: S. Lattes e 
 C 1913. 6"x9". pp.207. L4. Well illustrated, with maps. 
 Our Italian immigrants are deeply interested in Italy's 
 navy, and this attractive book gives abundant detail of 
 its development and the present condition of every arm 
 of the service, with many pictures and detail drawings of 
 every kind of war vessel. 
 
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Periodicals and Newspapers 
 
 With the rapid industrial progress of Italy during the last 
 ten years, journalism has been making rapid strides. The 
 newspapers are far more widely read. They have grown 
 larger; they are fuller of news, and more interestingly and 
 popularly written. And in certain respects, the collection 
 and treatment of the news, the larger and more striking 
 headlines, the breaking up of the formal columns, newspaper 
 standards have been set that might be called characteristically 
 American. The signed article is a very distinctive feature 
 of the Italian press. Many eminent authors, university pro- 
 fessors, scientists and statesmen write for the daily papers of 
 Italy over their own signatures. Notable in this way is the 
 important article or interview on burning questions of the 
 hour, given by long distance telephone. 
 
 The list selected is a very short one, and of necessity has 
 been confined to the smallest possible number of newspapers 
 that would represent in a summary way the most important 
 sections of Italy and the very best of Italian journalism. 
 A number of considerations bear upon the choice of an 
 Italian paper for a library. It is not always a question of 
 the selection of the best, or one politically acceptable, or one 
 attractive for a popular staff of writers. The choice will 
 often be dictated by learning from what part of Italy the 
 library's readers chiefly come. The Sicilian, or the Neapoli- 
 tan, will naturally prefer to read a paper that will give him 
 the news from his home province than one giving much 
 space to local items from a wholly different section of Italy. 
 Italian journalism has made rapid progress in the United 
 States during the last five years. More than 200 Italian 
 papers and periodicals of various kinds are now being printed 
 in this country in Italian. Their quality is continually im- 
 proving, and they are being more and more widely read. 
 Some of them reprint the most important articles published 
 in the papers of Italy. Some have a cooperative arrangement 
 with the large papers of Italy, and are able to publish simul- 
 taneously news of special interest to Italians, and cable- 
 grams from the Argentine Republic and Brazil. On the 
 whole, the Italian papers in the United States are of local 
 importance, and choice among them is apt to be rather im- 
 peratively dictated by the Italian readers of each library. 
 With the development of the new national habit of reading, 
 the Italian magazines and reviews have rapidly improved in 
 
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quality and interest; and they have very rapidly increased in 
 number. Their development has been along the lines of 
 both French and American periodicals, and in the list here 
 printed, the most popular, representative and useful have 
 been chosen. 
 
 Periodicals 
 
 LA NUOVA ANTOLOGIA. Illustrated Monthly. Piazza di 
 Spagna. Roma. L46 yearly. 
 
 The monthly magazine of greatest distinction and im- 
 portance published in Italy. It suggests a combination of 
 the North American Review, the Atlantic and the World's 
 Work. It deals with politics, science, art, poetry, liter- 
 ature. Many reviews. Prints fiction. Live and open- 
 minded. Prof. Rava, the new Minister of Finance, is a 
 distinguished member of its staff. 
 
 RASSEGNA CONTEMPORANEA. Fortnightly. C. A. 
 Bontempelli, Corso L^mberto I, 160, Roma. L36 yearly. 
 Ably edited review. Scope: Literature, politics, history, 
 economics, sociology, fiction. To be compared in certain 
 respects to some of the English reviews. Has a marked 
 scholarly flavor. Open to the new currents of thought. 
 
 RIVISTA POPOLARE. Fortnightly. Corso Vittorio 
 Emanuele, 115, Napoli. L 8 yearly. 
 
 A serious and extremely well informed and interesting 
 review of politics, letters and social science. Edited by 
 the distinguished economist and sociologist and uncom- 
 promising republican, Prof. Xapoleone Colajanni. Con- 
 tains an excellent department of Review of Reviews, with 
 reprints of important articles from the best newspapers 
 and magazines of other nations. Pays much attention to 
 questions of international politics and the social progress 
 of the world. 
 
 MINERVA. Fortnightly. Unione Tipografico-Editrice Tor- 
 inese, via Cicerone, 56, Roma. L 14 yearly. 
 The Italian Review of Reviews. Not merely in plan, but 
 actually, international. Gives more space to foreign pub- 
 lications than it does to those of Italy. Follows closely 
 all important questions and has the art of making clip- 
 pings interesting. 
 
 L'lLLUSTRAZIONE ITALIANA. Illustrated Weekly. 
 Fratelli Treves. Milano. L48 yearly. 
 
 Gives a graphic weekly story of the world's progress, 
 paying special attention to the life and important events of 
 
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Italy. It gives considerable space to literary, scientific, 
 artistic matters, and important discoveries. Beautifully 
 illustrated. The most popular of all Italian periodicals. 
 In the hotels, restaurants and "caffes" of Italy you always 
 have to wait until somebody else finishes with the "lUus- 
 trazione." 
 
 LA LETTURA. Illustrated Monthly, via Solferino, 8. 
 Milano. L 8 yearly. 
 
 A cheap monthly magazine with illustrated cover. 
 Contains many short stories and continued novels, also 
 short and interesting articles: travel, politics, liiograph- 
 ical sketches, art, etc. Very popular, and clean. 
 
 LA VITA ITALIANA ALL'ESTERO. Monthly, via Due 
 Macelli, 9, Roma. L 12 yearly. 
 
 Devoted to the interests of Italy and Italians abroad. 
 Emigration is the first of these interests, but foreign poli- 
 tics and the colonies receive much attention. Well writ- 
 ten, with distinguis'hed list of contributors. 
 
 EMPORIUM. Illustrated Monthly. Istituto Italiano d'Arti 
 Grafiche, Bergamo. L 13 yearly. 
 
 Monthly review of art, also including in a minor way 
 literature and science. Well and profusely illustrated. 
 Though devoted chiefly to Italian art, it gives much space 
 to the art of other countries. Well informed. 
 
 LO SPORT ILLUSTRATO. Illustrated Fortnightly. Corso 
 di Porta Nuova, 19, Milano. L 15 yearly. 
 
 Well printed and well illustrated record of every sporting 
 interest. Water sports, wrestling, motoring, the aero- 
 plane, running and jumping, tennis fill most of the space. 
 A new recent interest, now exciting wider and wider at- 
 tention, is foot-ball. 
 
 Newspapers 
 
 IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA. Daily, via Solferino, 28, 
 Milano. L36 yearly. With "La Lettura," (See "Periodi- 
 cals.") L43. yearly. With La Lettura & La Domenica del 
 Corriere (a colored Sunday supplement — popular). L 50 
 yearly. 
 
 Commonly considered the best newspaper of Italy and 
 with high rank among the newspapers of the world. 
 Honest, clean, — "a family paper" — thoroughly abreast of 
 the world's progress. Has excellent foreign news service. 
 Printed in Milan, but read throughout Italy and abroad 
 on account of its quality. Articles by prominent states- 
 
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men frequently appear in its columns. Minister of State Luz- 
 zatti, Minister of Education Daneo and Minister of Agricul- 
 ture Cavasola have written for it for years. The vivid articles 
 — see "Travel" — on Mexico by Luigi Barzini, one of its 
 travelling correspondents, famous throughout Italy, were re- 
 printed day by day in the London TelegrapTi and the Xew 
 York World. 
 
 L.-\ STAMPA. Dailv. via Davide Bertolotti, 3, Torino. 
 L 35.50 yearly. 
 
 Stands high even compared with the best papers of the 
 continent. It also has excellent foreign news service, and 
 an able staff of writers. Giuseppe Bevione — see "Travel"* 
 — has contributed several important series of articles to 
 its columns, which in matters of foreign policy affecting 
 the Argentine Republic, Tripoli and Asia Minor have power- 
 fully influenced public opinion, and government action. The 
 "Stampa" is often compared to the "Corriere." Though 
 serious in character, it is, however, more brightly written. 
 
 LA TRIBUNA. Daily, via Milano, 67. Roma. L 34 yearly. 
 
 The official organ of the successive governments of Italy. 
 An admirably written, progressive, well informed paper, 
 which has maintained its high character unchanged for 
 many years. Like nearly all continental papers, and 
 many of our own, it runs a continued novel, and prints 
 many clever sketches. It has an able staff of writers, 
 among them "Rastignac," the pen name of Vincenzo Morello, 
 one of the best known editorial writers of Italy. 
 
 JL GIORXALE DTTALIA. Daily. Palazzo Sciarra. Roma. 
 L 34 yearly. 
 
 Ably represents one of the wings of the liberal party. 
 Honest, clean, w-ell written. Prime Minister Salandra and 
 Marquis San Giuliano, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, have 
 been for a number of years two of its principal writers. So, 
 too, Diego Angeli. well known in Italy as novelist, art critic, 
 satirist and Translator of Shakespeare. A number of well 
 known Nationalist writers, such as Federzoni, Bellonci and 
 Maraviglia contribute frequently to its columns. 
 
 IL MATTIXO. Daily. Galleria Umberto I, Napoli. L 33 
 yearly. 
 
 The best paper of Naples, ably edited by the well known 
 journalist Enrico Scarfoglio. The Mattino has made 
 rapid progress during the last few years, enlarging its 
 scope and gaining in popularity and influence. 
 
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IL GIORNALE DI SICILIA. Daily. Piazza Stazione Ccn- 
 
 trale, Palermo. Sicily. L 55. yearly. 
 
 Commonly considered the best of the papers of Sicily. 
 
 Like the other important papers of Italy, it devotes much 
 
 space to foreign news. But it gives more attention than 
 
 the others mentioned to local matters, specializing on Sicilian 
 
 interests. 
 
 8H- 
 
Library Notices, Rules and Friendly 
 Helps in Italian 
 
 The greatest possible care should be taken to see that all notices 
 in Italian are correct in every detail of wording and spelling. 
 
 The following notice in Italian, now revised, with its famil- 
 iar appealing ''thou's", has been pasted on the covers of all 
 Italian books in the Librarjr at Mount Vernon, N. Y. It 
 has proved very helpful in inducing readers to take better 
 care of the books: 
 
 Amico Lettore! 
 Tratta questo libro come 
 tratteresti un caro amico. 
 Non spi^azzarlo ; non 
 sp or carlo; non stracciarlo; 
 non segnarlo con la matita o 
 con la penna ; e non portare 
 le dita alia bocca per vol- 
 tarne le pagine. 
 Pensa che esso deve anche 
 servire ad altri tuoi compa- 
 trioti. 
 
 Se lo stracci o lo sporchi, 
 dai un cattivo esempio, e 
 impedisci che altri italiani 
 ne traggano vantaggio. 
 Rispetta questo libro per il 
 buon nome e per il vantag- 
 gio degli italiani I 
 
 Friend Reader! 
 Treat this book as thou 
 wouldst a dear friend. 
 Do not rumple it; do not 
 soil it; do not tear it; do 
 not mark it with a pencil 
 or with a pen ; do not mois- 
 ten your fingers to turn its 
 pages. 
 
 Think that it must also serve 
 others who are thy compat- 
 riots. 
 
 To tear it or to soil it 
 would set a bad example, 
 and prevent other Italians 
 getting benefit from it. 
 Respect this book for the 
 good name and for the ad- 
 vantage of Italians. 
 
 For those who abuse books the plan has been formed, also 
 at Mount Vernon, of showing a copy of a new book that had 
 been borrowed only once and then returned in so bad a con- 
 dition that it could not again be sent out, and comparing this 
 with a copy of Dante that was printed in Venice in 1529, 
 whose pages are as clean, and in many cases almost as white, 
 as when it left the press nearly 400 years ago. 
 
A SELECTION OF NOTICES AND RULES, REVISED, 
 THAT ARE BEING USED IN THE PUBLIC LI- 
 BRARIES OF NEW YORK CITY, PROVIDENCE AND 
 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
 
 USO DELLA BIBLIOTE- 
 CA. 
 
 La Biblioteca e gratuita per 
 tutti. 
 
 I libri sono nella Biblioteca 
 perche voi possiate leggerli 
 o studiarli o portarli a casa, 
 se avete la tessera. 
 
 CHI PUO PORTARE LI- 
 BRI A CASA? 
 Voi lo potete. I vostri 
 bambini lo possono. 
 Chiunque in citta lo puo. 
 OR 
 
 II lettore deve far firmare la 
 carta da una persona che lo 
 conosca, e il cui noma sia 
 registrato nel Directory. 
 
 OR 
 
 Qualsiasi persona che risie- 
 da nella citta, dando 
 opportune referenze, puo 
 ottenere il permesso di por- 
 tare libri a casa. 
 COME I LIBRI SI POS- 
 SONO PRENDERE. 
 La tessera e data gratis. La 
 prima volta che voi venite, 
 se non potete parlare in- 
 glese, portate con voi un 
 fanciullo o qualche persona 
 che vi possa far da interpre- 
 te. E' necessario dare le 
 seguenti indicazioni : Nome 
 e cognome, residenza, occu- 
 pazione, luogo dove si ha 
 la occupazione. 
 
 Noi vi faremo vedere dove 
 sono i libri italiani. 
 Quando avete trovato il li- 
 bro che desiderate, date la 
 
 THE USE OF THE LI- 
 BRARY. 
 
 The Library is free for all. 
 
 The books are in the Li- 
 brary in order that you may 
 read them, or study them, or 
 take them home, if you have 
 the card. 
 
 WHO MAY TAKE 
 BOOKS HOME? 
 You may. 
 
 Your children may. 
 Anyone in the city may. 
 
 OR 
 The reader must have the 
 required form signed by 
 some one who knows him, 
 and whose name is in the 
 Directory. 
 
 OR 
 Anyone who lives in the 
 city, giving the necessary 
 references, may obtain the 
 loan of books to take home. 
 
 HOW BOOKS MAY BE 
 TAKEN OUT. 
 The card is given without 
 charge. The first time you 
 come, if you cannot speak 
 English, bring with you a 
 boy, or some person who 
 may act as interpreter for 
 you. It is necessary to give 
 the following information: 
 Your full name, residence, 
 occupation, and the address 
 of the place where you 
 work. 
 
 We will show you where 
 the Italian books are. 
 When you have found the 
 book that you wish, give 
 
 90 
 
vostra tessera e il libro che 
 avete scelto alia bibliote- 
 caria. Ella ne prendera 
 nota e vi consegnera il libro 
 da portare a casa. 
 Se i libri desiderati non si 
 trovano in Biblioteca, si 
 fara di tutto per ottenerli. 
 II libro che sia fuori 
 quando voi lo domandate, 
 vi verra riserbato dalla bi- 
 bliotecaria, se voi gliene fate 
 richiesta. 
 
 La sezione pei ragazzi e ra- 
 gazze e ben provvista di libri 
 istruttivi e dilettevoli, e ha 
 una sala dove si possono 
 comodamente studiare le 
 lezioni di scuola. 
 
 Perche non mandate i vostri 
 figlioli alia Biblioteca, dove 
 possono ottenere aiuto per il 
 loro lavoro di scuola? 
 VOLETE I M P A R A R E 
 L'INGLESE? 
 
 FREQUENTATE LA 
 
 SCUOLA GRATUITA 
 ALLA BIBLIOTECA 
 PUBBLICA. 
 LE LEZIONI COMINCI- 
 
 ANO 
 
 ALLEORE P. M. 
 
 PER ALTRE INFORMA- 
 ZIONIDOMANDARE 
 ALLA BIBLIOTECARIA. 
 
 IL REGOLAMENTO. 
 Gli adulti possono prendere 
 non piu di quattro (due) 
 volumi alia volta — di cui 
 uno soltanto romanzo e una 
 rivista; i ragazzi non piii di 
 due volumi alia volta. I 
 libri devono essere restituiti 
 dopo non piii di due setti- 
 mane — e alcuni dopo non piii 
 di una settimana sola. 
 Le riviste del mese in corso 
 e del mese precedente non 
 
 your card and the book that 
 
 you have chosen to the 
 Librarian. She will make 
 a note of it, and will give 
 you the book to take home. 
 If the books that you wished 
 are not in the Library, every 
 effort will be made to secure 
 them for you. When a book 
 that you have asked for is 
 out, it will be reserved for 
 you by the Librarian, if you 
 ask her to do so. 
 The Department for boys 
 and girls is well provided 
 with instructive and enter- 
 taining books, and it has a 
 room where they may very 
 comfortably study their les- 
 sons for school. 
 Why do you not send your 
 children to the Library, 
 where they may obtain help 
 for their school work? 
 DO YOU WISH TO 
 LEARN ENGLISH? 
 COME TO THE FREE 
 SCHOOL AT THE PUB- 
 LIC LIBRARY. 
 
 THE LESSONS COM- 
 MENCE 
 
 AT P. M. 
 
 FOR OTHER INFORMA- 
 TION ASK THE LI- 
 BRARIAN. 
 
 RULES. 
 Adults may take out no 
 more than four (two) 
 books at one time — of 
 w^hich one alone may be a 
 novel and one a magazine; 
 children not more than two 
 books at a time. The books 
 must be returned within two 
 weeks — and some of them 
 within one week. 
 Magazines of the current 
 month and of the preceding 
 
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possono ottenersi in pres- 
 tito per piu di tre giorni. 
 La multa di un soldo e 
 imposta per ogni giorno di 
 ritardo nel restituire i libri, 
 e la Biblioteca ha il diritto 
 di mandare a ritirarli a 
 spese del richiedente, che 
 non potra ottenere altri libri, 
 finche non avra pagato tutte 
 le spese. 
 
 Ordinariamente il prestito 
 dei libri potra essere rinno- 
 vato per altre due settimane, 
 facendone domanda. 
 La Biblioteca sta aperta, per 
 il prestito e la restituzione 
 dei libri, dalle 9 a. m. alle 9. 
 p. m. di ogni giorno, eccetto 
 la domenica. 
 
 I richiedenti che trovano nei 
 libri segni di matita, pagine 
 lacere o mancanti, debbono 
 farlo notare alia bibliote- 
 caria. 
 
 month may not be borrowed 
 for more than three days. 
 A fine of one cent is im- 
 posed for each day of delay 
 in returning the books, and 
 the Library has the right to 
 send to get them at the ex- 
 pense of the one who has 
 borrowed them, and he will 
 not be able to obtain other 
 books, until he has paid all 
 the expenses. 
 
 Ordinarily the loan of books 
 rnay be renewed for an ad- 
 ditional two weeks, by mak- 
 ing request. 
 
 The Library is open for the 
 loan and return of books 
 from 9 A. M. until 9. P. M. 
 every day, except Sunday. 
 
 Those who take out books 
 and find in them pencil 
 marks, pages torn or miss- 
 ing, should call them to the 
 attention of the Librarian. 
 
 FRIENDLY HELPS IN ITALIAN. 
 With Apologies to the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass. 
 
 Buon giorno. Good morning; good day — (Greeting used 
 
 until late afternoon). 
 
 Buona sera. Good evening — (Greeting used late afternoon 
 
 and evening). 
 
 A rivederci. Good-bye — until we meet again. 
 
 Ci farete sempre piacere. // will always give us pleasure to 
 
 see you. 
 
 Parlate inglese? Leggete I'inglese? Do you speak English? 
 
 Do you read English f 
 
 Leggete I'italiano? Scrivete I'italiano? Do you read Italianf 
 
 Do you write Italianf 
 
 Come vi chiamate? What is your name? 
 
 Leggete questa carta e firmate il vostro nome qui. 
 
 Read this paper and sign your name here. 
 
 Scrivete anche il vostro indirizzo e il nome della persona 
 
 presso cui lavorate. 
 
 IVrife also your address, and the name of the man you work 
 
 for. 
 
 Voi dovete darci il nome di una persona che noi conosciamo. 
 
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che sia disposta a firmare questa carta ed essere risponsabile 
 
 per voi. 
 
 You must give us the name of some one that we know, who 
 
 is willing to sign this paper and be responsible for you. 
 
 Troverete il regolamento di questa Biblioteca in questa 
 
 tessera. 
 
 You will find the rules of the Library on this card. 
 
 I libri italiani sono qui, tutti insieme. 
 
 Our Italian books are all here together. 
 
 Venite qui e scegliete quel che vi piace. 
 
 Come here and choose what you wish. 
 
 Potete prendere un romanzo e un altro libro in una sola volta 
 
 You may take a novel and one other book at a time. 
 
 Vostra moglie e i vostri figli possono prendere libri sc 
 
 vogliono. 
 
 Your wife and children may take books if they Tvish. 
 
 Ma bisogna che anche loro abbiano delle tessere. 
 
 But they too must have cards. 
 
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