Illustrations

The good Professor and his wife were taken prisoner by many arms	[Frontispiece]
Miss Smith accompanied herself with a vigor which made the old desk rattle	[136]
All were glad to gather round the hearth, as the evenings grew longer	[312]

Little Men
Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys

“Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.

“Yes; who sent you?”

“Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady.”