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 LOUISA M. ALCOTT 
 From a daguerreotype 
 Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott "
 
 THE STORY OF THE 
 ALCOTTS 
 
 (Condensed from Ednah D. Cheney's authoritative 
 * " Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals ") 
 
 The restoration and preservation of the Orchard 
 House where "Little Women" was written is the most 
 fitting memorial to Louisa May Alcott that could be 
 devised. Under this roof the Alcott family made its 
 home for twenty-five years. From the Orchard House 
 Miss Alcott went forth to her duties as a Civil War 
 nurse in 1862 and here she slowly convalesced from the 
 hospital fever she had contracted. Here too she began 
 her writings, which, with the publication of "Little 
 Women," marked the turning point in the family 
 fortunes. 
 
 Louisa was born November 29, 1832, in Germantown, 
 Pennsylvania, where her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, 
 a man of unusual culture but an unpractical dreamer, 
 had moved from his native state of Connecticut to take 
 charge of a school. She was the" second daughter of the 
 four who lived to maturity. When Louisa was but two 
 years old the family moved to Boston, where Mr. Alcott 
 opened his famous school for children in Masonic Temple. 
 
 In 1840, Mr. Alcott's school having proved unsuccess- 
 ful, the family went out to Concord and occupied a 
 cottage, which is described in "Little Women" as Meg's 
 first home, although Anna never lived there after her 
 marriage. During this period Louisa developed rapidly 
 
 Copyright, 1889 by J. S. P. Alcott
 
 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 under the direction of her intellectual father and her 
 practical mother. Here is her first poem, "To a Robin," 
 written at the age of eight: 
 
 "Welcome, welcome, little stranger, 
 Fear no harm, and fear no danger; 
 We are glad to see you here, 
 For you sing 'Sweet Spring is near.' 
 
 "Now the white snow melts away; 
 Now the flowers blossom gay: 
 Come dear bird and build your nest, 
 For we love our robin best." 
 
 In 1843 after a trip to England, Mr. Alcott joined a 
 company of enthusiasts in the establishment of an ideal 
 social colony on a farm in the town of Harvard, near 
 Concord, which they called Fruitlands. The experi- 
 ment was an utter failure, Mr. Alcott collapsed, and the 
 family returned to Concord where Mrs. Alcott in 1845 
 purchased with the small amount of money left her by 
 her father, and the addition of five hundred dollars 
 from Ralph Waldo Emerson, the place known as Hillside 
 on the road to Lexington, about one-third of a mile from 
 Mr. Emerson's home. There it was that Louisa and her 
 sisters, Anna, Beth and May, lived so happily the life 
 she so fully presents in "Little Women." Yet with this 
 roof over their head there were six to be provided for 
 and the ambitious Louisa assisted to the best of her 
 ability. Concord, however, offered very little opportunity 
 
 Pour
 
 A. BRONSON ALCOTT AT THE AGE OF 53 
 
 From the portrait by Mrs. Hildreth 
 From "Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott"
 
 ABIGAIL MAY, MRS. A. BRONSON ALCOTT 
 
 From a daguerreotype 
 From " Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott "
 
 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 i'or such work as either Mr. or Mrs. Alcott could do, so 
 when the despairing mother found employment in Boston, 
 ths family, in 1848, again moved to that city. 
 - At the age of fifteen Louisa entered her romantic 
 period, when she fell to writing poetry, keeping a heart 
 journal and wandering in the moonlight. During this 
 time she had a mania for the stage and devoted her 
 leisure time to writing and enacting dramas. Her older 
 sister, Anna, assisted her in carrying out all her plans. 
 While her mother conducted an intelligence office, Louisa 
 sold her first story (written when she was sixteen) for 
 five dollars. 
 
 The seven years, from Louisa's sixteenth to her twenty- 
 third year, may be called an apprenticeship to life, when 
 she tried various paths. At twenty-two, her first book 
 of short stories, "Flower Fables," was published and this 
 netted her thirty-two dollars. A year later, in June, 1855, 
 she went to Walpole, N. H., for a few months, and a 
 month later the family followed. Back in the city for 
 the winter, she continued to write stories and to sew. 
 
 In 1857 the family moved again to Concord, and lived 
 a few months in part of a house they had hired until the 
 Orchard House, which they had bought, was ready for 
 them. There, Louisa's younger sister, Elizabeth, the 
 "Beth" of "Little Women" died. It was the first break 
 in the household. In July the Alcotts took possession of 
 the Orchard House, which was thereafter the permanent 
 residence of the family. 
 
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 Mr. Alcott had his library and was always happy there; 
 but Louisa's heart never clung to it. Her sister Anna's 
 engagement was an exciting event to Louisa, who sub- 
 sequently refused all offers of marriage, as she had no 
 inclination towards matrimony. Her heart was bound 
 up in her family and her work. The year 1860, she called 
 a year of Good Luck, for the appointment of Mr. Alcott 
 as superintendent of schools in Concord brought great 
 happiness to the family, while Louisa was writing for 
 "The Atlantic Monthly" and receiving better pay for her 
 work. With the outbreak of the Civil War the Alcotts 
 were alive with patriotic enthusiasm. That year, 1861, 
 Louisa began to write her first novel, "Moods," which 
 proved when published years later the least successful 
 of her books. 
 
 In 1862 after an unsuccessful attempt to conduct a 
 kindergarten school, she gave her services as a nurse 
 and for about six weeks served her country in the small 
 Union Hospital at Georgetown. The severe attack of 
 fever which drove her from her post left her, at thirty, 
 with shattered nerves and weakened constitution and 
 she never again knew the fulness of life and health which 
 she had before. Her letters home, were first published 
 in the "Commonwealth" newspaper and afterwards in 
 book form, for which she received two thousand dollars. 
 Her first novel, "Moods," came out in December, 1864, 
 and sold rapidly at first, for "Hospital Sketches" had 
 created an interest in the author. 
 
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 In 1865 she made her eventful first trip to Europe 
 where among other things she met the young Polish lad 
 who was the very original of the charming Laurie in 
 "Little Women." 
 
 After her return the Boston book publishing firm of 
 Roberts Brothers asked her to write a girls' book and 
 the old idea of "The Pathetic Family" recurred to her 
 mind. She set herself to describe early home life. The 
 book was finished during the summer of 1868, after the 
 first twelve chapters had been pronounced dull. "Little 
 Women" was the title selected and it was promptly ac- 
 cepted by the publishers, who made Miss Alcott an 
 outright offer for the copyright, but at the same time 
 advised her not to part with it. She accepted a royalty 
 on all copies sold, and in her journal, in 1885, she wrote 
 this comment: 
 
 "An honest publisher and a lucky author, for the copyright made 
 her fortune and the 'dull book' was the first golden egg of the ugly 
 duckling." 
 
 Published in October, the book was an immediate 
 success. It faithfully presented New England family life 
 and touched the heart. She rapidly finished a sequel 
 (now published with the first part in a single volume) 
 which was brought out the following year. 
 
 The author's own statement in regard to the originals 
 of the characters in "Little Women" is as follows: 
 
 "Facts in the stories that are true, though often changed as to time 
 and place: 
 
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 " 'Little Women' The early plays and experiences; Beth's death; 
 Jo's literary and Amy's artistic experiences; Meg's happy home; 
 John Brooke and his death; Demi's character. Mr. March did not 
 go to the war, but Jo did. Mrs. March is all true, only not half 
 good enough. Laurie is not an American boy, though every lad I 
 ever knew claims the character. He was a Polish boy, met abroad 
 in 1865. Mr. Lawrence is my grandfather, Colonel Joseph May. 
 Aunt March is no one." 
 
 At thirty-six Miss Alcott found herself famous, but 
 with rather poor health. 
 
 "Paid up all the debts thank the Lord! every penny 
 that money can pay, and now I feel as if I could die in 
 peace," she wrote in her journal. 
 
 In the autumn of '69 the whole family went to Boston, 
 Louisa and her sister May occupying rooms at 10 Pinck- 
 ney Street. The following year she wrote "An Old 
 Fashioned Girl," in which many of the adventures of the 
 heroine, Polly, were drawn from the author's own expe- 
 riences. In 1870 the success of "Hospital Sketches," 
 re-published by Roberts Brothers, and the continued re- 
 ceipts from "Little Women" enabled her to enjoy a long- 
 cherished independent journey to Europe with her 
 younger sister She has given an account somewhat 
 travestied, but very true to the general facts in "Shawl 
 Straps." 
 
 While in Rome Miss Alcott received the sad news of 
 the death of her brother-in-law, Mr. Pratt. She at once 
 turned to the support of her widowed sister, Anna, and 
 her two nephews, Frederi k and John, by writing "Little 
 
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 From 
 
 ANNA BRONSON ALCOTT 
 
 From a daguerreotype 
 Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott
 
 ABBA MAY ALCOTT 
 
 From a photograph 
 From " Little Women Letters from the House of Ali'ott "
 
 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 Men." On her return home she chose to rest and work 
 in Boston, while her youngest sister remained at home. 
 
 At forty years of age, Louisa had accomplished the 
 task she set for herself in youth. By unceasing toil she 
 had made herself and her family independent; debts 
 were all paid, and enough was invested to preserve them 
 from want. And yet wants seemed to increase with 
 their satisfaction, and she felt impelled to work enough 
 to give to all the enjoyments and luxuries which were 
 fitted to them, after the necessaries were provided for. 
 
 In 1872 she completed "Work" which presents her 
 own personal experiences more than any other book. 
 Subsequently she became an ardent worker in behalf of 
 woman suffrage when the subject was very unpopular, 
 wrote "Eight Cousins" and its sequel "Rose in Bloom," 
 and in 1877 during her mother's continued illness, com- 
 pleted one of her brightest and sweetest stories, "Under 
 the Lilacs," in which she displays her love for animals. 
 In November her mother died, and was buried in Sleepy 
 Hollow Cemetery, Concord. 
 
 During the same year she wrote a novel "A Modern 
 Mephistopheles" for Roberts Brothers' No Name Series, 
 which was of course published anonymously; also "My 
 Girls" in the Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag Series. 
 
 Two years later, in December, 1879, her youngest sister, 
 May, died in Paris, leaving an infant child who exercised 
 a great influence over the last ten years of Miss Alcott's 
 life. May was the artist of the family, who, while resid- 
 
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 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 ing in London, March, 1878, married a young Swiss 
 gentleman, Ernest Nieriker. The child, Louisa May 
 Nieriker, became a source of great comfort to Miss 
 Alcott. After her death, Mr. Nieriker came to America 
 and in June 1889 took his daughter to his home in 
 Zurich, Switzerland; she now lives in Vienna, the wife 
 of Emil Rasim. 
 
 After May's marriage and death, Louisa remained a 
 while in Concord trying to forget her grief in care for 
 others. She wrote short stories, including "Jimmy's 
 Cruise on the Pinafore" suggested by the acting of the 
 popular opera of that name, by a juvenile troupe. Later 
 she wrote her popular story "Jack and Jill," now the 
 eighth and final volume in the Little Women Series, the 
 scenes of which are laid in Concord or "Harmony" as 
 she calls it. At that period also, the long-dreamed School 
 of Philosophy was established beside the Orchard House. 
 The opening of the school was a great event to Mr. Alcott, 
 as it was the realization of the dream of years. 
 
 After her sister's death, Louisa endeavored to take on 
 new interests, but her principal concern was the care of 
 her little niece. She was now a truly "marmee" and 
 little "Lulu" absorbed her time and thoughts. In the 
 autumn of 1882 Mr. Alcott had a stroke of paralysis 
 from which he never fully recovered; and for the rest 
 of his life his daughters shared in the duty of tending 
 and caring for him in his enfeebled state. It had been 
 great reward of Louisa's years of hard work that she 
 
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 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 could surround her mother with every comfort that could 
 make her happy in her last declining years. Not less 
 had she delighted in gratifying every wish of her father. 
 
 The Orchard House, which had been the family home 
 for twenty-five years, was sold, and her sister's, Mrs. 
 Pratt's house, the so-called Thoreau House on Main 
 Street, was the home of all. It was Mrs. Pratt's younger 
 son, John Sewall, whom Louisa adopted before her death, 
 and whose name was changed to John Sewall Pratt 
 Alcott. 
 
 In the autumn of 1885, Miss Alcott moved to a fur- 
 nished house at No. 10 Louisburg Square, Boston. Al- 
 though in failing health, she prepared the three volumes 
 of stories, "Lulu Library," for publication and completed 
 "Jo's Boys," the sequel to "Little Men." The latter is 
 full of biographical interest. 
 
 During her last years also, Miss Alcott wrote "A Gar- 
 land for Girls," the fourth volume in the Spinning 
 Wheel Series, one of the most fanciful and pleasing of 
 her books. These stories were suggested by the flowers 
 sent to her by her different friends. 
 
 Early in March 1888, Mr. Alcott failed rapidly, and 
 Louisa drove in from Dunreath Place, Roxbury, where she 
 was under treatment, to the Louisburg Square house to 
 see him, conscious that it was for the last time. The next 
 morning she was in a serious condition, and on March 6 she 
 passed quietly on to the rest which she so much needed. 
 She did not know that her father had already preceded her 
 by two days. 
 
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 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 Miss Alcott had made every arrangement for her 
 death; and by her own wish the funeral service was very 
 simple, in her father's rooms at Louisburg Square. Her 
 body was carried to Concord, and placed in the beautiful 
 cemetery of Sleepy Hollow where her dearest ones were 
 already laid to rest. 
 
 THE ORCHARD HOUSE 
 
 The Orchard House is one of the oldest houses in 
 Concord, having been built about 1650. In 1857 it 
 became the property of the Alcotts, who modernized it. 
 After the family moved to Anna Pratt's house it was 
 occupied by the late Dr. William T. Harris until he went 
 to Washington to become Commissioner of Education. 
 He subsequently purchased it. He sold it to Mrs. Daniel 
 Lothrop (Margaret Sidney) who lived next door in 
 Hawthorne's old home, "Wayside" and in 1911, the Con- 
 cord Woman's Club decided to purchase and restore the 
 house as a permanent Louisa M. Alcott memorial. 
 
 The Club had no money for this purpose, but its 
 members believed that friends of Miss Alcott and lovers 
 of her books would gladly contribute toward the saving 
 of the property if they knew its needs. A circular was 
 sent out, and gifts began to come in. The first received, 
 outside of Concord, was five cents from a little girl, 
 who saved it from her weekly allowance of two cents. The 
 contributions ranged from a few pennies to five hundred 
 
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 ILLUSTRATION BY ALICE BARBER STEPHENS 
 From the Illustrated Edition of " Little Women "
 
 THE STORY OF THE ALCOTTS 
 
 dollars. Not only did financial aid come in response, 
 but many were the expressions of delight that such a 
 plan was undertaken. The Louisa M. Alcott Memorial 
 Association was organized to assume the title, the place 
 was renovated, and no debt remains. 
 
 The great number of visitors, is assurance of wide- 
 spread interest. Relatives and friends of the Alcotts 
 contributed priceless gifts the piano the girls used; 
 mementoes of their childhood, a very beautiful bust of 
 Miss Alcott and pieces of furniture. The scheme of 
 color in paper and paint is as near like that of the time 
 of the Alcotts as possible. Miss Alcott's own room has 
 been furnished by relatives, who remembered it as it 
 was when that brave, courageous woman occupied it. 
 The painting by May Alcott on the window panel and 
 the one under the mantel, are in perfect condition and 
 are exceedingly interesting with the stones they bring 
 to mind. "May's room" ("Amy," in "Little Women") 
 has the sketches on doors and walls as she left them. 
 They must have been considered precious, or they would 
 not have been kept in such good condition, through all 
 the changes that have come to the house. They are now 
 covered with glass to insure their future preservation. 
 
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 THE ALCOTT BOOKS 
 
 Published by Little, Brown & Company 
 34 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 THE LITTLE WOMEN 
 SERIES. Regular edition. 
 Frontispiece. 8 vols. 16mo. 
 Cloth. Uniformly bound, in 
 box. $12.00. Separately, $1.50 
 each. 
 
 1. Little Women; or Meg, Jo, 
 Beth, and Amy. Frontis- 
 piece. 532 pages. 
 
 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 chil- 
 dren's books ever written. 
 
 2. Little Men. Life at Plum- 
 field with Jo's Boys. Fron- 
 tispiece. 376 pages. 
 
 Gives 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. Frontispiece. 
 365 pages. 
 
 This sequel to "Little Men" takes 
 up the story and carries Jo's boys 
 through the home struggles and ad- 
 ventures in the outside world, until 
 they are fairly launched on the sea of 
 manhood. 
 
 4. An Old-Fashioned Girl. 
 
 Frontispiece. 371 pages. 
 
 The city life of a winning and sen- 
 sible little country girl. 
 
 5. Eight Cousins; or, The 
 Aunt-Hill. Frontispiece. 291 
 pages. 
 
 The story of a sunny-tempered 
 little girl, who lives with her uncle and 
 her aunts, thereby coming in contact 
 with seven cousins all boys. 
 
 6. Rose in Bloom. Frontis- 
 piece. 375 pages. 
 
 This sequel to "Eight Cousins' 1 
 carries on the story of Rose and the 
 cousins. 
 
 7. Under the Lilacs. Fron- 
 tispiece. 305 pages. 
 
 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. 
 
 8. Jack and Jill: A Village 
 Story. Frontispiece. 325 
 pages. 
 
 A vivid yet natural portrayal of 
 home and school life in a New England 
 village. 
 
 THE LITTLE WOMEN SE- 
 RIES as included in The Bea- 
 con Hill Bookshelf, a twenty- 
 volume series of children's clas- 
 sics beautifully illustrated in 
 full color by famous artists. 
 8 vols. 8vo. Uniformly bound, 
 in box, $16.00. Separately, 
 $2.00 each. 
 
 1. Little Women; or Meg, Jo, 
 Beth and Amy. In The 
 Beacon Hill Bookshelf. With 
 eight illustrations in color by 
 Jessie Willcox Smith. 397 
 pages. 
 
 Books may come and books may go 
 but "Little Women", with its genuine- 
 ness of character and incident and its 
 homely appeal to all that is best in 
 young womanhood and young man- 
 hood, remains today, more than fifty 
 years since it was first published, the 
 ideal book for boys and girls. 
 
 Twenty
 
 THE ALCOTT BOOKS 
 
 1. Little Men; Life at Plum- 
 field with Jo's Boys. In 
 
 The Beacon Hill Bookshelf. 
 With eight illustrations in 
 color by Reginald Birch. 335 
 pages. 
 
 The sequel to "Little Women", 
 about the boys in Aunt Jo's and Pro- 
 fessor Bhaer's school at old Plumfield, 
 brimful o_f activity, merriment, health 
 and happiness. One of the best books 
 for boys, and girls as well. 
 
 3. Jo's Boys. In The Beacon 
 Hill Bookshelf. With eight il- 
 lustrations in color by C. M. 
 Burd. 316 pages. 
 
 This sequel to "Little Men" com- 
 pletes the story of the March family, 
 carrying Jo's boys through the home 
 struggles and adventures untij they are 
 fairly launched on the sea of life. 
 
 4. An Old-Fashioned Girl. In 
 
 The Beacon Hill Bookshelf. 
 With eight illustrations in color 
 by Elenore Abbott. 328 pages. 
 
 A_little country girl goes to the city 
 to visit a family of children brought up 
 entirely differently. There is fun in 
 contrasting the lives of the two girls, 
 Polly and Fanny, and the visitor's 
 lovable disposition and common sense 
 soon win the hearts of her readers. 
 
 5. Eight Cousins. In The Bea- 
 con Hill Bookshelf. With six il- 
 lustrations in color by Hattie 
 Longstreet Price. 278 pages. 
 
 How Rose, one of the most winning 
 heroines in juvenile fiction, and her 
 seven boy cousins, get into scrapes, 
 mischief and all kinds of fun. 
 
 6. Rose in Bloom. In The 
 
 Beacon Hill Bookshelf. With 
 six illustrations in color by 
 Hattie Longstreet Price. 322 
 pages. 
 
 This sequel to "Eight Cousins" takes 
 up the fortunes of the cousins from the 
 return of Rose and Uncle Alec from 
 abroad, and carries them on until at 
 last Rose becomes a happy wife and 
 Phebe finds a happy home. 
 
 7. Under the Lilacs. In The 
 
 Beacon Hill Bookshelf. With 
 eight illustrations in color by 
 Marguerite Davis. 284 pages. 
 
 A delightful story of the adventures 
 of Ben Brown and his performing dog 
 Sancho who run away from a circus 
 and find a home with Bob and Betty 
 in the old house under the lilacs. 
 
 8. Jack and Jill. In The Beacon 
 Hill Bookshelf. With eight il- 
 lustrations in color by Beatrice 
 Stevens. 313 pages. 
 
 How two village children were hurt 
 while coasting and what happened 
 while they were getting well. The book 
 is a lively portrayal of home and school 
 life in a New England village. 
 
 AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. 
 
 New One-Volume Edition. 
 With frontispiece in color and 
 25 illustrations in black-and- 
 white by Beatrice Stevens. 
 Crown 8vo. S2.00 
 A selection by Helen Martin of the 
 best stories in Miss Alcott's six-volume 
 collection, "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag". 
 
 THE SPINNING-WHEEL 
 
 SERIES. Illustrated edition. 
 
 4vols. 12mo. Inbox. $8.00. 
 
 Separately, $2.00 each. 
 
 Four volumes of short stories so told 
 
 as to entertain young people. With 23 
 
 full-page pictures and attractive cover 
 
 design. 
 
 Twenty -one
 
 THE ALCOTT BOOKS 
 
 1. Spinning - Wheel Stories. 
 
 With 8 full-page pictures by 
 Wm. A. McCullough. 304 
 pages. 
 
 2. Silver Pitchers. With 8 full- 
 page pictures by J. W. F. 
 Kennedy. 365 pages. 
 
 3. Proverb Stories. W^ith 8 
 full-page pictures by Ethel 
 Pennewill Brown. 334 pages. 
 
 4. A Garland for Girls. With 
 8 full-page pictures by C. E. 
 Atwood and others. 286 pages. 
 
 The Louisa Alcott Story 
 Book. Compiled and edited 
 by Fanny E. Coe. Frontis- 
 piece. 16mo. 80 cents. 
 
 Contains ten real stories from Miss 
 Alcott's books and a biographical 
 sketch. Supplementary reader for the 
 fifth grade. 
 
 Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, 
 Letters and Journals. New 
 
 edition. Edited by Ednah D. 
 Cheney. With twelve illustra- 
 tions. 352 pages. Crown 8vo. 
 $2.50. 
 
 A new edition of the authorized life 
 story of Louisa May Alcott in a more 
 attractive format. This biography is 
 an inspired picture of a great story- 
 teller's triumph over difficulties. 
 
 May Alcott: A Memoir. By 
 
 Caroline Ticknor. With six 
 illustrations. 315 pages. 8vo. 
 $3.00. 
 
 The life story of the youngest of the 
 sisters immortalized in "Little Women," 
 a gay and charming artist who lived 
 most of her life abroad. Miss Ticknor 
 has made her a very real figure, and 
 given us as well a memorably intimate 
 picture of the Alcott family. 
 
 The Louisa Alcott Reader. 
 
 With 11 illustrations. 222 pag- 
 es. 16mo. 80 cents. 
 A supplementary reader for the 
 
 fourth year of school, containing ten 
 
 selections. 
 
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 THE ALCOTTS 
 
 Originals of the Principal Characters in "Little Women'' 
 
 Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) "Mr. March" 
 Married, 1830 
 
 Abigail May (1800-1877) "Mrs. March" "Mar me e" 
 
 CHILDREN 
 
 Anna Bronson Alcott (1831-1893) "Meg" 
 
 Married, 1860, John Bridge Pratt "John Brooke" 
 
 They had two sons, Frederick Alcott Pratt (1863-1910) "Demi" 
 and John Sewall Pratt (1865-1923) "Daisy." John was adopted in 
 1888 by Louisa and his name changed to John Sewall Pratt Alcctt. 
 
 Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) "Jo" 
 Elizabeth Sewall Alcott (1835-1858) "Beth" 
 
 Abba May Alcott (1840-1879) "Amy" 
 Married, 1878, Ernest Nieriker (1856- ). They had one daughter 
 Louisa May Nieriker (1879- ) "Lulu."
 
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