《爱的教育》(作者亚米契斯)这部书是特地奉献给九岁到十三岁的小学生的。该书的题目可以叫做“一个小学生一学年的故事”，是由意大利某市立小学一位四年级的学生写的。我说是以为四年级的小学生写的并不意味着是直接出于他的手笔，依此而出版成书的。他日积月累地在自己的笔记本上上写呀写呀，写他在校内外的所见所闻所想。到了年底，他爸爸在他的本子上加了批注，但力图保持原故事的主题思想和孩子的语言风格。四年以后，他已升入高中。这时候，他重温自己的手稿，回忆起人和事更有了新鲜感，于是，又在手稿中加进了新的内容。亲爱的孩子们，请你们今天读一读这部书，希望能喜欢它，并从中获得教益。

October

The First Day of School

Our Master

An Accident

The Calabrian Boy

My Schoolmates

A GeneRous Deed

My Schoolmistress of the Upper First

In an Attig

The School

The Little Patriot of Padua

The Chimney-Sweep

The Day of the Dead

November.

My Friend Garrone

The Charcoal-Man and the Gentleman

My Brother's Schoolmistress

My Mother

My Friend Coretti

The Principal

The Soldiers

Nelli ' s Protector

The Head of the Class

The Little Vidette of Lombardy

The Poor

December.

The Trader

Vanity

The First Snow-Storm

Muratorino, the Little Mason

Contents.

A Snowball

The Schoolmistresses

The Wounded Man

The Little Florentine Scribe

Will

Gratitude

January

The Assistant Master

Stardi' s Library

The Blacksmith's Son

A Fine Visit

The Funeral of Vittorio Emanuele

Franti Expelled from School

The Sardinian Drummer-Boy

The Love of Country

Envy

Franti' s Mother

Hope

February.

A Medal Well Bestowed

Good Resolutions

The Train of Cars

Pride

The Wounds of Labor

The PriSoner

Daddy' s Nurse

The Workshop

The Little Clown

The Last Day of the Carnival

The Blind Boys

The Sick Teacher

The Street

CONTENTS.

March.

The Evening School

The Fight

The Boys' Parents

Number 78

A Little Dead Boy

The Eve of the Fourteenth of March

The Distribution of Prizes

The Quarrel

My Sister

Blood of Romagna

The Little Mason on His Sick-Bed

Count Cavour

April.

Spring

King Umberto

The Infant Asylum

Gymnastics

My Father' s Teacher

Convalescence

Friends Among the Workingmen

Garrone' s Mother

Giuseppe Mazzini

Civic Valor

May.

Children with the Rickets

Sacrifice

The Fire

From the Apennines to the Andes

Summer

The Poetic Side

The Deaf-Mute

CONTENTS.

June.

Garibaldi

The Army

Italy

Thirty-Two Degrees

My Father

In the Country

The Distribution of Prizes to the Workingmed

My Dead Schoolmistress

Thanks

The Shipwreck

July.

The Last Page from my Mother

The Examinations

The Last Examination

Farewell