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

by Louisa May Alcott

Illustrations

[The Illustrations, designed by Frank T. Merrill, drawn, engraved, and printed underthe supervision of George T. Andrew.]

[They all drew to the fire, mother in the big chair, with Beth at her feet]
[Preface]
[Contents]
[Tail-piece to Contents]
[List of Illustrations]
[Tail-piece to Illustrations]
[Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents]
[Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm]
[I used to be so frightened when it was my turn to sit in the big chair]
[Do it this way, clasp your hands so]
[It was a cheerful, hopeful letter]
[How you used to play Pilgrim's Progress]
[No one but Beth could get much music out of the old piano]
[At nine they stopped work and sung as usual]
[Merry Christmas]
[The procession set out]
[Out came Meg with gray horse-hair hanging about her face]
[A little figure in cloudy white]
[The lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro's blessing]
[We talked over the fence]
[Tail-piece]
[Eating apples and crying over the "Heir of Redclyffe"]
[Jo undertook to pinch the papered locks]
[Mrs. Gardiner greeted them]
[Face to face with the Laurence boy]
[They sat down on the stairs]
[Tell about the party]
[The kitten stuck like a burr just out of reach]
[Curling herself up in the big chair]
[Reading that everlasting Belsham]
[He took her by the ear! by the ear!]
[Mr. Laurence hooked up a big fish]
[Tail-piece]
[Being neighborly]
[Laurie opened the window]
[Poll tweaked off his wig]
[Putting his finger under her chin]
[Please give these to your mother]
[Tail-piece]
[O sir, they do care very much]
[Mr. Laurence often opened his study door]
[She put both arms around his neck and kissed him]
[The Cyclops]
[Amy bore without flinching several tingling blows]
[You do know her]
[Girls, where are you going?]
[I burnt it up]
[Held Amy up by his arms and hockey]
[Packing the go abroady trunk]
[Meg's partner appeared]
[Asked to be introduced]
[I wouldn't, Meg]
[Holding a hand of each, Mrs. March said, &c.]
[Mr. Pickwick]
[Jo threw open the door of the closet]
[Jo spent the morning on the river]
[Amy sat down to draw]
[O Pip! O Pip!]
[Miss Crocker made a wry face]
[We'll work like bees]
[Beth was post-mistress]
[Amy capped the climax by putting a clothes-pin on her nose]
[Mr. Laurence waving his hat]
[Now, Miss Jo, I'll settle you]
[A very merry lunch it was]
[He went prancing down a quiet street]
["Oh, rise," she said]
[A stunning blow from the big Greek lexicon]
[He sneezed]
[The Portuguese walked the plank]
[Will you give me a rose?]
[Miss Kate put up her glass]
[Ellen Tree]
[Tail-piece]
[Swinging to and fro in his hammock]
[It was rather a pretty little picture]
[Waved a brake before her face]
[I see him bow and smile]
[Tail-piece]
[Jo was very busy]
[Hurrah for Miss March]
[Jo darted away]
[Jo laid herself on the sofa and affected to read]
[November is the most disagreeable month in the year]
[One of them horrid telegraph things]
[She came suddenly upon Mr. Brooke]
[The man clipped]
[Tail-piece]
[Letters]
[She rolled away]
[I wind the clock]
[Yours Respectful, Hannah Mullet]
[Tail-piece]
[It didn't stir, and I knew it was dead]
[He sat down beside her]
[What do you want now?]
[Beth did have the fever]
[Gently stroking her head as her mother used to do]
[Amy's Will]
[Polish up the spoons and the fat silver teapot]
[On his back, with all his legs in the air]
[I should choose this]
[Gravely promenaded to and fro]
[Amy's Will]
[Tail-piece]
[Mrs. March would not leave Beth's side]
[Tail-piece]
[Letters]
[Jo and her mother were reading the note]
[Get up and don't be a goose]
["Hold your tongue!" cried Jo, covering her ears]
[He stood at the foot, like a lion in the path]
[Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day]
[The Jungfrau]
[Popping in her head now and then]
[He sat in the big chair by Beth's sofa]
[Shall I tell you how?]
[Bless me, what's all this?]
[For Mrs. John Brooke]
[Home of the Little Women]
[The Dove Cote]
[A small watchman's rattle]
[Tail-piece]
[The First Wedding]
[Artistic Attempts]
[Her foot held fast in a panful of plaster]
[Please don't, it's mine]
[Tail-piece]
[Literary Lessons]
[A check for one hundred dollars]
[Tail-piece]
[Domestic Experiences]
[Both felt desperately uncomfortable]
[A bargain, I assure you, ma'am]
[Laurie heroically shut his eyes while something was put into his arms]
[Calls]
[She took the saddle to the horse]
[It might have been worse]
[The call at Aunt March's]
[Tail-piece]
[You shall have another table]
[Bought up the bouquets]
[Tail-piece]
[Flo and I ordered a hansom-cab]
[Every one was very kind, especially the officers]
[I've seen the imperial family several times]
[Trying to sketch the gray-stone lion's head on the wall]
[She leaned her head upon her hands]
[Now, this is filling at the price]
[Up with the Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee]
[I amused myself by dropping gingerbread nuts over the seat]
[Thou shalt haf thy Bhaer]
[He waved his hand, sock and all]
[Dis is mine effalunt]
[I sat down upon the floor and read and looked and ate]
[Tail-piece]
[In the presence of three gentlemen]
[A select symposium]
[He doesn't prink at his glass before coming]
[Jo stuffed the whole bundle into the stove]
[He put the sisters into the carriage]
[He laid his head down on the mossy post]
[O Jo, can't you?]
[Tail-piece]
[With her head in Jo's lap, while the wind blew healthfully over her]
[Tail-piece]
[He hurried forward to meet her]
[Here are your flowers]
[Demi and Daisy]
[Mornin' now]
[My dear man, it's a bonnet]
[Tail-piece]
[Sat piping on a stone while his goats skipped]
[Laurie threw himself down on the turf]
[A rough sketch of Laurie taming a horse]
[The Valley of the Shadow]
[Tail-piece]
[Sat staring up at the busts]
[Turning the ring thoughtfully upon his finger]
[O Laurie, Laurie, I knew you'd come]
[How well we pull together]
[Jo and her father]
[Jo laid her head on a comfortable rag-bag and cried]
[A substantial lifelike ghost leaning over her]
[The tall uncle proceeded to toss and tousle the small nephew]
[O Mr. Bhaer, I am so glad to see you]
[Mr. Bhaer sang heartily]
[Mrs. Laurence sitting in her mother's lap]
[They began to pace up and down]
[Tail-piece]
[Me loves evvybody]
[What makes my legs go, dranpa?]
[Dranpa, it's a We]
[Tail-piece]
[Mr. Bhaer and Jo were enjoying promenades]
[Looking up she saw Mr. Bhaer]
[Does this suit you, Mr. Bhaer?]
[Under the umbrella]
[Tail-piece]
[Harvest time]
[Teddy bore a charmed life]
[Leaving Mrs. March and her daughters under the festival tree]
[Tail-piece]

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