A Garland for Girls

"The three girls were the guests of a delightful old lady, who had know their mothers and was fond of renewing her acquaintance with them through their daughters. She loved young people, and each summer invited parties of them to enjoy the delights of her beautiful country house, where she lived alone now, being the childless widow of a somewhat celebrated man."_x000D_ Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist. _x000D_ This unique and meticulously edited collection includes: May Flowers_x000D_ An Ivy Spray and Ladies' Slippers_x000D_ Pansies_x000D_ Water-Lilies_x000D_ Poppies and Wheat_x000D_ Little Button-Rose_x000D_ Mountain-Laurel and Maiden-Hair_x000D_ Mountain—Laurel_x000D_ «These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work. If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain.» – L. M. Alcott, Introduction