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Title: Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag

Author: Louisa M. Alcott

Release Date: July 12, 2008 [EBook #26041]

Language: English

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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

BY

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.