Little Women

BYU-VMSS503Louisa M. Alcott Papers, 1862-1888Dennis Rowley and Helen L. WarnerRegister of the Louisa M. Alcott Papers, 1862-1888Vault MSS 503L. Tom Perry Special CollectionsBrigham Young University1998Contact InformationL. Tom Perry Special CollectionsHarold B. Lee LibraryBrigham Young UniversityProvo, UT 84602USAPhone: 801/422-3175Fax: 801/422-0461Email: Specialcollections@byu.eduProcessed by:Dennis Rowley and Helen L. WarnerDate completed:1998Encoded by:James Farrer

Descriptive SummaryVault MSS 503Louisa M. Alcott Papers, 1862-1888Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888L. Tom Perry Special Collections1 box (0.5 linear feet)American poet, novelist, and short story writer best known for her classic "Little Women."Handwritten and signed correspondence of Louisa May Alcott and her sister, May Alcott Nieriker and various other family members and writers. The letters are of both a private and professional mature, and discuss social engagements, familial affairs, writing schedules, and upcoming publications. Also included are two portraits, a sound recording with transcript of a radio adaptation of "Little Women," the poem recording with transcript of a radio adaption of "Little Women," the poem "Lines to a Robin," and the short story "A Free Bed." Also included are various other writings by Alcott.Provenance

The collection was not acquired as one unit but has been gradually formed as individual items became available at auction and from dealers from 1978 to the present. Most items were purchased in this manner from Rostenberg Rare Books, New York City, operated by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern.

Access

Collection is available to public use.

Conditions of Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

The copyright of this collection rests with the Estate of Theresa W. Pratt and the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (see The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott, ed. by Joel Myerson, Daniel Shealy, and Madeleine B. Stern, p. xi). Permission to publish material from Louisa M. Alcott Papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Vault MSS 503; Louisa M. Alcott Papers, 1862-1888; Arts and Communications; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

Following Citations: Vault MSS 503, LTPSC.

Biographical History

Louisa May Alcott, author of the Little Womenseries, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1832 to Bronson and Abigail (Abba) May Alcott. Little "Louy" had a difficult childhood, intensified by her strong desire to please her two strong-willed and conflicting parents. Bronson Alcott, an idealistic and impractical man, had unusual educational theories and experimented with his methods on his own children. In 1834, Bronson founded his ultra-modern but unsuccessful Temple School, located in Boston, at which students were encouraged to look into themselves to realize their individual intellects. His program stressed a conversational method of instruction, beautiful school surroundings, the honor system, and the study of recreation, including gymnastics and organized play. Although the school closed in 1839 due to many parents thinking his techniques dangerous and improper, Bronson's unconventional teaching methods had made a lasting impression on six-year-old Louy who wanted to be her father's perfect pupil.

Abba Alcott was a wise, long-suffering, and practical woman. She often had poor health and experienced extreme poverty as a result of her husband's idealism in his educational ventures, but Abba dealt with the family's situation with patience and strength. Louisa admired her mother greatly and was constantly attempting to please her; however, she also thought herself to be a bad child and a constant worry to her parents.

In 1840 the Alcotts moved to Concord, Massachusetts where their neighbors included Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, who introduced young Louisa to the beauties of nature and fanciful ideas. During the short time the Alcotts lived in Concord, Louy also began to write dramas for her sisters to enact in the barn. The memories of these barnyard melodramas and other childhood experiences would later find their way into Louisa's books, especially Little Women.

After a trip to Europe in 1842 to visit an experimental school named for him, Bronson Alcott returned with Charles Lane and Henry Wright. With them, Bronson bought a farm in Harvard, Massachusetts, called "Fruitlands," and there developed a utopian society for his family. Mr. Alcott's experiments with cold baths, linen tunics, and vegetarian diets were not compatible with the harsh New England winter, and the Alcott family suffered greatly from poor health and poverty until Bronson finally gave up on his "New Eden" scheme. The Alcotts then began a series of moves to and from Boston and Concord as Mr. Alcott searched for new means to support his family.

In September 1851, Louisa's first poem, entitled "Sunlight," was published in Peterson's Magazineunder the pseudonym of "Flora Fairfield." This was followed by several other "Flora Fairfield" compositions, including "The Rival Painters. A Tale of Rome," (1852); "The Rival Prima Donnas," (1854); and Flower Fables(1854), a book of fairy stories written for Emerson's daughter, Ellen.

Louisa's first novel, Moods, was begun in 1860-1861. Her progress was impeded, however, by a desire to nurse soldiers wounded in the Civil War. Accepted as a nurse by the Union Hotel Hospital in December 1862, "Lu" worked too hard and was struck by a serious illness in January 1863. As a result of her exhaustion and poor health, she was left incapable of leaving her room and was unable to write until March. In August 1863, Louisa's letters to her family describing her experiences as a nurse were published in Hospital Sketches, under the pseudonym "Tribulation Periwinkle." Moodswas finally published in December 1864.

During the mid to late 1860s, Louisa attempted another type of writing style which she called her "blood and thunder stories." These gothic romances, written under the pen name "A. M. Barnard," include "Pauline's Passion and Punishment"; "V.V.: or, Plots and Counterplots"; "A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model"; and "Behind a Mask: or, A Woman's Power." Louisa also began her career as a children's author in 1867 as the editor of the juvenile magazine, Merry's Museum.

In September of 1867, Thomas Niles of Roberts Brothers Publishing asked Louisa if she would write a children's book for him and, in May 1868, Little Womenbegan to take shape. In this children's novel about the March family, Louisa encapsulated the Alcott home, presenting a cheerful account of her own early life in New England. The book gained instant recognition upon its publication in 1869, and Louisa's fame and fortune as an author was ensured. During the 1870s, Louisa published prolifically, completing at least one book per year. Little Womenwas rapidly followed by: An Old-Fashioned Girl, (1870); Little Men, (1871); Aunt-Jo's Scrap Bag(6 vols., 1872-82); Work: A Study of Experience, (1873), a feminist and autobiographical novel; Eight Cousins, (1875); Silver Pitchers and Independenceand Rose in Bloom, (1876); A Modern Mephistopheles, (1877); Under the Lilacs, (1878); and Jack and Jill, (1880); Proverb Stories, (1882); Spinning-Wheel Stories, (1884); and Lulu's Library(3 vols., 1886-89).

The mad pace Louisa had set for her writing, however, could not last forever. After she had worked to exhaustion on Jo's Boys, her doctor forbade her to write for at least six months. From this point until her death, she constantly suffered from poor health and most of her energy was instead concentrated on rearing her niece, Louisa May ("Lulu") Nieriker, the daughter of her favorite sister May and Ernest Nieriker. May had died in 1879 shortly after Lulu's birth.

In June of 1887, Louisa began her last novel, A Garland for Girls, which was published in November. In July of 1887, she wrote and signed her will. On 1 March 1888 Louisa visited her ill father whom she feared she would never see alive again. Shortly afterwards she complained of a violent headache and immediately sank into unconsciousness. On 4 March Bronson Alcott died, and two days later Louisa followed him. She was fifty-six years old.

The information for this biography was drawn from The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott, ed. by Joel Myerson, Daniel Shealy, and Madeleine B. Stern, "Introduction" by Madeleine B. Stern, (Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1987); Louisa May Alcott at 150: A Writer's Progress, by Madeleine B. Stern, (Provo, Utah: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1984); The Cambridge Handbook of America Literature, ed. by Jack Salzman, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), p. 6; The Oxford Companion to American Literature, by James D. Hart, (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1983), p. 17; and Webster's American Biographies, ed. by Charles Van Doren, (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1979), p. 19. See also the working file for this register in the departmental files. For a more complete bibliography of the works of Louisa May Alcott, see the appendix to this register.

For related information in the Department of Special Collections and Manuscripts, see John Sewall Pratt Alcott, "last will and testament," (Mss SC 102) and Katherine Houghton, "To Heaven In a Swing," a monodrama based on the life, letters, and journals of Louisa May Alcott, (Mss SC 2366 and UTBV93A350); the Madeleine B. Stern Manuscript Collection, including some materials generated by Dr. Leona Rostenberg, Stern's long-time partner (Mss 1486 with unprocessed additions; and the Louisa May Alcott Book Collection. The book collection is discussed in detail in Madeleine B. Stern's, "Louisa May Alcott at BYU," Alice Louise Reynolds Lecture (Provo, Utah: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1991.)

Scope and Content Note

The Louisa May Alcott manuscript collection at Brigham Young University, although small in comparison with similar collections preserved at Harvard University's Houghton Library and the University of Virginia's Barrett Library (among others), provides significant insight into the life of this prominent 19th century author. As Madeleine Stern has written, "autograph materials play a vital role in the reconstruction of a life . . . and a lifework."1 BYU's manuscripts, along with others, help "to determine more precisely how much truth lies in Alcott's fiction, and to trace the manner in which she transmuted fact into fancy."2 Such determinations are of greater concern today than ever before. By 1982, the 150th anniversary of her birth, "her books . . .[were] no longer regarded simply as primers for childhood but as works that display the New England family in compassionate versions of the domestic novel. Little Womenhas been compared with Pride and Prejudice, and Alcott's educational concepts, her attitudes toward feminism, her relations with her father, her novels as commentary on the American family are all being analyzed. As she moves from the nursery to the study, Louisa Alcott is at last attaining a niche in American literary history long owed to her, . . . [for] she is indeed entitled to a high place in the hierarchy of American writers . . . "

Louisa's activities, writing habits and styles, thoughts on the contemporary scene, and relationships with her family, friends, and publishers from 1863 to 1888 are documented here in letters, literary manuscripts, a radio adaptation, a photograph, a lithograph of a portrait, and a canceled check. The original individuals, viz. Louisa May Alcott and her sister, May Alcott Nieriker, but her father, Bronson Alcott and her mother Abigail contribute one item each.

Notes on Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series to facilitate description, cataloging use, and further additions to the collection. The series are: 1) Louisa May Alcott; 2) May Alcott Nieriker; 3) Abigail May Alcott; 4) Bronson Alcott; and, 5) Related Research Materials. The contents of the first four series reflect provenance and the creative process that generated the original manuscripts. The fifth series was added by the archival staff for convenience of preservation and access. A full description of the scope, content, and arrangement of the five series follows.

Series 1. Louisa May Alcott.In Series 1, Louisa May Alcott's manuscripts are divided into four categories: Correspondence, Writings, Financial Records, and Portraits. The items withing each category are arranged chronologically with the exception that the writings category is arranged first by type, i.e. poetry, novels etc., and then chronologically withing each type. Although many of Louisa May Alcott's letters are not dated, approximate dates can be derived from the content of each letter. Those which are undated and do not contain any textual clues as to their date of composition are listed alphabetically according to addressee at the end of the list of correspondence. Included in the folder with the original manuscript of each letter is a photocopy thereof or a photocopy of the printed version from Selected Lettersfor those letters that have been published. Where appropriate, a typescript of the original letter is also included.

Correspondence. When 271 of Alcott's letter were published in 1987, a total of 649 letters were extant in either manuscript or printed form. Of those totals the BYU collection comprises twentynine letters. Most have been published but several were discovered after the publication of the main body of her letters. For a list of BYU's Alcott letters excerpted from Joel Myerson, Daniel Shealy, and Madeleine B. Stern, "A Calendar of the Letters of Louisa May Alcott," Studies in the American Renaissance, Joel Yerson, ed. (Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1988), 361-399, including an indication of which letters were published in Selected Letters, see the appendix.

Writings. The collections includes the complete manuscript of Alcott's story, "A Free Bed," two leaves of holograph manuscript from Jack & Jill, a manuscript fragment from Eight Cousinswith a note from Mrs. Abigail Alcott to an autograph seeker, and, on a single leaf, her first childhood poem, "Lines to a Robin," and a poem, "The Bitterest Drop," dated in 1883.

The short story, "A Free Bed," is undated but experts in Alcott's writing style and techniques feel that it is representative of her final work and was probably written in early 1888. It was unpublished when acquired by BYU but was published by the Friends of the Library in 1978.

The radio adaptation of Little Women, Parts 1-4, was produced as a part of the American Novels (NBC Radio Theatre) series in September and October 1947. The two audio cassettes (one a duplicate) are listed and described under the "novels" section. The original recordings, two seveninch reels of tape, are part of the Scanfax Sound Archives (tapes SSC 109 and SSC 110), located in the North American Radio Archives, Los Angeles, CA.

Series 2. May Alcott Nieriker. The second series of the collection consists of four letters written by Louisa's youngest sister, May Alcott Nieriker (1840-1879). These letters, also listed chronologically, describe her activities with Louisa and the Alcott family from 1867 to 1872. Autograph letters from Louisa's artist sister are not common.

Series 3. Abigail May Alcott. A single holograph note written on one side of a leaf from the novel, Eight Cousins.

Series 4. Bronson Alcott. A single holograph poem written to his daughter Louisa on her birthday

Series 5. Related Research Materials. Consists of materials added to the collection by the archival staff, including photocopies of secondary sources used in preparing this register, and exhibit caption cards.

A photocopy of each manuscript is included with each original. Where noted in the following container list a typescript of the manuscript has been provided.

Please note that each manuscript is assigned a folder number which is listed on the right side of the container list as a location device. Each newly acquired manuscript is added to the rear of the collection while a description of it is added to the container list where it naturally and logically fits.

Subject TracingsPeopleAlcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888Alcott, May, 1840-1879Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930Botta, Anne Charlotte (Lynch), 1815-1891Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911Genre/FormAmerican poetry--19th centuryDrafts (Documents)LettersSubjectWomen artists--United States--Biography--SourcesWomen artists--United States--CorrespondenceWomen authors, American--Biography--SourcesWomen authors, American--CorrespondenceRelated TitlesFree BedLines to a RobinBitterest DropBrothersMy ContrabandTo FatherJack and JillSt. NicholasContainer ListLouisa May Alcott SeriesLouisa May AlcottCorrespondence SubseriesCorrespondenceBoxFolderContents11To Mr. [Thomas Wentworth] Higginson, Concord, 12 Nov [1862 [i.e. 1863]

Discusses her latest story, (Hospital Sketches, published in August 1863), and the dialects used by the "contraband." She also expresses her desire to enlist again as a cook or nurse in the Union war effort. Typescript is included.

12To Mr. [Elizur] Wright, Concord, 5 Jan [1864?]

Letter indicates Alcott's close relationship with Wright and his large family. It implies that for a time she boarded with him, and refers to herself as a "literary spinster." Makes reference also to her uncle Samuel Joseph May.

13To the "Librarian at Carter's," Concord, [Carter and Pettee], [1873]

Note asking for "Under the Greenwood Tree" by Hardy, or "The Marquis of Letoriere" or "The Wooing O't" or "Lady Betty's Governess" to be sent to her.

14To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, 8 Oct [1874?],Concord.

The press of "home affairs" and her mother's poor health make it impossible for Louisa to make binding engagements. She mentions loyalty to her illustrator Elizabeth B. Greene.

15To Mrs. Bush, 24 Nov [1878], [n.p].

Sudden death of cousin.

16To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, Boston, 2 Dec [1874]

Refers to her agreement with S & Co. (Scribner's) concerning Eight Cousins, which is to be serialized. She is reserving all rights to it outside of their magazine, however, and hopes to sell it as a serial in England.

17To Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta, 2 Mar [1875],[New York].

Refuses invitation for a visit since she was leaving for home the next day.

18To Mrs. [William B.] Rogers (Emma Savage Rogers), Concord, 6 Nov [1876?]

Letter of introduction for Miss Fannie Farnham of Philadelphia who wishes to enter the Decorative Art School as a free pupil. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Wm. B. Rogers, Marlborough St., Boston, is included.

19To Miss Chandler, Wed a.m. [Sep 1877]

Expresses her inability to leave her ill mother. The Alcotts are hurrying to shut the house for the winter; they are going stay at the Thoreau house, which Anna has just purchased. Typescript is included.

110To Miss Alice, 9 Oct [1877]

Acknowledges the receipt of May's curtains which she could not do sooner because of her mother's dangerous illness.

111To "Dear Friend", 2 Dec [1877]

Description of her mother's recent death.

112To Mr. [Benjamin Franklin] Sanborn, Sunday [1877?]

Alcott requests her neighbor Frank Sanborn, not to leak news about her publication to the Springfield Republican(of which Sanborn was a staff member). The serial St. Nicholasis specifically mentioned. 'Rose' ( Rose in Bloom) is referred to as "an accomplished fact." Alcott's attitude toward the gossipy Springfield Republicanas well as her belief in the necessity of fighting with publishers are mentioned.

113To Miss Smith, 25 Dec [1878]. Ink autograph lettercard signed.

Alcott thanks an unknown friend for a gift of pressed ferns which she will use to "garland the pictures of my dear mother & the home of the absent sister far away in France." Includes photocopy, and typed transcription. This note is unknown to the Calendar of Alcott Letters.

114To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, 31 Dec [1878?]

Alcott sends a story written by her thirteen year old cousin in hopes of finding a place for it in the "Children's Corner" of St. Nicholas. Regrets her inability to write a Christmas story for Mrs. Dodge.

115To Mr. R. W. Kempshall, 20 May [187-]

Alcott informs a correspondent about the publication of her Hospital Sketches.

116To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, Nonquitt, [Massachusetts] 6 Aug [1881]

Saddened by the children's disappointment because she has no new story for them; she will try to write one if the hot weather will let her work. Chats about how Baby is doing.

117To Mr. [Francis Howard] Williams, Concord, 10 Oct [1883?]

Requests permission for the Concord Dramatic Club to perform his play, "Higher Education," before the Lyceum in November.

118To Maggie [Lukens], 14 Feb [1884]

Discussion of life, death, immortality, and recent books she has read. Typescript is included.

119To Mr. [H. P.] Chandler, 23 Mar [1884]

Reply to Mr. Chandler's request for a submission to Every Other Saturday(referring to it as Every Saturday, a magazine which had ceased publication by this time). She is so busy editing one animated copy of Little Women(Louisa May Nieriker) that she has no time to write.

120To Samuel E. Sewall, 7 Jun 1884.2 pp. A.L.S. Signed L.M.A.

Revolves around the impending sale of the Orchard House where the Alcott family had lived for years, to William Torrey Harris, philosopher and friend of Bronson Alcott, for a sale price of $3500. Reveals information about May Alcott's share in the Orchard House; Louisa's relations with her brother-inlaw Ernest Nieriker; her attitude toward guardianship of her niece Lulu; her father's health and capabilities. It mentions both May and Bronson. Includes photocopy and typed transcription. Not listed in "Calendar," or published in "Selected Letters."

121To Mrs. [Jannette E.] Sweet, [11 Sep 1885]

Outlines her ideas for a children's story to be written by Mrs. Sweet. Offers to write the introduction when it is finished and send it to a publisher. Typescript and envelope addressed to Mrs. J. E. Sweet, Lewis & Clarke Co., Marysville, Montana, are included.

122To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, 13 Apr [1886]

Her doctor is allowing her to write a little and she is progressing on Jo's Boys. Discusses some books she has read recently.

123To Mr. [Edward W.] Bok, 27 May [1886?]. Ink A.L.S., 2 pp.

She declares her inability "to write anything for [his] . . . purpose due to "having other work on hand." Should she "find time later" she "will try to say something about "The Modern Woman and Dress," or "The Modern Girl." "The Future Woman," she says she knows "nothing about." Received April 24, 1987; no accession number. Includes photocopy and typed transcription.

124To Miss Gosland, 12 Nov [1886],Boston.

Alcott acknowledges writing A Modern Mephistopheles.

125To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, 22 Dec [1887]

Sends a story for which her assistant editor had asked; she would have sent the Chinese tale but this one was nearly done. Asks for the bound volumes of St. Nicholasto be sent to her as Lulu adores them.

126To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, Wed a.m., n.d.

Because Mrs. Smith has given up her engagements on her account and she is thus engaged all week, her visit will be delayed.

127To Mrs. [Mary Mapes] Dodge, 27 Jan [n.y.],Concord

Apologizes for not stopping to visit in New York.

128To Mr. Moore, [Concord], n.d., ink A.L.S. on stationery with large "A" monogram on first page.

"A witty letter commenting that: "As Concord boasts of sixty-nine spinsters, all more or less given to keeping the ball rolling, escort duty is somewhat severe even for a gallant cadet. So I trust that his recent labors have not been too much for the 'victim.'" Photocopy included.

129To Mrs. Start, Concord, 27 Apr (no year)

Asks for subscriptions for Mrs. A. Wheeler and Mrs. George Penniman.

Writings SubseriesWritingsPoetryPoetryBoxFolderContents130"Lines to a Robin," written at 8 years old (ca. 1840) and a short poem entitled "The Bitterest Drop." Autograph manuscript dated July 1883.Short StoriesShort StoriesBoxFolderContents131"To Father", 29 Nov 1884,[n.p.]132"A Free Bed," 12 pages. [1888]

The story of an invalid's unselfish actions to increase the comfort and happiness of those less fortunate than herself. "Dr. Z." possibly refers to Dr. Marie E. Zakrzewska (1829-1902), a pioneer physician and founder of the New England Hospital for Women and Children. "A Free Bed," by Louisa May Alcott; edited and with an introduction by Madeleine B. Stern.

NovelsNovelsBoxFolderContents133Eight Cousins.Manuscript fragment in ink, [1875].

2 pp. on one leaf with corner chipped away. With a note from her mother on the verso to Miss Day, [1875], Concord. Includes a photocopy, a typed transcription, and a photocopy of the corresponding pages from the published version.

134Jack and Jill.Two leaves of ink holograph manuscript, unsigned, from the text of Jack and Jill. Two pages, quarto, on ruled paper. 1880. Included with each leaf are a photocopy thereof, a typed transcription, and a photocopy of the corresponding pages from a published version.

Leaf #1. Numbered "7" at upper right, it is from chapter 1, "The Catastrophe." It contains four corrections in the author's hand which were incorporated into the published version. There are, however, a number of minor differences between this manuscript and published version and the major omission of an entire sentence - -"Jill, of course, was not her real name, but had been given because of her friendship with Jack, who so admired Janey Pecq's spirit and fun."-- from the manuscript. The omission is marked by an asterisk and the word "Over," in the author's hand. The absence of any wording on the verso and a pin hole in the upper left of the page strongly suggests that the added sentence was written on an additional sheet that was attached to this leaf at one time.

Leaf #2. Numbered "90" at upper right, it is from the chapter "Surprises." This leaf has two corrections in the author's hand, both of which were incorporated into the published version.

135Radio Adaptation Little Women, Parts 1-4, produced for the American Novels (NBC University of the Air) series, September and October 1947. Original 7" reels are part of the Scanfax Sound Archives Collection (see Arrangement). Dubbed onto one cassette 26 January 1989. Duplicate copy included.136Typescript of Little Women, Parts 1-4, American Novels production. [folder is empty]Financial Records SubseriesFinancial RecordsBoxFolderContents131Bank check from Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 7 June 8 1867, to Louisa M. Alcott in the amount of $150. Endorsed on verso by LMA.Portraits SubseriesPortraitsBoxFolderContents138Louisa May Alcott, [1886?],lithograph by James Notman.139Louisa May Alcott, [1886?], photograph, cabinet by James Notman.May Alcott Nieriker SeriesMay Alcott Nieriker

Folders 40-43 contain letters written to May Alcott Nieriker

BoxFolderContents140To C.C. (Carrie Cheney) [Concord, Winter 1867/1868]

Chatty letter about sightseeing in Boston with Lu; Lu's apartment in Hayward Place affectionately called the "Spinster's Retreat"; taking art lessons; her and Lu's love of Italy; and a visit to a spiritualist.

141To Miss Chandler, Concord, 12 Jul [18]69

An invitation to come visit on Friday. Mr. [Ralph Waldo] Emerson also desires her to visit him on Sunday. Typescript is included.

142To Mr. [Thomas] Niles, Friday night, [1871]

A note to accept an invitation for the next afternoon. Describes her painting; an excursion to the Royal Academy (London); and the transfer of her "dear Russian's" affections to Miss Lily V. Mentions that Lu has taken her copy of Little Men before she had finished reading it.

143To Mr. [Cummings?] Davis, [Concord, ca. 1872].

Ink autograph note signed. "Brief undated note from Louisa's artist sister May, probably to Mr. Cummings Davis who ran the "Old Curiosity Shop" in Concord, Massachusetts, requesting that "back papers" be given to the Alcott housekeeper Johannah and that the "Journal" [of Speculative Philosophy"] be discontinued during December while Mr. Alcott was away." [R.&S.] No accession date or number. Includes photocopy and typed transcription.

Abigail May Alcott SeriesAbigail May Alcott

See fd. 33

Bronson Alcott SeriesBronson AlcottBoxFolderContents144"To My Daughter Louisa on her Birthday, Nov. 29, 1881," [n.p.]. A sonnet of about 100 words.145Samuel May

Letter from brother to an unidentified person, 2 Oct 1837,extending an invitation to come visit for a Sunday School meeting.

Related Research Materials SeriesRelated Research MaterialsBoxFolderContents146Ann Douglas, "Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888," American Writers. A Collection of Literary Biographies, Leonard Unger, ed. Supplement 1, Part 1, pp. 28-46. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.Photocopy.146Madeleine B. Stern, "Introduction," The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott, Joel Myerson & Daniel Shealy, editors, Madeleine B Stern, associate editor. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1987.Photocopy.146"Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888," The Cambridge Handbook of American Literature, Jack Salman, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986,p. 6. Photocopy.146"Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888)," The Oxford Companion to American Literature, James D. Hart, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983,p. 17. Photocopy.147"Louisa May Alcott Sesquicentennial Exhibition, November-December 1982," Friends of the Brigham Young University Library Newsletter, Volume 20, No. 1, Fall, 1982.147Madeleine B. Stern, "Louisa May Alcott at 150: A Writer's Progress," Friends of the Brigham Young University Library Newsletter, Number 21, 1984.147Madeleine B. Stern, "Louisa Alcott's Self-Criticism," Studies in the American Renaissance 1985,ed. Joel Myerson (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985), pp. 333-382. Photocopy.148Madeleine B. Stern, "Louisa May Alcott at BYU," Typescript, 24 pages. Photocopy.148Madeleine B. Stern, "Louisa May Alcott at BYU," Alice Louise Reynolds Lecture, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library Newsletter, Number 38, 1991.149Joel Myerson, Daniel Shealy, and Madeleine B. Stern, "A Calendar of the Letters of Louisa May Alcott," Studies in the American Renaissance 1988,ed. Joel Myerson (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988), pp. 361-399. Photocopy.149Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy, "Editing Louisa May Alcott's Journals," Manuscripts, Vol. 62, No. 1, Winter 1990,pp. 19-33. Photocopy.150Exhibition caption cards and folder label guide.Appendix

A list of BYU's Louisa May Alcott Letters excerpted from Myerson, Shealy, and Stern, Calendar, and listed in order by the number used in the calendar.

The following additional abbreviations are used below: Cheneyfor Ednah D. Cheney, ed., Louisa May Alcott. Her Life, Letters, and Journals (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1998)Stern (1985) for Madeleine B. Stern's "Louisa May Alcott's Self-Criticism," Studies in the American Renaissance 1985, ed. Joel Myerson (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985), 333-382Bokfor Edward Bok, "Louisa May Alcott's Letters to Five Girls," Ladies Home Journal, 13, no. 5 (April 1896), 1-2Mosesfor Belle Moses, Louisa May Alcott: Dreamer and Writer (New York: D. Appleton, 1909).

LettersLetters7112 Nov 1862[i.e. 1863] to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Concord. ALS, 3 p. Printed: Stern (1985), p. 344; Letters, p. 96-97.194A[1873]to the "Librarian at Carter's" [Carter and Pettee], Concord. ALS, 2 p.2068 Oct [1874?]to Mary Mapes Dodge, Concord. ALS, 3 p. Printed: Stern (1985), p. 368; Letters, p. 117 (partial).20824 Nov [1874]to Mrs. Bush, [n.p.]. ALS, 2 p.2092 Dec [1874]to to Mary Mapes Dodge, Boston. ALS, 4 p. Printed: Stern (1985), p. 368-369; Letters, p. 187-88.255[Sep? 1877]to Miss Chandler, [n.p.]. ALS, 4 p.2622 Dec [1877]to "A Friend," [Concord]. ALS, 4 p.27631 Dec [1878?]to Mary Mapes Dodge, [Boston]. ALS, 2 p. Printed: Moses, p. 313; Stern (1985), p. 375.3176 Aug [1881]to Mary Mapes Dodge, Nonquitt, [Massachusetts]. ALS, 3 p. Printed: Stern (1985), p. 372-73; Letters, p. 254.35910 Oct [1883]to Francis Howard Williams, Concord. ALS, 3 p.36814 Feb [1884]to Maggie Lukens, [n.p.] ALS, 6 pp. Printed: Bok, p. 6; Letters, p. 279-80.37223 Mar [1884]to Horace P. Chandler, [n.p.]. ALS, 2 p. Printed: Letters, p. 276. (partial).411[11 Sep 1885]to Mrs. Jannette E. Sykes Sweet, [Concord]. ALS, 4 p. Printed: Stern (1985), p. 355-56; Letters, p. 291-93.43113 Apr [1886]to Mary Mapes Dodge, [n.p.] ALS, 4 p. Printed: Cheney, p. 377: Stern (1985), p. 374; Letters, p. 297-98.451A12 Nov 1886to Miss Gosland, Boston. ALS, 2 p.51622 Dec [1887]to Mary Mapes Dodge, [n.p.]. ALS, 3 p. Printed: Cheney, p. 384 (partial); Stern (1985), p. 174-75; Letters, p. 327-28.544A5 Jan [n.y.]to Elizur Wright, Concord. ALS, 2 p.55027 Jan [n.y.]to Mary Mapes Dodge, Concord. ALS, 2 p.56627 Apr [n.y.]to Mrs. Stant, Concord. ALS, 2 p.615[n.d.] to Mary Mapes Dodge, [n.p.]. ALS, 2 p.629[n.d.] to Mr. Moore, [n.p.]. ALS, 2 p.Alcott BibliographyAlcott BibliographySunlight? (poem by Flora Fairfield), Peterson's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 3 (September, 1851)."The Rival Painters. A Tale of Rome," Olive Branch, Vol. XVII, No. 19 (May 8, 1852)."The Masked Marriage," Dodge's Literary Museum, Vol. VI, No. 2 (December 18, 1852)"The Rival Prima Donnas" (by Flora Fairfield), Saturday Evening Gazette, Series for 1854, No. 45 (November 11, 1854). Dramatized version appears as MS in Orchard House."The Flower's Lesson" (poem). In Margaret Lyon, or A Work for All(Boston,Crosby, Nichols, & Co., 1854). Repr. with slight changes in Flower FablesBAL 141."The Little Seed." In Margaret Lyon, or A Work for All(Boston, Crosby, Nichols, & Co., 1854). BAL 141.Flower Fables. Boston, George W. Briggs & Co., 1855. [i-ii], [1]-182 p. BAL 142."A New Year's Blessing," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 1 (January 5, 1856)."The Sisters' Trial," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 4 (January 26, 1856)."Little Genevieve," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 13 (March 29, 1856)."Little Paul" (poem), Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 16 (April 19, 1856)."Bertha," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, Nos. 16 and 17 (April 19 and 26, 1856)."Mabel's May Day," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 21 (May 24, 1856)."Beach Bubbles" (poems), Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, Nos. 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 33, and 34 (June 21, 28, July 12, 26, and August 2, 16, 23, 1856)."The Mother-Moon" (poem, one of "Beach Bubbles"), Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 34 (August 23, 1856). Repr. in The Little Pilgrim, Vol. V, No. 1 (January, 1858)."The Lady and the Woman," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 40 (October 4, 1856)."Ruth's Secret," Saturday Evening Gazette, Quarto Series, No. 49 (December 6, 1856)."Songs from a Sea-Shell--The Patient Drop" (poem), The Little Pilgrim, Vol. V, No. 4 (April, 1858)."The Rock and the Bubble" (poem), The Little Pilgrim, Vol. V, No. 9 (September, 1858). Repr. with slight changes in "Fancy's Friend," Morning-Glories, and Other Stories."Mark Field's Mistake," Saturday Evening Gazette, Vol. XLV, No. 11 (March 12, 1859)."Mark Field's Success" (sequel to "Mark Field's Mistake"), Saturday Evening Gazette, Vol. XLV, No. 16 (April 16, 1859)."With a Rose, That Bloomed on the Day of John Brown's Martyrdom" (poem), The Liberator, Vol. XXX, No. 3 (January 20, 1860). Repr. in James Redpath, Echoes of Harper's Ferry(Boston, Thayer and Eldridge, 1860). BAL 143."Love and Self-Love," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. V, No. 29 (March, 1860)."A Modern Cinderella: or, The Little Old Shoe," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 36 (October, 1860). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories."March, march, mothers and grandmamas!" ("Song"). In Reports of the School Committee . . . of Concord, Mass. . . . Saturday, March 16, 1861 (Concord, Benjamin Tolman, 1861). BAL 144."The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts," The Monitor, Vol. I, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, and June 7, 1862). Repr. in On Picket Duty, and Other Talesand Camp and Fireside Stories."Pauline's Passion and Punishment," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Vol. XV, Nos. 379 and 380 (January 3 and 10, 1863). Repr. in Madeleine B. Stern, ed., Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott(New York, William Morrow, 1975)."M. L.," The Commonwealth, Vol. I, Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 (January 24, 31, and February 7, 14, 22, 1863). Repr. in The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIV, No. 4 (October, 1929)."Hospital Sketches," The Commonwealth, Vol. I, Nos. 38, 39, 41, and 43 (May 22, 29, and June 12, 26, 1863). A portion repr. as "John," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 8 (August, 1869). Repr. as Hospital Sketches. Boston, James Redpath, 1863. [1]-102 p. BAL 145."A Whisper in the Dark," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Vol. XVI, Nos. 401 and 402 (June 6 and 13, 1863). Repr. in A Modern Mephistophelesand A Whisper in the Dark."Letters from the Mountains," The Commonwealth, Vol. I, Nos. 47, 48, 49, and 51 (July 24, 31, and August 7, 21, 1863)."Debby's Dot," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 70 (August, 1863) ."Thoreau's Flute" (poem), The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 71 (September, 1863). Repr. in Henry W. Longfellow (ed.), Poems of Places. America. New England. I. (Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879). BAL 190. Repr. in Life, Letters, Journals, 1889; Library of the World's Best Literature, 1897; by E. B. Hill, Detroit, Mich., Stylus Press, 1899. BAL 228."My Contraband; or, The Brothers," first called "The Brothers," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 73 (November, 1863). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories.The Rose Family. A Fairy Tale. Boston, James Redpath, 1864. [1]-47 p. BAL 146."A Hospital Christmas," The Commonwealth, Vol. II, Nos. 19, and 20 (January 8 and 15, 1864). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories.On Picket Duty, and Other Tales. Boston, James Redpath--New York, H. Dexter, Hamilton & Co., [1864]. [1]-96 p. BAL 147."The Hospital Lamp," The Daily Morning Drum-Beat, Nos. III and IV (February 24 and 25, 1864). Repr. in The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLI, No. 27 (July 2, 1868). BAL 148."Night Scene in a Hospital" (from Hospital Sketches), The Daily Morning Drum-Beat, Extra No. (March 11, 1864)."A Golden Wedding: and What Came of It," The Commonwealth, Vol. II, Nos. 35 and 36 (April 29 and May 6, 1864). Repr. with changes in Moods; repr. in Good Times. By Favorite Authors(Boston, Lothrop, [1877])."Enigmas," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 450 and 451 (May 14 and 21, 1864). Repr. in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. I, 4 (April, 1876)."Colored Soldiers' Letters," The Commonwealth, Vol. II, No. 44 (July 1, 1864)."Love and Loyalty," The United States Service Magazine, Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 (July, August, September, November, and December, 1864). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories."An Hour," The Commonwealth, Vol. III, Nos. 13 and 14 (November 26 and December 3, 1864). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories."Mrs. Podgers' Teapot, A Christmas Story," Saturday Evening Gazette, Vol. L, No. 52 (December 24, 1864). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories.Moods. Boston, Lorin, 1865. [i]-[vi], [7]-297 p. BAL 149."V.V.: or, Plots and Counterplots," The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XX, Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 (February 4, 11, 18, and 25, 1865). Repr. as ten-cent novelette by A. M. Barnard (Boston, Thomes & Talbot, [1865] i.e. ca.1870). [i-ii], [7] (sic)-100 p. BAL 165."In the Garret" (poem), The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XX, No. 11 (March 18, 1865). Repr. in Little Women."Nelly's Hospital," Our Young Folks, Vol. I, No. 4 (April, 1865). Repr. by U.S. Sanitary Commission, (N.p. [1865]). BAL 150, and in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."The Sanitary Fair" (poem), The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XX, No. 16 (April 22, 1865)."A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model," The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XX, Nos. 20, 21, 22, and 23 (May 20, 27, and June 3, 10, 1865). (By A. M. Barnard.)"Our Little Ghost" (poem), The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XXI, No. 37 (September 15, 1866). Repr. in Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 11 (November, 1868); The Horn of Plenty of Home Poems . . .(Boston, William F. Gill and Company, 1876) BAL 182; and Sparkles for Bright Eyes(New York, Crowell, [1879]). See also #175"Behind a Mask: or, A Woman's Power," The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XXI, Nos. 41, 42, 43, and 44 (October 13, 20, 27, and November 3, 1866). Repr. in Madeleine B. Stern, ed., Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott. (New York, William Morrow, 1975)."An Autumn Song" (poem), The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XXI, No. 45 (November 10, 1866)."The Abbot's Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation," The Flag of Our Union, Vol. XXII, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 (January 5, 12, 19 and 26, 1867). Repr. in Madeleine B. Stern, ed., Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott. (New York, William Morrow, 1975)."Up the Rhine," The Independent, Vol. XIX, No. 972 (July 18, 1867).Untitled Note on Dickens, The Commonwealth, Vol. VI, No. 3 (September 21, 1867)."Living in an Omnibus. A True Story," Merry's Museum, Vol. LIV, No. 4 (October, 1867). Repr. in Merry Times for Boys and Girls(Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, [1878]; and repr. with changes as part of "The Autobiography of an Omnibus," St. Nicholas, Vol. I, No. 12 (October, 1874) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."Life in a Pension," The Independent, Vol. XIX, No. 988 (November 7, 1867)."The Skelton in the Closet." In Perley Parker, The Foundling. Boston, Elliott, Thomes & Talbot, [1867]. No. 49 in Ten Cent Novelettesseries of Standard American Authors. p.[77]-99. BAL 151."Letter to Mr. Prang. Chromo-Lithography" (advertisement), Boston Daily Advertiser, Supplement, Vol. CX, No. 126 (November 23, 1867)."A Song for a Christmas Tree" (poem), Merry's Museum,Vol. LIV, No. 6 (December 1867). Repr. in Morning-Glories, and Other Storiesand Merry Times for Boys and Girls(Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, [1878])."What the Bells Saw and Said," Saturday Evening Gazette, Vol. LIII, No. 51 (December 21, 1867). Repr. in Proverb Stories.The Myterious Key, and What It Opened.Boston, Elliott, Thomes & Talbot, [1867]. No. 50 in Ten Cent Novelettesseries of Standard American Authors. [5] (sic)-[100 p. BAL 152. Repr. [New York, F. M. Lupton, ca.1900]. No. 382 in The Leisure Hour Library. BAL 231. Repr. in Madeleine B. Stern, ed., Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott."A Dickens Day," The Independent, Vol. XIX, No. 995 (December 26, 1867). Repr. with slight changes in Shawl-Straps.Morning-Glories, and Other Stories. Boston, Horace B. Fuller, 1868. [i]-[iv], 5-195 p.; blank, p. [196]; advertisements, p. [1]-4. BAL 153. Coyprighted December, 1867. There is also an edition bearing the imprint: New York, Carleton, 1867."Tilly's Christmas," Merry's Museum, VOl. I (n.s), No. 1 (January, 1868). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I; and repr. as "The Fairy Bird," in Merry's Museum, Vol. LXII, No. 4 (October, 1872) and Happy Days for Boys and Girls(Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, [1877])."Wishes" (poem), Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 1 (January, 1868)."What Polly Found in Her Stocking" (poem), Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 1 (January, 1868)."Grandmother's Specs," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 1 (January, 1868). Repr. in Sparkles for Bright Eyes.(New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]). BAL 192. Repr. in Meadow Blossoms(New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]). BAL 193."Merry's Monthly Chat with His Friends," Merry's Museum, Vols. I and II (January, 1868- December, 1869). The "Chat" for January, 1868, contains an incident reprinted in Little Women."My Little Friend," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 2 (February, 1868). Repr. as "Buzz" in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I, and Sparkles for Bright Eyes(New York, Crowell, [1879])."Where Is Bennie?" (poem), Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 2 (February, 1868)."My May Day among Curious Birds and Beasts," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 3 (March, 1868). Repr. in Will's Wonder Book, Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I, and Sparkles for Bright Eyes(New York, Crowell, [1879])."My Doves" (poem), Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 3 (March, 1868)."Our Little Newsboy," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 4 (April, 1868). Repr. in The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLI, No. 25 (June 18, 1868); The Christian Register, Vol. LI, No. 47 (November 23, 1872); Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I; and Sparkles for Bright Eyes(New York, Crowell, [1879]). See also BAL 195b."Happy Women," The New York Ledger, Vol. XXIV, No. 7 (April 11, 1868).Kitty's Class Day. Boston, Loring, [1868]. [1]-12 p. BAL 154. Repr. in Louisa M. Alcott's Proverb Stories(Boston, Loring, [1868]). BAL 157; repr. in Three Proverb Stories(Boston, Loring, [1868] i.e. after 1870). See also BAL 183 ."Will's Wonder-Book," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 (April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November, 1868). Repr. in Will's Wonder Bookas Vol. II of The Dirigo Series (Boston, Horace B. Fuller, [1870]). [1]- 74 p. BAL 164; repr. in Mink Curtiss; or, Life in the Backwoods(New York, James Miller, 1876 [and 1877]; see BAL 185. and New York, Thomas R. Knox & Co., 1885?). Repr. as No. 1 of Clarke Juvenile Monographs, Mount Pleasant, Mich., Clarke Historical Library and Central Michigan University, 1975.Aunt Kipp. Boston, Loring, [1868]. [1]-16 p. BAL 155. Repr. Louisa M. Alcott's Proverb Storiesand Three Proverb Stories. See also BAL 183.Psyche's Art. Boston, Loring, [1868]. [1]-16 p. BAL 156. Repr. Louisa M. Alcott's Proverb Storiesand Three Proverb Stories. See also BAL 183."The Blue and the Gray, A Hospital Sketch," Putnam's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 6 (June, 1868). Repr. in Camp and Fireside Stories."The Baron's Gloves," Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, Vol. VII, Nos. 160, 161, 162, and 163 (June 20, 27, and July 4, 11, 1868). Repr. in Proverb Stories."A Royal Governess," The Independent, Vol. XX, No. 1023 (July 9, 1868).Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1868. [Part One]. [i]-[iv], 7-341 p.; blank, p. [342]; advertisements pages: 3, 2, 11, 12, 8, 11. BAL 158."Mr. Emerson's Third Lecture," National Anti-Slavery Standard, Vol. XXIX, No. 26 (October 31, 1868)."My Polish Boy," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLI, Nos. 48 and 49 (November 26 and December 3, 1868). Repr. as part of "My Boys," Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I."Tessa's Surprises," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 12 (December, 1868). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I."Sunshiny Sam," Merry's Museum, Vol. I, No. 12 (December, 1868). Repr. in Sparkles for Bright Eyes(New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]). BAL 192; Repr. Water-Cresses. BAL 194."Back Windows," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 1 (January, 1869). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I."Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy's Curse," The New World, Vol. I, No. 1 (January 16, [1869])."Dan's Dinner," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 2 (February, 1869)."A Curious Call," Merry's Museum, Vol, II, No. 2 (February, 1869). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap- Bag, I."Perilous Play," Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, Vol. VIII, No. 194 (February 13, 1869). Repr. in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. II, No. 5 (November, 1876)."A Visit to the School-Ship," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 3 (March, 1869)."The Little Boats," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 4 (April, 1869). Repr. as "Dandelion" in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I.Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and AmyPart Second. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1869. [i]-iv, 5- 359 p.; blank, p. [360]; 8 p. advertisements. BAL 159."Milly's Messenger," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 5 (May, 1869)."What Fanny Heard," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLII, No. 19 (May 13, 1869). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."A Little Gentleman," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 6 (June, 1869). Repr. as "My Little Gentleman," in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I."My Fourth of July," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 7 (July, 1869)."Scarlet Stockings," Putnam's Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 19 (July, 1869). Repr. in Silver Pitchers."An Old-Fashioned Girl," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 (July, August, September, October, November, and December, 1869). Repr. as An Old-Fashioned Girl. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1870. [i-iv], [1]-4, [1]-378 p.; plus advertisements, p. [1]-8. BAL 163."Madam Cluck, and Her Family," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 8 (August, 1869). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, I.Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories. Boston, Brothers, 1869. [i-iv], i-ii, 3-379 p. BAL 161."A Marine Merry-Making," Merry's Museum, Vol. II, No. 10 (October, 1869). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."Becky's Christmas Dream," Merry's Museum, Vol. III, No. 1 (January, 1870). Repr. in Sparkles for Bright Eyes(New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]). BAL 192. Repr. Water-Cresses. BAL 194; see also BAL 195a."Little Things," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLIII, No. 3 (January 20, 1870). Repr. as "A Genuine Little Lady" in The Christian Register, Vol. XLIX, No. 48 (November 26, 1870).Preface to May Alcott, Concord Sketches Consisting of Twelve Photographs from original Drawings. Boston, Fields, Osgood & Co., 1869. Listed Feb. 1, 1870. BAL 162"Uncle Smiley's Boys," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLIII, Nos. 5 and 6 (February 3, and 10, 1870)."Ripple" (from Flower Fables), Merry's Museum, Vol. III, No. 5 (May, 1870)."Mother's Trial," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLIII, No. 21 (May 26, 1870)."A Sermon in the Kitchen" (from An Old-Fashioned Girl), The Christian Register, Vol. XLIX, No. 29 (July 16, 1870)."The Nautilus" (poem from Morning-Glories, and Other Stories), Merry's Museum, Vol. III, No. 8 (August, 1870)."Recent Exciting Scenes in Rome" Boston Daily Evening Transcript, Vol. 44, No. 12523 (February 3, 1871).Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. London, Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1871. [iiv], [1]-332 p. BAL 166. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1871. [i-viii], [1]-376 p. BAL 167.Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. My Boys. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1872. [i-viii], [1]-215 p. BAL 168. [ Scrap-BagI]."Women in Brittany," The Christian Register, Vol. LI, No. 1 (January 6, 1872). Repr. as part of Shawl-Straps."Kate's Choice," Hearth and Home, Vol. IV, Nos. 2 and 3 (January 13 and 20, 1872). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."Shawl Straps," The Christian Union, Vol. V, Nos. 12, 13, 14, and 15 (March 13, 20, 27, and April 3, 1872). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Shawl-Straps."Lines to a Good Physician, from a Grateful Patient," The Pellet. A Record of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital Fair. No. 9 (April 15-27, 1872). BAL 169."Cupid and Chow-Chow," Hearth and Home, Vol. IV, Nos. 20 and 21 (May 18 and 25, 1872). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."Pelagie's Wedding," The Independent, Vol. XXIV, No. 1227 (June 6, 1872). Repr. as part of Shawl-Straps."The Romance of a Summer Day," The Independent, Vol. XXIV, No. 1239 (August 29, 1872). Repr. in Silver Pitchers.Address of the Republican Women of Massachusetts. To the Women of America. Boston, September 25, 1872. Single leaf. Signed by Louisa May Alcott and others. BAL 170.Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Shawl-Straps. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1872. [i]-[viii], [1]-226 p., 6 p. advertisements. BAL 171. [ Scrap-BagII]"Grandma's Team," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLV, No. 48 (November 28, 1872). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LI, No. 52 (December 28, 1872) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."Work; or Christie's Experiment, The Christian Union, Vol. VI, Nos. 26 and 27, and Vol. VII, Nos. 1-25 (December 18 and 25, 1872; January 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, and June 4, 11, 18, 1873). First chapter repr. as advertisement in The Independent, Vol. XXV, No. 1257 (January 2, 1873) and Hearth and Home, Vol. V, No. 3 (January 18, 1873). Repr. as Work: A Story of Experience. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1873. [i-vi], [1]-443 p. BAL 173."The Mystery of Morlaix," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLV, No. 51 (December 19, 1872)."Bonfires," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVI, No. 2 (January 9, 1873) ."Huckleberry," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVI, No. 3 (January 16, 1873). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LII, No. 4 (January 25, 1873) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III."Mamma's Plot," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVI, No. 6 (February 6, 1873). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, III.Something To Do. London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1873]. Repr. of material from Hospital Sketchesand Proverb Stories, BAL 172."Little Boston," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVI, No. 24 (June 12, 1873). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LII, No. 25 (June 21, 1873)."Seven Black Cats," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVI, No. 31 (July 31, 1873). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, V."How We Saw the Shah," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVI, No. 33 (August 14, 1873). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LII, No. 35 (August 30, 1873). The reprint is signed "May Alcott.""Anna's Whim," The Independent, Vol. XXV, No. 1291 (August 28, 1873). Repr. in Silver Pitchers."Hope for Housekeepers," Boston Transcript, Vol. XLVI, No. 14 (November 13, 1873). Repr. as "The Servant-Girl Problem" The Christian Register, Vol. LII, No. 49 (December 6, 1873)."Transcendental Wild Oats," The Independent, Vol. XXV, No. 1307 (December 18, 1873). Repr. in The Woman's Journal, Vol. V, No. 8 (February 21, 1874); Silver Pitchers; Laurel Leaves. Original Poems, Stories, and Essays(Boston, William F. Gill and Company, 1876); and Golden book Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 112 (April, 1934). See BAL 179.Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Cupid and Chow-Chow. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1874. [i-viii], [1]-209 p., blank, p. [210]; 6 p. advertisements. BAL 174. [ Scrap-BagIII]."Patty's Place," Young Folks' Journal(private enterprise), Vol. III, Nos. 11 and 12 (January and February, 1874). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."A Happy Birthday," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVII, No. 6 (February 5, 1874). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LIII, No. 10 (March 7, 1874) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."Roses and Forget-Me-Nots," St. Nicholas, Vol. I, No. 5 (March, 1874). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-BagIV."Lost in a London Fog," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVII, No. 15 (April 9, 1874). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LIII, No. 23 (June 6, 1874) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."Little Neighbors," Hearth and Home, Vol. VI, Nos. 15 and 16 (April 11 and 18, 1874). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."Dolly's Bedstead," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVII, No. 18 (April 30, 1874). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III."What the Girls Did," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVII, No. 20 (May 14, 1874). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LIII, No. 29 (July 18, 1874) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."How I Went Out to Service. A Story," The Independent, Vol. XXVI, No. 1331 (June 4, 1874)."A Little, Cinderella," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVII, No. 26 (June 25, 1874)."London Bridges," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVII, No. 30 (July 23, 1874)."The Autobiography of an Omnibus," St. Nicholas, Vol. I, No. 12 (October, 1874). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."Letter of Miss Louisa Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. V, No. 46 (November 14, 1874)."My Rococo Watch," The National Elgin Watch Company Illustrated Almanac for 1875. New York, The Elgin National Watch Co., [1874]. Repr. with slight changes in Silver Pitchers. BAL 175."Eight Cousins," Good Things: A Picturesque Magazine for the Young of All Ages, Vol. I (n.s.), Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 47, 49, 52 (December 5, 12, 1874; January 2, 16, 30, February 13, March 6, 27, April 10, 24, May 1, 15, 29, June 12, 26, July 10, 24, August 7, 21, September 4, 18, October 2, 23, and November 6, 27, 1875); St. Nicholas, Vol. II, Nos. 3-12 (January-October, 1875). Repr as Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1875. [iviii], [1]-290 p., 6 p. advertisements. BAL 177."Tribulation's Travels," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 (January 21, 1875)."An Advertisement" (poem), The Woman's Journal, Vol. VI, No. 4 (January 23, 1875)."Red Tulips," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVIII, No. 8 (February 25, 1875). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LIV, No. 40 (October 2, 1875) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV. Repr. in Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1,003 (August 16, 1884)Beginning Again. Being a Continuation of Work: a Story of Experience. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. A repr. of the second half of Work. BAL 176."What a Shovel Did," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVIII, No. 15 (April 15, 1875). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, V. Repr. in Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1,006 (September 6, 1884)."Woman's Part in the Concord Celebration," The Woman's Journal, Vol. VI, No. 18 (May 1, 1875). Repr. in Saturday Evening Gazette, Vol. LXIII, No. 19 (May 8, 1875)."Silver Pitchers. A Temperance Tale," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVIII, Nos. 18-23 (May 6, 13, 20, 27, and June 3, 10, 1875). Repr. as Silver Pitchers: and Independence, A Centennial Love Story. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1876. [i-iv], [1]-307 p., plus 8 p. advertisements. BAL 180."By the River," The Independent, Vol. XXVII, No. 1384 (June 10, 1875). Repr. in The Woman's Journal, Vol. VI, Nos. 25, 26, and 27 (June 19, 26, and July 3, 1875) and Silver Pitchers."Old Major," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVIII, No. 31 (August 5, 1875). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LIV, No. 34 (August 21, 1875) and Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV."My Little School-Girl," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLVIII, No. 44 (November 4, 1875). Repr. in The Christian Register, Vol. LV, No. 6 (February 5, 1876) and Aunt Jo's Scrap- Bag, V."Letty's Tramp," The Independent, Vol. XXVII, No. 1412 (December 23, 1875). Repr. in The Woman's Journal, Vol. VII, No. 5 (January 29, 1876) and Silver Pitchers."My Kingdom" (poem). In The Sunny Side: a Book of Religious Songs for the Sunday School and the Home, ed. by Charles W. Wendt and H. S. Perkins (New York, William A. Pond & Co., [1875]). BAL 178."Marjorie's Birthday Gifts," St. Nicholas, Vol. III, No. 3 (January, 1876). Repr. as "Marjorie's Three Gifts," in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, IV"Helping Along," St. Nicholas, Vol. III, No. 5 (March, 1876). Repr. in part as "How One Sister Helped Her Brother," The Christian Register, Vol. LV, No. 24 (June 10, 1876)."A New Way to Spend Christmas," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLIX, No. 10 (March 9, 1876)."Only an Actress," Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 4 (April, 1876)."An Evening Call," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLIX, No. 15 (April 13, 1876)."A Visit to the Tombs," The Youth's Companion, Vol. XLIX, No. 21 (May 25, 1876)."Letter from Louisa M. Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. VII, No. 29 (July 15, 1876) ."Letter from Louisa M. Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. VII, No. 29 (July 15, 1876) .Rose in Bloom. A Sequel to "Eight Cousins." Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1876. [i]-viii,[1]-375 p. BAL 181."Merry Christmas" (poem). In The Horn of Plenty of Home Poems and Home Pictures with New Poems by Miss Louisa M. Alcott . . . and Others. Bothon, William F. Gill and Company, 1876. BAL 182. See also #52.A Modern Mephistopheles, Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1877. [1]-290 p., 6 p. advertisements. (No Name Series). BAL 184."Clams, A Ghost Story," The Youth's Companion, Vol. L, No. 18 (May 3, 1877). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, V."The Accident" (from An Old-Fashioned Girl). In Happy Days for Boys and Girls(Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, [1877])."Polly Arrives" (from An Old-Fashioned Girl). In Happy Days for Boys and Girls(Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, [1877])."Sweet One for Polly" (from An Old-Fashioned Girl). In Happy Days for Boys and Girls(Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, [1877])."Clara's Idea," The Youth's Companion, Vol. L, No. 37 (September 13, 1877). Repr. as "A Bright Idea," in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, V."Letter to N.W.C.T.U.," Our Union, Vol. III, No. 6 (November, 1877).Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. My Girls. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1878. [1]-229 p.; blank p. [203]; 2 p. advertisements. BAL 186. Listed Dec. 1, 1877. [ Scrap-BagIV]."Under the Lilacs," St. Nicholas, Vol. V, Nos. 2-12 (December, 1877; January-October, 1878). Repr. as Under the Lilacs. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877 [-1878]. In parts & in one-volume edition. BAL 187. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1878. [i-viii], [1]-305 pp; blank, p. [306]; 6 p. advertisements. BAL 188."Mrs. Gay's Prescription," The Woman's Journal, Vol. IX, No. 34 (August 24, 1878)."Transfiguration" (poem). In A Masque of Poets. Including Guy Vernon, a Novelette in Verse. [Edited by George Parsons Lathrop]. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1878. (No Name Series). BAL 189. Repr. in The Woman's Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 10 (March 10, 1888). See also BAL 223"John Marlow's Victory," The Independent, Vol. XXX, No. 1568 (December 19, 1878)."Two Little Travellers," St. Nicholas, Vol. VI, No. 8 (June, 1879). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, V."Jimmy's Cruise in the 'Pinafore,'" St. Nicholas, Vol. VI, No. 12 (October, 1879). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, V."Letter from Louisa M. Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. X, No. 41 (October 11, 1879).Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1879. [1]-208 p., plus 16 p. advertisements. BAL 191. [ Scrap-BagV].Sparkles for Bright Eyes. With Contributions by Louisa M. Alcott. New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]. [1]-320 p. BAL 192.Meadow Blossoms. By L. M. Alcott . . . and Others. New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]. BAL 193.Water-Cresses. By L. M. Alcott . . . and Others. New York, T. Y. Crowell, [1879]. BAL 194."Jack and Jill," St. Nicholas, Vol. VII, Nos. 2-12 (December, 1879; January-October, 1880). Repr. as Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1880. [i-iv], [1]-325 p.; blank p. [326]; 6 p. advertisements. BAL 195"Letter from Louisa M. Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vo. XI, No. 14 (April 3, 1880). Repr. in Concord Freeman, Vol. IV, No. 20 (April 8, 1880)."How It All Happened," Harper's Young People, Vol. II, No. 60 (December 21, 1880). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, VI."Victoria. A Woman's Statue," Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XVII, Nos. 3, 4, and 5 (March, April, and May, 1881)."An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving," St. Nicholas, Vol. IX, No. 1 (November, 1881). Repr. in Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, VI, and Henry Steele Commager (ed.), The St. Nicholas Anthology(New York, Random House, 1948)."My Red Cap," The Sword and Pen, Vol. I, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 (December 7, 8, 9, and 10, 1881). BAL 197. Repr. in Proverb Stories."A Country Christmas, The Independent, Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 1724 and 1725 (December 15, and 22, 1881). Repr. in Proverb Stories.Preface to Prayerby Theodore Parker. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1882. BAL 19Moods. A Novel (revised edition). Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1882. BAL 199."Letter from Louisa M. Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 6 (February 11, 1882)."Reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson," The Youth's Companion, Vol. LV, No. 21 (May 25, 1882). Repr. in Moncure Daniel Conway, Emerson at Home and Abroad(Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1882). BAL 203. Repr. in James Parton, ed., Some Noted Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time(New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1885]). BAL 207."W.C.T.U., of Concord," Concord Freeman, Vol. X, No. 26 (June 30, 1882)."R. W. Emerson," Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 9 (July, 1882)."An interview with Jean Ingelow," in Pen Pictures of Modern Authors. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. BAL 200."Number Eleven," The Youth's Companion, Vol. LV, No. 33 (August 17, 1882).Proverb Stories. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1882. BAL 210.Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1882. [1]- 234 p., 6 p. advertisements. BAL 202. [ Scrap-BagVI]."Grandmamma's Pearls," St. Nicholas, Vol. X, No. 2 (December, 1882)."A Christmas Dream," Harper's Young People, Vol. IV, Nos. 162 and 163 (December 5 and 12, 1882). Repr. in Lulu's Library, I."Mr. Alcott's True Condition," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XIV, No. 1 (January 6, 1883)."Letter from Miss Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XIV, No. 10 (March, 10, 1883)."Mrs. Gay's Hint, and How It Was Taken," (from The Press), The Union Signal, Vol. IX, No. 33 (August 30, 1883)."Little Pyramus and Thisbe," St. Nicholas, Vol. X, Nos. 11 and 12 (September and October, 1883). Repr. as "A Hole in the Wall," in Lulu's Library, I."Sophie's Secret," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, Nos. 1 and 2 (November and December, 1883). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III."Bertie's Box. A Christmas Story," Harper's Young People, Vol. V, No. 218 (January 1, 1884)."Grandma's Story," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 3 (January, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."Address to a Robin" and extract from a letter, Dec. 28, 1869, addressed to Roberts Brothers in Our Famous Women. An authorized Record of the Lives and Deeds of Distinguished American Women of Our Times. Hartford, Conn., A. D. Worthington & Co., 1884. BAL 204"Tabby's Table-Cloth," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 4 (February, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."Eli's Eduction," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 5 (March, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."Onawandah," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 6 (April, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories. Repr. in Henry Steele Commager (ed.), The Second St. Nicholas Anthology(New York, Random House, 1950)."Little Things," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 7 (May, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."Letter from Miss Louisa M. Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XV, No. 20 (May 17, 1884)."What shall little children bring" (untitled hymn) in The Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute, in the City of Boston; with an Account of the Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, May 28, 1884. Boston, Rooms of the Children's Mission, 1884. BAL 205."The Banner of Beaumanoir," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 8 (June, 1884). Repr. in Spinning- Wheel Stories."Jerseys, or The Girl's Ghost," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 9 (July, 1884). Repr. in Spinning- Wheel Stories."The Little House in the Garden," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 10 (August, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."Daisy's Jewel-Box, and How She Filled It," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 11 (September, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."Corny's Catamount," St. Nicholas, Vol. XI, No. 12 (October, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."The Cooking-Class," St. Nicholas, Vol. XII, No. 1 (November, 1884). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories.Spinning-Wheel Stories. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1884. [i-iv], [1]-276 p., plus 8 p. advertisements. BAL 206."The Hare and the Tortoise," St. Nicholas, Vol. XII, Nos. 2 and 3 (December, 1884, and January, 1885). Repr. in Spinning-Wheel Stories."In Memoriam Sophia Foord," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 15 (April 11, 1885)"Miss Alcott on Mind-Cure," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 16 (April 18, 1885)."Old Times at Old Concord," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 16 (April 18, 1885)."Kind Words from Miss Alcott," The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 20 (May 16, 1885)."Baa! Baa!" Harper's Young People, Vol. VI, Nos. 307 and 308 (September 15 and 22, 1885). Repr. in Lulu's Library, I."The Candy Country," St. Nicholas, Vol. XIII, No. 1 (November, 1885). Repr. in Lulu's Library, I.Lulu's Library. Vol. I. A Christmas Dream. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1886. [1]-269 p., advertisements, p. [270-272]. BAL 210. Listed Dec. 5, 1885."To My Father on His 86th Birthday" (poem), The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 50 (December 12, 1885). See also BAL 223."A Christmas Turkey, and How It Came," Harper's Young People, Vol. VII, No. 321 (December 22, 1885). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III."When Shall Our Young Women Marry?" The Brooklyn Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 1 (April, 1886)."Letter on Amos Bronson Alcott," The Brooklyn Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 1 (April, 1886). Referred to in The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 14 (April 3, 1886)."The Lay of a Golden Goose" (poem), The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 19 (May 8, 1886).Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out. A Sequel to Little MenBoston, Roberts Brothers, 1886. [1]-365 p.; blank p. [366]; 2 p. advertisements; plus 16 p. advertisements. BAL 211."The Blind Lark," St. Nicholas, Vol. XIV, No. 1 (November, 1886). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III."Little Lord Fauntleroy" (review), The Book Buyer, Vol. III, No. 11 (December 7, 1886)."Little Robin," Harper's Young People, Vol. VIII, No. 371 (December 7, 1886)."What It Cost," The Young Crusader, Vol. I, No. 6 (February 11, 1887). Also printed as No. 5 of The PressLeaflets.6 See BAL 216."A Flower Fable" (from Woman Suffrage Bazaar Journal), The Woman's Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 9 (February 26, 1887). Repr. in The Union Signal, Vol. XIII, No. 10 (March 10, 1887) and repr. as "Queen Aster," in Lulu's Library, II."A Beautiful Picture Which Louisa M. Alcott Saw on a Hot and Dusty Journey," The Voice, Vol. IV, No. 20 (May 19, 1887).7"Early Marriages," The Ladies' Home Journal, Vol. IV, No. 10 (September, 1887)."An Ivy Spray," St. Nicholas, Vol. XIV, No. 12 (October, 1887). Repr. as "An Ivy Spray and Ladies' Slippers," in A Garland for Girls.Lulu's Libary. Vol. II. The Frost King. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1887. [i-ii], [1]-275 p., 12 p. advertisements. BAL 212."Pansies," St. Nicholas, Vol. XV, No. 1 (November, 1887). Repr. in A Garland for Girls."The Silver Party," Harper's Young People, Vol. IX, No. 421 (November 22, 1887). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III."The Little Red Purse," Harper's Young People, Vol. IX, No. 423 (December 6, 1887). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III.Three selections in The White Ribbon Birthday Book, ed. by Anna A. Gordon (Chicago, Woman's Temperance Publication Association, 1887).Our Girls[by L. M. Alcott and Others]. New York, Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887. (Contains 3 sketches by L. M. Alcott.) See BAL 213.A Garland for Girls. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1888. [i-x], [1]-258 p., 6 p. advertisements; plus advertisements: [i-ii], [1]-14. BAL 217. Listed Dec. 10, 1887."Trudel's Siege," St. Nicholas, Vol. XV, No. 6 (April, 1888). Repr. in Lulu's Library, III."Recollections of My Childhood," The Youth's Companion, Vol. LXI, No. 21 (May 24, 1888). Repr. in The Woman's Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 21 (May 26, 1888); repr. in part in Our Dumb Animals, Vol. XXI, No. 2 (July, 1888), and Lulu's Library, III.A Modern Mephistophelesand A Whisper in the Dark. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1889. [1]-350., 2 p. advertisements. BAL 219.Lulu's Library, Vol. III. Recollections. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1889. [3]-258 p. BAL 220Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, and JournalsEdited by Ednah D. Cheney. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1889. [i-iv], [i]-[x], [11]-404 p., 8 p. advertisements. BAL 221.Recollections of My Childhood's Days. London, Sampson Low, 1890. BAL 222.Comic Tragedies Written by "Jo" and "Meg" and Acted by the "Little Women."Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1893. [1]-317 p., blank p. [318], 2 p. advertisements. BAL 224.A Hole in the Wall. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1899]. BAL 225.Marjorie's Three Gifts. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1899]. BAL 226.May Flowers. Boston, Little Brown, and Company, [1899]. BAL 227.The Candy Country. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1900]. BAL 229.Poppies and Wheat. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1900]. BAL 230.A Christmas Dream. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1901]. BAL 232.Little Button Rose. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1901]. BAL 233.The Doll's Journey. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1902]. BAL 234.Pansies and Water-Lilies. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1902]. BAL 235."Lu Sing," St. Nicholas, Vol. XXX, No. 2 (December, 1902)."The Eaglet in the Dove's Nest," St. Nicholas, Vol. XXX, No. 3 (January, 1903).Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1903]. BAL 236.Morning-Glories and Queen Aster. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, [1904]. BAL 237."May" (poem from "The Fairy Spring," Lulu's Library, II), Women's Home Companion, Vol. XXXII, No. 5 (May, 1905).The Louisa Alcott Reader. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1908. BAL 238.A Modern Cinderella or the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories. New York, Hurst & Company, [1908]. BAL 239.Bronson Alcott at Alcott House, England, and Fruitlands, New England(1842-1844) by F. B. Sanborn. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press, 1908. With some material by Louisa M. Alcott. BAL 240.The Louisa Alcott Story BookEdited for Schools by Fanny E. Coe. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1910. BAL 241.Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott, Selected by Jessie Bonstelle and Marian DeForest. Boston, Little Brown, and Company, 1914. Contains material by Louisa M. Alcott. BAL 242.Three Unpublished Poems. Fruitlands Collection. N.p. [1919]. [1]-13 p.; blank, p. [14-15]; imprint p. [16]. BAL 243.The Frost King. N.p. ca. 1925. BAL 244.