[7] A fine bas-relief owned by Mr. Emerson.
[8] Betsey Prig was a pet name for her sister, as she herself was Sairey Gamp.
[9] This was a family joke as Mrs. Alcott always ended her instructions to her children "in case of fire.">[
[10] This is the poem prefixed to the chapter.
[11] See Shawl Straps, p. 179.
[12] This poem was first published anonymously in "The Masque of Poets," in 1878.
[13] In Spinning-Wheel Stories.
[14] Under the Lilacs.
[15] Under the Lilacs, page 78.
[16] Gardener's Daughter.