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The Three Horns of Messer Guicciardini | 1 |
The Pills of the Medici | 6 |
Furicchia, or the Egg-Woman of the Mercato Vecchio | 11 |
The Lanterns of the Strozzi Palace | 17 |
The Goblin of La Via Del Corno | 21 |
Frate Giocondo, the Monk of Santa Maria Novella | 26 |
The Legend of the Croce al Trebbio | 31 |
The Two Fairies of the Well | 36 |
The Story of the Via Delle Serve Smarrite | 41 |
The Bronze Boar of the Mercato Nuovo | 47 |
The Fairy of the Campanile, or the Tower of Giotto | 51 |
The Goblin of the Tower Della Trinita, or the Porta San Niccolo | 54 |
The Ghost of Michel Angelo | 59 |
The Apparition of Dante | 62 |
Legends of La Certosa | 66 |
Legends of the Bridges in Florence | 74 |
The Bashful Lover | 85 |
La Fortuna | 87 |
The Story of the Unfinished Palace | 91 |
The Devil of the Mercato Vecchio | 98 |
Seeing that All was Right | 107 |
The Enchanted Cow of La Via Vacchereccia | 109 |
The Witch of the Porta Alla Croce | 114 |
The Column of Cosimo, or Della Santa Trinita | 118 |
Legends of Or’ San Michele | 122 |
The Witch of the Arno | 132 |
Stories of San Miniato | 141 |
The Frair’s Head of Santa Maria Maggiore—The Lady who Confessed for Everybody—Holy Relics | 149 |
Biancone, the Giant Statue in the Signoria | 152 |
The Red Goblin of the Bargello | 160 |
Legends of San Lorenzo | 167 |
Legends of the Piazza San Biagio | 174 |
The Spirit of the Porta San Gallo | 176 |
Story of the PodestÀ who was Long on his Journey | 179 |
Legends of the Boboli Gardens: the Old Gardener, and the Two Statues and the Fairy | 184 |
How La Via Della Mosca got its Name | 188 |
The Roman Vase | 194 |
The Unfortunate Priest | 201 |
The Mysterious Fig-Tree | 205 |
Il Palazzo Feroni | 211 |
La Via Delle Belle Donne | 219 |
The Wizard with Red Teeth | 221 |
Orpheus and Eurydice | 225 |
Intialo: the Spirit of the Haunting Shadow | 237 |
Cain and his Worshippers | 254 |