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THE HISTORY

OF

DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA.


[Illustration: Don Quixote.]


[Illustration:

The

history

of

Don Quixote

de la mancha

LONDON

Edward Lumley.]




The history

of

Don Quixote de la Mancha.

From the Spanish of Cervantes.

REVISED FOR GENERAL READING.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

A Sketch of the Life and Writings of the Author.

Second Edition,

WITH ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

London:

James Burns

mdcccxlviii.




CONTENTS.


  CHAP.                                                          PAGE

  I. The quality and way of living of Don Quixote                   1

  II. Which treats of Don Quixote's first sally                     5

  III. An account of the pleasant method taken by Don Quixote to
  be dubbed a knight                                                8

  IV. What befell the Knight after he had left the inn             12

  V. A further account of our Knight's misfortunes                 17

  VI. Of the pleasant and curious scrutiny which the Curate and
  the Barber made of the library of our ingenious gentleman        20

  VII. Don Quixote's second sally in quest of adventures           24

  VIII. Of the good success which the valorous Don Quixote had
  in the most terrifying and incredible adventure of the Windmills,
  with other transactions worthy to be transmitted to posterity    26

  IX. What passed between Don Quixote and the Goatherds            29

  X. A continuation of the story of Marcella                       33

  XI. The sage discourse continued; with the adventures of a
  dead body                                                        47

  XII. Which treats of the grand adventure of Mambrino's helmet,
  with other things which befell our invincible Knight             57

  XIII. Of what befell Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena, being one
  of the most extraordinary adventures related in this faithful
  history                                                          66

  XIV. A continuation of the adventure in the Sierra Morena        72

  XV. Of what happened to Don Quixote's Squire, with the famous
  device of the Curate and the Barber                              84

  XVI. How the Priest and the Barber proceeded in their project;
  with other things worthy of being related                        88

  XVII. Of the new and agreeable adventure that befell the Priest
  and the Barber, and of the beautiful Dorothea                    96

  XVIII. Which treats of the beautiful Dorothea's discretion;
  with other particulars                                          102

  XIX. Of the ingenious method pursued to withdraw our enamoured
  Knight from the rigorous penance which he had imposed on
  himself                                                         108

  XX. The pleasant dialogue between Don Quixote and his Squire
  continued; with other adventures                                115

  XXI. What befell Don Quixote and his company at the inn         121

  XXII. Of the dreadful battle betwixt Don Quixote and certain
  Wine-skins                                                      125

  XXIII. Containing an account of many surprising accidents in
  the inn                                                         127

  XXIV. The history of the famous Princess Micomicona continued;
  with other pleasant adventures                                  132

  XXV. A continuation of Don Quixote's curious and excellent
  discourse upon arms and learning                                137

  XXVI. Of occurrences at the inn; and of many other things worthy
  to be known                                                     139

  XXVII. The agreeable history of the young muleteer; with other
  strange accidents                                               141

  XXVIII. A continuation of the extraordinary adventures that
  happened in the inn                                             145

  XXIX. In which the dispute concerning Mambrino's helmet is
  decided; with other adventures that really and truly happened   148

  XXX. The notable adventure of the Holy Brotherhood; with an
  account of the ferocity of our good Knight, Don Quixote         151

  XXXI. Of the strange and wonderful manner in which Don Quixote
  de la Mancha was enchanted; with other remarkable occurrences   156

  XXXII. Of the ingenious contest between Don Quixote and the
  Canon; with other incidents                                     161

  XXXIII. The Goatherd's narrative                                164