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

by Louisa May Alcott

LITTLE WOMEN.

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"They all drew to the fire, mother in the big chair, with Beth at her feet"

(See page 9) Frontispiece

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LITTLE WOMEN

OR

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

BY

LOUISA M. ALCOTT

AUTHOR OF "LITTLE MEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL"
"SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES," ETC.

With more than 200 illustrations by Frank T. Merrill and a picture of the Home of the Little Women by Edmund H. Garrett

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the years 1868 and 1869, by

LOUISA M. ALCOTT,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Copyright, 1880,

By LOUISA M. ALCOTT.

Copyright, 1896,

By JOHN S. P. ALCOTT.

BOSTON

Alfred Mudge & Son Inc. Printers

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"Go then, my little Book, and show to all

That entertain and bid thee welcome shall,

What thou dost keep close shut up in thy breast;

And wish what thou dost show them may be blest

To them for good, may make them choose to be

Pilgrims better, by far, than thee or me.

Tell them of Mercy; she is one

Who early hath her pilgrimage begun.

Yea, let young damsels learn of her to prize

The world which is to come, and so be wise;

For little tripping maids may follow God

Along the ways which saintly feet have trod."

Adapted from John Bunyan.

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