The little match man
By: by Luigi Barzini; illustrations by Hattie Longstreet.
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company
Published: 1917
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
First sentence: I am going to tell you something that you must never tell anyone.
Description: During a moment of boredom, an Italian war correspondent in Japan constructs a little figure from wooden matches and string, and to his surprise, the match figure comes to life.  The figure contains the ancient nature spirit of the tree from which the matches were made.
Table of contents: label: I
title: My Surprise
pagenum: 11; label: II
title: The First Adventure
pagenum: 19; label: III
title: He Confides in Me
pagenum: 27; label: IV
title: About a Stork and a Battle
pagenum: 33; label: V
title: The Haji Saves the Warrior
pagenum: 43; label: VI
title: The Sad Story of the Transformation
pagenum: 51; label: VII
title: The End of Fiam's Fears
pagenum: 59; label: VIII
title: Fiam Goes to the War
pagenum: 67; label: IX
title: Postage Stamps
pagenum: 73; label: X
title: Fimmiferino Has a Bath
pagenum: 83; label: XI
title: A Curious Costume
pagenum: 91; label: XII
title: Fiam as a Mountain Climber
pagenum: 97; label: XIII
title: A Change of Residence
pagenum: 103; label: XIV
title: Fiam Overlooks the Battle
pagenum: 109; label: XV
title: Fiam Wears a Fur Coat
pagenum: 115; label: XVI
title: Fiam's Silver Armour
pagenum: 123; label: XVII
title: A Singular Encounter
pagenum: 129; label: XVIII
title: I Am Entrusted With a Delicate Mission
pagenum: 137; label: XIX
title: The Effect of Fiam's Foresight
pagenum: 143; label: XX
title: Fiam Goes Forth
pagenum: 149; label: XXI
title: The Zeal of Dr. Tasa
pagenum: 159