Front matter

AUTHOR OF “LITTLE WOMEN,” “LITTLE MEN,” “AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL,” “HOSPITAL SKETCHES,” ETC.

“An endless significance lies in work; in idleness alone is there perpetual despair.”—CARLYLE.

BOSTON:

1901.

TO MY MOTHER, WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN A LONG LABOR OF LOVE, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

BY HER DAUGHTER.