| INTRODUCTORY |
| THE FAMILY OF MENDOZA |
| PAGE |
| Descent of the author of Lazarillo de Tormes | xv |
| A Mendoza saved the life of King Juan I. of Castille | xvi |
| The poet Marquis of Santillana | xvii |
| Children of the Marquis | xviii |
| Counts of Tendilla | xix |
| Antiquity of the family | xxi |
| DON DIEGO HURTADO DE MENDOZA, AUTHOR OF “LAZARILLO DE TORMES” |
| Born in the Alhambra | xxiii |
| At Salamanca | xxiv |
| Services in Italy | xxiv |
| Library | xxiv |
| The “Guerra de Granada” | xxv |
| Last days | xxv |
| Death | xxv |
| THE BOOK, “LAZARILLO DE TORMES” |
| Ticknor’s opinion | xxvii |
| First edition | xxvii |
| Value of copies | xxviii |
| Spurious second parts | xxviii |
| English translations | xxix |
| NOTES ON THE CHARACTER OF LAZARO |
| His age coincides with the Author’s | xxxi |
| Two destinies | xxxii |
| Baneful surroundings as a child | xxxiii |
| Good stories well told | xxxiii |
| Higher qualities | xxxv |
| Development of character | xxxv |
| Merits of the work | xxxvi |
| PROLOGUE |
| Lazaro’s reason for relating all the circumstances of his life | 1 |
| Motives not to gain money but to win fame | 2 |
| Success of the poor should be a lesson to the rich | 3 |
| I |
| LAZARO RELATES THE WAY OF HIS BIRTH AND TELLS WHOSE SON HE IS |
| Parentage of Lazaro | 4 |
| Reason of his surname | 4 |
| Death of father. Mother in service | 6 |
| Stepfather. Little brown brother | 6 |
| Living on stolen goods | 7 |
| Helps at the inn | 8 |
| FIRST MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A BLIND MAN |
| Service with the blind man | 11 |
| Farewell to his mother | 11 |
| Cruel trick of the blind man | 12 |
| Sagacity of the blind man | 15 |
| The blind man’s resources and avarice | 16 |
| Inside of the knapsack | 17 |
| Contrivance with half blancas | 17 |
| Ways of getting at the wine | 18 |
| Blind man’s cruel revenge | 19 |
| Coolness between them | 20 |
| Lazaro beaten. Blind man in the mud | 21 |
| Sharing a bunch of grapes | 22 |
| Trouble about the sausage | 25 |
| Lazaro’s revenge | 28 |
| SECOND MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CLERGYMAN, AND OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO HIM |
| Out of the frying-pan into the fire | 31 |
| Nothing to eat in the house | 31 |
| Lazaro sinking into the silent tomb | 32 |
| Stinginess of the clergyman | 33 |
| Lazaro longs for the funeral feasts | 33 |
| An angel in form of a locksmith | 35 |
| Lazaro happy for a time | 35 |
| The priest counts the loaves | 36 |
| It was the rats | 37 |
| Rat-hole boarded up | 38 |
| Rat-hole reappears | 41 |
| Lazaro undid the repairs at night | 41 |
| Rat-trap adds cheese to Lazaro’s meal | 42 |
| It must be a snake | 42 |
| The key turns traitor | 43 |
| Lazaro half killed, and shown the door | 44 |
| THIRD MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A GENTLEMAN, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM |
| Lazaro reaches Toledo and seeks for a master | 47 |
| He enters the service of an esquire | 48 |
| Taken to the esquire’s house | 51 |
| Nothing to eat in the house | 51 |
| Trouble ahead about food | 52 |
| Shares his bread with his master | 53 |
| Philosophical views of starvation | 55 |
| A wretched night | 55 |
| The esquire’s outward appearance | 56 |
| Secrets under the esquire’s cloak | 59 |
| Lazaro goes for water. What he sees | 60 |
| Lazaro waits for his master and food | 61 |
| Successful begging expedition | 61 |
| What touches the esquire’s honour | 65 |
| The esquire longs to share with Lazaro | 65 |
| Lazaro’s kindness and tact | 66 |
| Provides a supper for his master | 67 |
| Examines the esquire’s clothes | 68 |
| Kindly feeling for his master | 68 |
| Begging prohibited | 69 |
| Kept alive by shop-girls | 69 |
| Misery and starvation | 70 |
| The esquire bemoans his fate | 70 |
| Lazaro’s terror at the dead body coming | 71 |
| Lazaro bars the door | 72 |
| Door unbarred | 73 |
| The esquire’s story | 73 |
| His ideas of honour | 74 |
| The esquire disappears when asked for the rent | 77 |
| Creditors search the house | 78 |
| Lazaro taken into custody | 81 |
| Lazaro deserted by his master | 82 |
| FOURTH MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A FRIAR OF THE ORDER OF MERCY, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM |
| The fourth master does not suit | 83 |
| FIFTH MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A SELLER OF PAPAL INDULGENCES |
| The seller of Indulgences curries favour with the parochial clergy | 84 |
| Subtle contrivances | 85 |
| A sham quarrel | 85 |
| The sermon begun | 87 |
| Interruption | 87 |
| Hypocritical prayer | 88 |
| Sham miracle | 89 |
| The people taken in | 90 |
| The farce continued | 91 |
| Lazaro behind the scenes | 92 |
| SIXTH MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CHAPLAIN, AND HOW HE PROSPERED |
| Lazaro becomes a water-carrier | 95 |
| Is able to wear good clothes | 96 |
| SEVENTH MASTER |
| HOW LAZARO TOOK SERVICE WITH A CONSTABLE, AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS |
| Lazaro’s prosperity continues | 97 |
| Gets a Government appointment | 97 |
| The archpriest of St. Saviour’s | 98 |
| Lazaro married | 98 |
| Evil tongues | 99 |
| A good understanding | 100 |
| Conclusion | 103 |
