LITTLE WOMEN; or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.50.
LITTLE MEN. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.50.
JO'S BOYS AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT. A Sequel to "Little Men." With new Portrait of Author. 16mo. $1.50.
AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL. With Illustrations. 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. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.50.
JACK AND JILL. A Village Story. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.50.
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THE SPINNING-WHEEL SERIES.
SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES. With twelve initial Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
SILVER PITCHERS: and Independence. 16mo. $1.25.
PROVERB STORIES. 16mo. $1.25.
A GARLAND FOR GIRLS. With Illustrations byJessie McDermott. 16mo. $1.25.
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MY BOYS. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
SHAWL-STRAPS. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
CUPID AND CHOW-CHOW. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
MY GIRLS. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
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AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
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HOSPITAL SKETCHES, and Camp and Fireside Stories. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.50.
WORK: A Story of Experience. Illustrated bySol Eytinge. 16mo. $1.50.
MOODS. A Novel. 16mo. $1.50.
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COMIC TRAGEDIES. Written by "Jo" and "Meg," and acted by the "Little Women," with a Foreword by "Meg." Portraits, etc. 16mo. $1.50.
LIFE OF MISS ALCOTT.Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals. Edited byEdnah D. Cheney. Photogravure Portraits, etc. 16mo. $1.50.
LITTLE WOMEN.Illustrated edition.
Embellished with nearly two hundred Characteristic Illustrations from Original Designs drawn expressly for this edition of this noted American Classic. Small quarto, cloth, gilt, $2.50.
Written by "Jo" and "Meg," and acted by the "Little Women." With a Foreword by "Meg," Portraits of "Jo" and "Meg," and a view of the house in which they lived. 16mo. Cloth. Uniform with Miss Alcott's books. Price, $1.50.
In the good old times, when "Little Women" worked and played together, the big garret was the scene of many dramatic revels. After a long day of teaching, sewing, and "helping mother," the greatest delight of the girls was to transform themselves into queens, knights, and cavaliers of high degree, and ascend into a world of fancy and romance. Cinderella's godmother waved her wand, and the dismal room became a fairyland. Flowers bloomed, forests arose, music sounded, and lovers exchanged their vows by moonlight. Nothing was too ambitious to attempt,—armor, gondolas, harps, towers, and palaces grew as if by magic, and wonderful scenes of valor and devotion were enacted before admiring audiences.Jo, of course, played the villains, ghosts, bandits, and disdainful queens; for her tragedy-loving soul delighted in the lurid parts, and no drama was perfect in her eyes without a touch of the demonic or supernatural. Meg loved the sentimental roles, the tender maiden with the airy robes and flowing locks, who made impossible sacrifices for ideal lovers, or the cavalier, singing soft serenades and performing lofty acts of gallantry and prowess. Amy was the fairy sprite, while Beth enacted the page or messenger when the scene required their aid.From the little stage library, still extant, the following plays have been selected as fair examples of the work of these children of sixteen and seventeen. With some slight changes and omissions, they remain as written more than forty years ago by Meg and Jo, so dear to the hearts of many other "Little Women."
In the good old times, when "Little Women" worked and played together, the big garret was the scene of many dramatic revels. After a long day of teaching, sewing, and "helping mother," the greatest delight of the girls was to transform themselves into queens, knights, and cavaliers of high degree, and ascend into a world of fancy and romance. Cinderella's godmother waved her wand, and the dismal room became a fairyland. Flowers bloomed, forests arose, music sounded, and lovers exchanged their vows by moonlight. Nothing was too ambitious to attempt,—armor, gondolas, harps, towers, and palaces grew as if by magic, and wonderful scenes of valor and devotion were enacted before admiring audiences.
Jo, of course, played the villains, ghosts, bandits, and disdainful queens; for her tragedy-loving soul delighted in the lurid parts, and no drama was perfect in her eyes without a touch of the demonic or supernatural. Meg loved the sentimental roles, the tender maiden with the airy robes and flowing locks, who made impossible sacrifices for ideal lovers, or the cavalier, singing soft serenades and performing lofty acts of gallantry and prowess. Amy was the fairy sprite, while Beth enacted the page or messenger when the scene required their aid.
From the little stage library, still extant, the following plays have been selected as fair examples of the work of these children of sixteen and seventeen. With some slight changes and omissions, they remain as written more than forty years ago by Meg and Jo, so dear to the hearts of many other "Little Women."
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Susan Coolidgehas always possessed the affection of her young readers, for it seems as if she had the happy instinct of planning stories that each girl would like to act out in reality.—The Critic.
Not even Miss Alcott apprehends child nature with finer sympathy, or pictures its nobler traits with more skill.—Boston Daily Advertiser.
THE NEW YEAR'S BARGAIN. A Christmas Story for Children. With Illustrations byAddie Ledyard. 16mo. $1.25.
WHAT KATY DID. A Story. With Illustrations byAddie Ledyard. 16mo. $1.25.
WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL. Being more about "What Katy Did." With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
MISCHIEF'S THANKSGIVING, and other Stories. With Illustrations byAddie Ledyard. 16mo. $1.25.
NINE LITTLE GOSLINGS. With Illustrations byJ. A. Mitchell. 16mo. $1.25.
EYEBRIGHT. A Story. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
CROSS PATCH. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
A ROUND DOZEN. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
A LITTLE COUNTRY GIRL. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25
WHAT KATY DID NEXT. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
CLOVER. A Sequel to the Katy Books. With Illustrations byJessie McDermott. 16mo. $1.25.
JUST SIXTEEN. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
IN THE HIGH VALLEY. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
A GUERNSEY LILY; or, How the Feud was Healed. A Story of the Channel Islands. Profusely Illustrated. 16mo. $1.25.
THE BARBERRY BUSH, and Seven Other Stories about Girls for Girls. With Illustrations byJessie McDermott. 16mo. $1.25.
NOT QUITE EIGHTEEN. A volume of Stories. With illustrations byJessie McDermott. 16mo. $1.25.
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MISS TOOSEY'S MISSION, AND LADDIE. By the author of "Miss Toosey's Mission." Both in one volume. 16mo. 50 cents.
They are two of the most finished and strengthening stories one may find, although he seek long among choice stories.—Exchange.
They are two of the most finished and strengthening stories one may find, although he seek long among choice stories.—Exchange.
TIP CAT. A Story. 16mo. $1.00.
It is not, as the name might indicate, the story of a cat, but of a young man who makes a brave effort to support his two little sisters. The children's little amusements and artless way of relating them, and the brother's unselfish devotion, are both pathetic and amusing.—Boston Traveller.
It is not, as the name might indicate, the story of a cat, but of a young man who makes a brave effort to support his two little sisters. The children's little amusements and artless way of relating them, and the brother's unselfish devotion, are both pathetic and amusing.—Boston Traveller.
OUR LITTLE ANN. 16mo. $1.00.
It breathes a pure and wholesome spirit, and is treated in a wholly artistic and sympathetic manner. In every respect it is one of the most charming of recent fictions.—Post, Boston.
It breathes a pure and wholesome spirit, and is treated in a wholly artistic and sympathetic manner. In every respect it is one of the most charming of recent fictions.—Post, Boston.
PEN. A Story. 16mo. $1.00.
"Pen" has the peculiar charm and pathos of the earlier books, with quite as much of interest. It is thoroughly wholesome and sweet in its tone, a book to put in the hands of all young people, or old ones either, for that matter.—Living Church.
"Pen" has the peculiar charm and pathos of the earlier books, with quite as much of interest. It is thoroughly wholesome and sweet in its tone, a book to put in the hands of all young people, or old ones either, for that matter.—Living Church.
LIL. A Story. 16mo. $1.00.
One of those bright, sweet, and pure little tales of English domestic life. Both boys and girls will enjoy it.
One of those bright, sweet, and pure little tales of English domestic life. Both boys and girls will enjoy it.
ZOE. A Story. 16mo. 60 cents.
It tells of the power of a little life over the heart of a man made hard and bitter by the world's disappointments, which resulted in winning him back to kind and loving ways.
It tells of the power of a little life over the heart of a man made hard and bitter by the world's disappointments, which resulted in winning him back to kind and loving ways.
ROSE AND LAVENDER. A Story. 16mo. $1.00.
A simple story of English country life, but a story that breathes goodness as a rose does fragrance.
A simple story of English country life, but a story that breathes goodness as a rose does fragrance.
PRIS. A Story. 16mo. 50 cents.
Pris was a neglected girl, left motherless at fourteen, who thenceforth assumed the charge of her father's household, and gave her days and nights to unselfish and loving labor. It is a very sweet and pathetic story, filled with beautiful thoughts.
Pris was a neglected girl, left motherless at fourteen, who thenceforth assumed the charge of her father's household, and gave her days and nights to unselfish and loving labor. It is a very sweet and pathetic story, filled with beautiful thoughts.
DEAR. A Story. With Frontispiece, by Jessie McDermott. 16mo. Cloth. $1.00.
BABY JOHN. A Story. 16mo. 50 cents.
A story that will hold every reader from the nursery to the library.—Budget.
A story that will hold every reader from the nursery to the library.—Budget.
POMONA. 16mo. $1.00.
FOR THE FOURTH TIME OF ASKING. 16mo. 50 cents.
DON. A Story. 16mo. $1.00.
MY HONEY. A Story. 16mo. $1.00.
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THE BARBERRY BUSH. And Seven Other Stories about Girls for Girls. BySusan Coolidge. Illustrated by Jessie McDermott. 16mo. Cloth. Uniform with "What Katy Did," etc. Price, $1.25.
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AUTHOR OF "BETTY A BUTTERFLY," AND "THE LITTLE SISTER OF WILIFRED."
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A Child's Romance. ByBeatrice Washington. With 45 illustrations by J. F. Goodridge. Small 4to. Cloth. Price, $1.00.
"SHE WAS CARRIED IN HER TRUE KNIGHT'S ARMS.""SHE WAS CARRIED IN HER TRUE KNIGHT'S ARMS."
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