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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.

Louisa May Alcott HER Life, Letters, and Journals.
EDITED BY
EDNAH D. CHENEY
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1898
Copyright, 1889, By J. S. P. Alcott.
University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
TO MRS. ANNA B. PRATT,
THE SOLE SURVIVING SISTER OF LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AND HER NEVER-FAILING HELP, COMFORTER, AND FRIEND FROM BIRTH TO DEATH,
This Memoir
IS RESPECTFULLY AND TENDERLY DEDICATED, BY EDNAH D. CHENEY.
Jamaica Plain, June, 1889.
