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[Illustration: FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO VILLEGAS
VELASQUEZ. PINXT. AUTOGRAVURE]
PABLO DE SEGOVIA
THE SPANISH SHARPER
TRANSLATED FROM THE
ORIGINAL OF FRANCISCO
DE QUEVEDO-VILLEGAS
ILLVSTRATED WITH ONE HVNDRED
AND TEN DRAWINGS
BY
DANIEL VIERGE
TOGETHER WITH COMMENTS
ON THEM BY
JOSEPH PENNELL AND
AN ESSAY ON THE
LIFE AND WRITINGS
OF QUEVEDO BY HENRY
EDWARD WATTS
_LONDON_
Printed by UNWIN BROTHERS at the _Gresham Press_ for
T FISHER UNWIN
and Published by him at 11 _Paternoster Buildings_ 1892
CONTENTS.
PAGE
COMMENTS ON THE DRAWINGS OF DANIEL URRABIETA VIERGE, AND ALSO
A LETTER FROM THE ARTIST iii
QUEVEDO AND HIS WORKS: WITH AN ESSAY ON THE PICARESQUE NOVEL xv
BOOK I.
CHAP. I.
Giving an Account of Who he is and Whence he Sprung 3
CHAP. II.
How I went to School, and what Happened to me there 8
CHAP. III.
How I went to a Boarding School in quality of Servant
to Don Diego Coronel 17
CHAP. IV.
Of my Convalescence, and Departure for the University of
Alcalá de Henares 32
CHAP. V.
Of our entrance into Alcalá, of the Footing we had to pay, and the Tricks
they played upon us 41
CHAP. VI.
Of the wicked old Housekeeper, and the first knavish pranks
I played at Alcalá 51
CHAP. VII.
How I received news of my Father's Death, parted from Don Diego, and
what Course of Life I resolved on for the future 69
CHAP. VIII.
My Journey from Alcalá to Segovia, and what Happened by the way till I
came to Rejas, where I lay that Night 75
CHAP. IX.
Of what Happened to me on the road to Madrid with a Poet 89
CHAP. X.
Of what I did at Madrid, and what Happened to me on my way to
Cerecedilla, where I passed the Night 95
CHAP. XI.
The kind Entertainment I had at my Uncle's, the Visits I received; how I
recovered my Inheritance and returned to Madrid 111
CHAP. XII.
Of my flight from Segovia, with what Happened to me by
the way to Madrid 126
CHAP. XIII.
In which the Gentleman pursues his Journey, and his promised Tale of his
Life and Condition 132