CONTENTS
| Introduction | [xiii] | |
| I. | A New Eden | [1] |
| II. | The Founding of Fruitlands | [21] |
| II. | Brook Farm and Fruitlands | [35] |
| IV. | The Man with the Beard | [53] |
| V. | Summer Sunshine | [68] |
| VI. | Father Hecker’s Description of Fruitlands | [75] |
| VII. | Anna Alcott’s Diary at Fruitlands | [86] |
| VIII. | Louisa May Alcott’s Diary at Fruitlands | [106] |
| IX. | Autumn Disappointment | [112] |
| X. | In After Years | [130] |
| XI. | Transcendental Wild Oats. By Louisa May Alcott | [145] |
| Appendix: Catalogue of the Original Fruitlands Library | [175] | |