Author' s Preface OCTOBER The First Day of School Our Master An Accident The Calabrian Boy My Classmates A Noble Action My Schoolmistress o{ the Upper First In an Attic The School The Little Patriot of Padua NOVEMBER The Chimney Sweep All Souls ' Day My Friend Garrone The Charcoal-Man and the Gentleman My Brother's School-Mistress My Mother My Companion Coretti The Principal of the School The Soldiers The Protector of Nelli The First of the Class The Little Vidette of Lomdardy The Poor DECEMBER The Trading Boy …… JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIl MAY JUNE JULY