Louisa May Alcott's Short Stories;A Treasury

A wonderful treasury of Louisa May Alcotts short stories. It contains three of Alcotts original collections; On Picket Duty and Other Tales Proverb Stories and Spinning-Wheel Stories. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer novelist and poet most famous for writing the novel Little Women as well as its sequels Little Men and Jos Boys. She grew up in New England and became associated with numerous notable intellectuals of her time including Nathaniel Hawthorne Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Henry David Thoreau. This charming collection of stories are not to be missed by fans of Alcotts work and would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable modern high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork. List of Tales: On Picket Duty The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts The Cross on the Old Church Tower The Death of John Kittys Class Day Aunt Kipp Psyches Art A Country Christmas The Barons Gloves My Red Cap What the Bells Saw and Said Grandmas Story Tabbys Table Cloth Elis Education Onawandah Little Things The Banner of Beaumanior Jerseys or the Girls Ghost The Little House In The Garden Daisys Jewel-Box and How She Filled It Cornys Catamount The Cooking Class The Hare and the Tortoise.