The translations in this volume, where previously published, are used by arrangement with the owners of the copyrights (as specified at the beginning of each story). Translations made especially for the series are covered by its general copyright. All rights in both classes are reserved.

The portrait of Edmondo de Amicis prefixed to this volume is used by permission of Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, the authorized American publishers of de Amicis' works.