Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy Chapter 49

Louisa M. Alcott's Writings

• THE LITTLE WOMEN SERIES. Little Women; or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50. Little Men. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50. Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. A Sequel to "Little Men." Portrait of Author. 16mo. $1.50. An Old-Fashioned Girl. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50. Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50. Rose in Bloom. A Sequel to "Eight Cousins." Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50. Under the Lilacs. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50. Jack and Jill. A Village Story. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

  The above eight volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $12.00.

• THE LITTLE WOMEN SERIES. New Illustrated Edition.

  Printed from new plates with new cover designs, and illustrated with 84 full-page plates from drawings especially made for this edition by Reginald B. Birch, Alice Barber Stephens, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Harriet Roosevelt Richards. 8 vols. Crown 8vo. Decorated cloth, gilt, in box. $16.00. Separately, $2.00.

• THE SPINNING-WHEEL SERIES
  • Spinning-Wheel Stories.
  • Silver Pitchers.
  • Proverb Stories.
  • A Garland for Girls.

  4 vols. 16mo. Each, $1.25. In box, $5.00.

• THE SPINNING-WHEEL SERIES. New Illustrated Edition.

  Uniform in size with the Illustrated Edition of the Little Women Series. With 36 full-page plates by well-known artists. 4 vols. Crown 8vo. Decorated cloth. In box, $6.00. Separately, $1.50.

• AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG
  • My Boys.
  • Shawl-Straps.
  • Cupid and Chow-Chow.
  • My Girls.
  • Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore.
  • An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving.

  6 vols. 16mo. Illustrated. Each, $1.00. In box, $6.00.

• LULU'S LIBRARY
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3

  3 vols. Each, $1.00. The set uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $3.00.

• NOVELS, ETC.
  • Hospital Sketches.
  • Work.
  • Comic Tragedies.
  • Moods.
  • A Modern Mephistopheles.
  • Life of Louisa May Alcott.

  6 vols. 16mo. Each, $1.50.

LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY

Publishers, 254 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

The Little Women Series

The Little Women Series
By LOUISA M. ALCOTT

1. LITTLE WOMEN; or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   A simple story of the home life of four girls. A portrayal of child life, natural, wholesome, and inspiring. One of the best and most popular children's books ever written.

2. LITTLE MEN: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   Gives delightful pictures of boy life at old Plumfield, and is brimful of activity, merriment, health, and happiness.

3. JO'S BOYS, and How They Turned Out

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   This sequel to "Little Men" takes up the story and carries Jo's boys through the home struggles and adventures in the outside world until they are fairly launched on the sea of manhood.

4. AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   The heroine of this book is shown as a possible improvement upon the girl of the period, who seems sadly ignorant or ashamed of the good old fashions which made women truly beautiful and honored.

5. EIGHT COUSINS; or, the Aunt-Hill

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   The story of a pretty-faced and sunny-tempered little girl, obliged by the death of her parents to live with her uncle and her aunts, thereby coming in contact with seven cousins—all boys.

6. ROSE IN BLOOM

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   This sequel to "Eight Cousins" carries on the story of Rose and the cousins, and is full of vivacity, fresh and stirring incident, and brilliant character painting.

7. UNDER THE LILACS

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   Ben and his dog Sancho run away from a circus and find a home with Bob and Betty in the old house under the lilacs. Told in Miss Alcott's best style.

8. JACK AND JILL

   Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.

   A vivid yet natural portrayal of home and school life in a New England village, full of the sympathetic quality which lends such a charm to Miss Alcott's writings. It is a lively and jolly narrative.

the above eight volumes, uniformly bound, in box, $12.00

Uniform with "The Little Women Series."

COMIC TRAGEDIES Written by "Jo" and "Meg," and acted by the "Little Women," with a Foreword by "Meg." Portraits, etc. 16mo. $1.50. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Her Life, Letters, and Journals. Edited by Ednah D. Cheney. With photogravure portraits, etc. 16mo. $1.50.

Other Alcott Collections.

Other Stories by LOUISA M. ALCOTT

• SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES

  Four volumes of healthy and hearty short stories so told as to fascinate the young people, while inculcating sturdy courage and kindness to the weak in the boys, and in the girls those virtues which fit them for filling a woman's place in the home.

  1. SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES

     With twelve initial illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.

  2. SILVER PITCHERS: and Independence

     16mo. $1.25.

  3. PROVERB STORIES

     16mo. $1.25.

  4. A GARLAND FOR GIRLS

     With illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.

  The above four volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $5.00.

  
  

• AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG

  Six books of jolly, readable stories told in Miss Alcott's best style and sure to please young people.

  1. MY BOYS

     Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

  2. SHAWL-STRAPS

     Illustrated. Story of a voyage abroad. 16mo. $1.00

  3. CUPID AND CHOW-CHOW

     Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

  4. MY GIRLS

     Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

  5. JIMMY'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE, ETC.

     Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

  6. AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING

     Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.

     The above six volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $6.00.

• LULU'S LIBRARY

  Delightful short stories, many of them founded on incidents from Miss Alcott's life. Told so as to attract children, and all showing the spirit of cheerful accomplishment in the face of discouragements.

  Three volumes. Each, $1.00. The set, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $3.00.

  
  

• MISS ALCOTT'S NOVELS
  • HOSPITAL SKETCHES

    and Camp and Fireside Stories. With illustrations. 16mo. $1.50.

  • WORK

    A Story of Experience. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge. 16mo. $1.50.

  • MOODS

    A Novel. 16mo. $1.50.

  • A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES

    and a Whisper in the Dark. 16mo. $1.50.

The Children's Friend Series.

Other Stories by LOUISA M. ALCOTT

A HOLE IN THE WALL. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. An account of a poor boy's admiration for a beautiful garden to which he is invited by a little girl friend. ("How They Camped Out" in same volume.) MARJORIE'S THREE GIFTS. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. A fairy tale told Marjorie comes true, and there enter into her life three good fairies: Industry, Cheerfulness, and Love. ("Roses and Forget-me-nots" in same volume.) MAY FLOWERS. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. The experiences of six earnest young girls who try to make the sad lives about them happier. Full of sensible hints as to wisest methods of charity. A CHRISTMAS DREAM. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. A rather spoiled child gets her first real enjoyment of Christmas by making others happy. ("Baa! Baa!" in same volume.) THE CANDY COUNTRY Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. A quaint little fable in which the young heroine visits Candy-land and is finally contented to return to Bread-land. ("How They Ran Away" in same volume.) LITTLE BUTTON ROSE. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. A bright, vivacious child visits her maiden aunts. Her influence on the somewhat narrow characters about her is delightfully described. POPPIES AND WHEAT. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. Two girls travel through Europe. The frivolous Ethel learns the advantages of culture and simple dignity from her companion. MOUNTAIN-LAUREL AND MAIDENHAIR. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. The story of a New Hampshire farmer's daughter who is fond of writing verses. PANSIES AND WATER-LILIES. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. "Pansies" is a story of a girls' discussion of books; "Water-Lilies" a romance by the sea-shore. THE DOLLS' JOURNEY. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. A droll account of the travels of two dolls. ("Shadow-Children" and "The Moss People" in same volume.) MORNING GLORIES AND QUEEN ASTOR. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cents. Aunt Wee changes Daisy from a petulant to a cheerful girl by interesting her in the wonderful world of nature which Daisy has never before learned to appreciate justly. THE LITTLE MEN PLAY. THE LITTLE WOMEN PLAY. Adapted from Miss Alcott's famous stories, "Little Men" and "Little Women," by Elizabeth L. Gould. Illustrated. 12mo. Price 50 cents each. Two forty-five minute plays of two acts each, for eight or ten little people. They will prove a source of limitless delight.

LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY, Publishers

254 Washington St., Boston, Mass.