Chapter I: Front Matter

ORCHARD HOUSE EDITION

LITTLE MEN

Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys
_A Sequel to “Little Women”_

By
Louisa M. Alcott

_With Illustrations in Color by_
Reginald Birch

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
BOSTON 1934

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
LOUISA M. ALCOTT,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

_Copyright, 1899, 1913,_
BY JOHN S. P. ALCOTT.

_Copyright, 1901,_
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
FREDDY AND JOHNNY
The Little Men
TO WHOM SHE OWES SOME OF THE BEST AND HAPPIEST
HOURS OF HER LIFE,
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
BY THEIR LOVING
“AUNT WEEDY.”

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. NAT 1

II. THE BOYS 18

III. SUNDAY 28

IV. STEPPING-STONES 49

V. PATTY PANS 62

VI. A FIRE BRAND 84

VII. NAUGHTY NAN 106

VIII. PRANKS AND PLAYS 118

IX. DAISY’S BALL 131

X. HOME AGAIN 145

XI. UNCLE TEDDY 164

XII. HUCKLEBERRIES 180

XIII. GOLDILOCKS 206

XIV. DAMON AND PYTHIAS 216

XV. IN THE WILLOW 239

XVI. TAMING THE COLT 259

XVII. COMPOSITION DAY 271

XVIII. CROPS 286

XIX. JOHN BROOKE 297

XX. ROUND THE FIRE 312

XXI. THANKSGIVING 336

Illustrations

The good Professor and his wife were taken prisoner
by many arms _Frontispiece_

Miss Smith accompanied herself with a vigor which
made the old desk rattle 136

All were glad to gather round the hearth, as the
evenings grew longer 312

_Little Men_

_Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys_