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Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag

Louisa M. Alcott

AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG.

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON

AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG

LOUISA M. ALCOTT,

AUTHOR OF

'LITTLE WOMEN,' 'AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL,' 'LITTLE MEN,' 'HOSPITAL SKETCHES.'

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION

LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY (LIMITED) St. Dunstan's House FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1892

All rights reserved

PREFACE.

As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hang all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathered together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has so rapidly and beautifully grown up about me.

I hope that when they promenade in night-caps and gowns to rifle the plump stockings, the little 'dears' will utter an 'Oh!' of pleasure, and give a prance of satisfaction, as they pull out this small gift from Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, 1871-72.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

MY BOYS. 1

TESSA'S SURPRISES. 45

BUZZ. 75

THE CHILDREN'S JOKE. 85

DANDELION. 116

MADAM CLUCK AND HER FAMILY. 127

A CURIOUS CALL. 141

TILLY'S CHRISTMAS. 156

MY LITTLE GENTLEMAN. 170

BACK WINDOWS. 188