Chapter XXI: Out of the Shadow 285

LULU'S LIBRARY, VOLUME I (OF 3) By Louisa M. Alcott CONTENTS

A Christmas Dream

The Candy Country

Naughty Jocko

The Skipping Shoes

Cockyloo

Rosy's Journey

How They Ran Away

The Fairy Box

A Hole in the Wall

The Piggy Girl

The Three Frogs

Baa! Baa!

LULU'S LIBRARY, Vol. II. By Louisa M. Alcott CONTENTS.

PAGE

I. The Frost King and how the Fairies conquered him 7

II. Lilybell and Thistledown, or the Fairy Sleeping Beauty 25

III. Ripple, the Water Sprite 50

IV. Eva's Visit to Fairyland 68

V. Sunshine, and her Brothers and Sisters 91

VI. The Fairy Spring 101

VII. Queen Aster 122

VIII. The Brownie and the Princess 135

IX. Mermaids 173

X. Little Bud 203

XI. The Flower's Story 243

LULU'S LIBRARY, VOL. III By Louisa M. Alcott

CONTENTS

Recollections of My Childhood
A Christmas Turkey, and How It Came
The Silver Party
The Blind Lark
Music and Macaroni
The Little Red Purse
Sophie's Secret
Dolly's Bedstead
Trudel's Siege

COMIC TRAGEDIES Written By "Jo" And "Meg"

CONTENTS.

Page A Foreword, by Meg 7 Norna; or, The Witch's Curse 17 The Captive of Castile; or, The Moorish Maiden's Vow 97 The Greek Slave 149 Ion 211 Bianca: an Operatic Tragedy 261 The Unloved Wife; or, Woman's Faith 279

SILVER PITCHERS: AND INDEPENDENCE, A Centennial Love Story. By Louisa M. Alcott 1888.

CONTENTS

SILVER PITCHERS.

ANNA'S WHIM.

TRANSCENDENTAL WILD OATS.

THE ROMANCE OF A SUMMER DAY.

MY ROCOCO WATCH.

BY THE RIVER.

LETTY'S TRAMP.

SCARLET STOCKINGS.

INDEPENDENCE: A CENTENNIAL LOVE STORY.

SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES By Louisa M. Alcott 1884 CONTENTS PAGE Grandma's Story 1 Tabby's Table-cloth 25 Eli's Education 47 Onawandah 71 Little Things 91 The Banner of Beaumanoir 115 Jerseys; or, the Girl's Ghost 137 The Little House in the Garden 163 Daisy's Jewel-box, and How She filled it 187 Corny's Catamount 209 The Cooking-Class 233 The Hare and the Tortoise 255

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, HER LIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALS Edited By Ednah D. Cheney 1889 CONTENTS Page Introduction iii Chapter. I. Genealogy and Parentage 11 II. Childhood 16 III. Fruitlands 32 IV. The Sentimental Period 56 V. Authorship 75 VI. The Year of Good Luck 110 VII. "Hospital Sketches" 136 VIII. Europe, and "Little Women" 170 IX. Europe 204 X. Family Changes 263 XI. Last Years 329 XII. Conclusion 387 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Portrait of Miss Alcott Frontispiece Photogravure by A. W. Elson & Co., from a photograph by Notman (negative destroyed), taken in 1883. The facsimile of her writing is an extract from a letter to her publisher, written from her hospital retreat a few weeks previous to her death. Orchard House ("Apple Slump"), Concord, Mass., the Home of the Alcotts, 1858 to 1878 93 Engraved by John Andrew & Son Co., from a photograph. Portrait of Miss Alcott 140 Photogravure by A. W. Elson & Co., from a photograph taken just previous to her going to Washington as a hospital nurse, in 1862. Fac-simile of Miss Alcott's Writing 362 Extract from a letter to her publisher, January, 1886. Fac-simile of Preface to the New Edition of "A Modern Mephistopheles," now first printed 380

PROVERB STORIES By Louisa M. Alcott CONTENTS. PAGE

Kitty's Class Day 5

Aunt Kipp 26

Psyche's Art 55

A Country Christmas 84

On Picket Duty 124

The Baron's Gloves 156

My Red Cap 251

What the Bells Saw and Said 271

WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE. By Louisa M. Alcott 1901

CONTENTS

WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE.

CHAPTER I. — CHRISTIE.

CHAPTER II. — SERVANT.

CHAPTER III. — ACTRESS.

CHAPTER IV. — GOVERNESS.

CHAPTER V. — COMPANION.

CHAPTER VI. — SEAMSTRESS.

CHAPTER VII. — THROUGH THE MIST.

CHAPTER VIII. — A CURE FOR DESPAIR.

CHAPTER IX. — MRS. WILKINS'S MINISTER.

CHAPTER X. — BEGINNING AGAIN.

CHAPTER XI. — IN THE STRAWBERRY BED.

CHAPTER XII. — CHRISTIE'S GALA.

CHAPTER XIII. — WAKING UP.

CHAPTER XIV. — WHICH?

CHAPTER XV. — MIDSUMMER.

CHAPTER XVI. — MUSTERED IN.

CHAPTER XVII. — THE COLONEL.

CHAPTER XVIII. — SUNRISE.

CHAPTER XIX. — LITTLE HEART'S-EASE.

CHAPTER XX. — AT FORTY.

THE MYSTERIOUS KEY AND WHAT IT OPENED By L. M. Alcott

CONTENTS

Chapter I. — THE PROPHECY

Chapter II. — PAUL

Chapter III. — SECRET SERVICE

Chapter IV. — VANISHED

Chapter V. — A HERO

Chapter VI. — FAIR HELEN

Chapter VII. — THE SECRET KEY

Chapter VIII. — WHICH?

Work: a Story of Experience, by Louisa M. Alcott

WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE. By Louisa M. Alcott

AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "LITTLE MEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL," "HOSPITAL SKETCHES," ETC.

"An endless significance lies in work; in idleness alone is there perpetual despair."—CARLYLE. BOSTON: 1901. TO MY MOTHER,

WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN A LONG LABOR OF LOVE, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY HER DAUGHTER.

CONTENTS

WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE.

CHAPTER I. — CHRISTIE.

CHAPTER II. — SERVANT.

CHAPTER III. — ACTRESS.

CHAPTER IV. — GOVERNESS.

CHAPTER V. — COMPANION.

CHAPTER VI. — SEAMSTRESS.

CHAPTER VII. — THROUGH THE MIST.

CHAPTER VIII. — A CURE FOR DESPAIR.

CHAPTER IX. — MRS. WILKINS'S MINISTER.

CHAPTER X. — BEGINNING AGAIN.

CHAPTER XI. — IN THE STRAWBERRY BED.

CHAPTER XII. — CHRISTIE'S GALA.

CHAPTER XIII. — WAKING UP.

CHAPTER XIV. — WHICH?

CHAPTER XV. — MIDSUMMER.

CHAPTER XVI. — MUSTERED IN.

CHAPTER XVII. — THE COLONEL.

CHAPTER XVIII. — SUNRISE.

CHAPTER XIX. — LITTLE HEART'S-EASE.

CHAPTER XX. — AT FORTY.

WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE.