This set of new English-language translations of some of Matilde Serao's early writings on Naples (1878-1884) includes the following: "What They Eat," "The Lottery," "More on the Lottery," and "Farewell" (all from Il ventre di Napoli); "To the Tenth Muse"; and "The Legend of the Future." The translations are fully annotated, and a bibliography is supplied in the translator's accompanying essay.
