Aunt Jos Scrap-Bag, Volume III;Cupid and officiel Chow-chow, and Other Stories (Aunt

First published in 1896, this book contains volume III of ¿Aunt Jos Scrap-Bag¿, a six-volume collection of classic childrens stories by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832 ¿ 1888). Alcott 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. The stories include: ¿Cupid and Chow-Chow¿, ¿Huckleberry¿, ¿Nellys Hospital¿, ¿Grandmas Team¿, ¿Fairy Pinafores¿, ¿Mammas Plot¿, ¿Kates Choice¿, ¿The Moss People¿, ¿What Fanny Heard¿, and ¿A Marine Merry-making¿. This charming collection is perfect for young children and would make for ideal bedtime reading material. 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.

Louisa May Alcott subsequently wrote Little Women (1868) and other classic works.