was made,--a double one, for on it sat the twin kings with their young
wives beside them. The old King abdicated at once; and the Queen was so
tired of reigning that she gladly devoted herself to her husband, both
enjoying the happiness of their children, who ruled long and well over
Pansyland,--for they gave that name to their country out of gratitude to
the flower that brought them friends and fortune, wisdom and
heart's-ease.
* * * * *
"That is a pleasant story, and I shall remember it," said Marion, as the
teller leaned down to refresh itself with a sip of water after the long
tale.
"Remember also what it means, my dear," said the flower in its sweet
voice. "Learn to rule yourself; make your own little kingdom a peaceful,
happy one, and find nothing too humble to teach you a lesson,--not even
a Ladies'-Delight."
[Illustration]
University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
_Louisa M. Alcott's Writings._
THE LITTLE WOMEN SERIES.
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.
The above eight volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $12.00.
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 by JESSIE MCDERMOTT. 16mo.
$1.25.
The above four volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $5.00.
AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG.
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.
JIMMY'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE, ETC. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING. Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
The above six volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $6.00.
LULU'S LIBRARY.
Three volumes. Each, $1.00. The set uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in
box, $3.00.
NOVELS, ETC. _Uniform with "Little Women Series."_
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 above four volumes, uniformly bound in cloth, gilt, in box, $6.00.
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 by EDNAH 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.
_Little, Brown, and Company, Publishers_, 254 Washington Street,
Boston.
BY TWO OF THE "LITTLE WOMEN."
COMIC TRAGEDIES.
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."
_For sale by all booksellers, and mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price
by the publishers_,
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,
BOSTON.
SUSAN COOLIDGE'S POPULAR STORY BOOKS.
SUSAN COOLIDGE has 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 by ADDIE LEDYARD. 16mo. $1.25.
WHAT KATY DID. A Story. With Illustrations by ADDIE 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 by ADDIE
LEDYARD. 16mo. $1.25.
NINE LITTLE GOSLINGS. With Illustrations by J. 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 by JESSIE
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 by JESSIE MCDERMOTT. 16mo. $1.25.
NOT QUITE EIGHTEEN. A volume of Stories. With illustrations by JESSIE
MCDERMOTT. 16mo. $1.25.
_Sold by all booksellers. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price, by the
publishers._
BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR OF "MISS TOOSEY'S MISSION" AND "LADDIE."
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._
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._
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._
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._
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.
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.
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.
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.
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._
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.
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,
BOSTON.
SUSAN COOLIDGE'S POPULAR BOOKS.
[Illustration]
THE BARBERRY BUSH. And Seven Other Stories about Girls for Girls. By
SUSAN COOLIDGE. Illustrated by Jessie McDermott. 16mo. Cloth. Uniform
with "What Katy Did," etc. Price, $1.25.
_For sale by all booksellers, and mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price
by the publishers._
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON.
By the Author of Dear Daughter Dorothy.
Robin's Recruit.
BY A. G. PLYMPTON,
AUTHOR OF "BETTY A BUTTERFLY," AND "THE LITTLE SISTER OF WILIFRED."
[Illustration]
With illustrations by the author. Small 4to. Cloth, gilt. Price, $1.00.
_Sold by all Booksellers. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price, by the
Publishers._
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON.
THE STORY OF JULIETTE.
A Child's Romance. By BEATRICE WASHINGTON. With 45 illustrations by J.
F. Goodridge. Small 4to. Cloth. Price, $1.00.
[Illustration: "SHE WAS CARRIED IN HER TRUE KNIGHT'S ARMS."]
_Sold by all Booksellers. Mailed, post-paid, by the Publishers._
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON.
UNDER THE WATER-OAKS.
A SOUTHERN STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. By MARIAN BREWSTER. Illustrated by J.
F. Goodridge. Square 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.25.
[Illustration]
_Sold by all Booksellers. Mailed, post-paid, by the Publishers._
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON.
End of Project Gutenberg's Lulu's Library, Volume II, by Louisa M. Alcott