Ten stories by Machado de Assis, most from his early, formative period. Foreword by ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva, Introduction by Greicy Pinto Bellin. Greicy Bellin is co-translator with Ana Lessa-Schmidt. This is a good companion volume to go with "Ex Cathedra: Stories by Machado de Assis, " which is from his later, more literary period. It resents 21 stories, most never before translated, in Portguese and Englnish.