Lulu's library / / by Louisa M. Alcott, author of Little women, An old-fashioned girl, Little men, Eight cousins, Rose in bloom, Under the lilacs, Jack and Jill, Hospital sketches, Work, a story of experience, Moods, a novel, Proverb stories, Silver pitchers, Aunt Jo's scrap-bag.
Volume 3 includes a portrait of the author. Many illustrations signed by Jessie McDermott.
Volumes 2 and 3 are in original publisher's bindings and decorated endpapers.
Volume 2
Original document: Book.
Contents
Vol. I. A Christmas dream -- The candy country -- Naughty Jocko -- The skipping shoes -- Cockyloo -- Rosy's journey -- How they ran away -- The fairy box -- A hole in the wall -- The piggy girl -- The three frogs -- Baa! baa! Vol. II. The frost king and how the fairies conquered him -- Lilybell and Thistledown -- Ripple, the water sprite -- Eva's visit to fairy land -- Sunshine, and her brothers and sisters -- The fairy spring -- Queen Aster -- The brownie and the princess -- Mermaids -- Little Bud -- The flower's story. Vol. III. Recollections of my childhood -- A Christmas turkey, and how it came -- The silver party -- The blind lark -- Music and macaroni -- The little red purse -- Sophie's secret -- Dolly's bedstead -- Trudel's siege.
Summary
This book offers the second volume of Alcott's 1887 short story collection.