WORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCE.
BYLOUISA M. ALCOTT,
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: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1873.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by LOUISA M. ALCOTT, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
TO
MY MOTHER,
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN A LONG LABOR OF LOVE,
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
HER DAUGHTER.
CONTENTS.
- I. CHRISTIE. 1
- II. SERVANT. 14
- III. ACTRESS. 34
- IV. GOVERNESS. 56
- V. COMPANION. 92
- VI. SEAMSTRESS. 127
- VII. THROUGH THE MIST. 146
- VIII. A CURE FOR DESPAIR. 170
- IX. MRS. WILKINS'S MINISTER. 197
- X. BEGINNING AGAIN. 219
- XI. IN THE STRAWBERRY BED. 244
- XII. CHRISTIE'S GALA. 257
- XIII. WAKING UP. 284
- XIV. WHICH? 309
- XV. MIDSUMMER. 335
- XVI. MUSTERED IN. 355
- XVII. THE COLONEL. 384
- XVIII. SUNRISE. 398
- XIX. LITTLE HEART'S-EASE. 408
- XX. AT FORTY. 424
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS,
FROM DRAWINGS BY SOL EYTINGE.
- "How doth the little busy bee." Vignette.
- Christie. 1
- Aunt Betsey's Interlarded Speech. 4
- Mrs. Stuart. 18
- Hepsey. 28
- Christie as Queen of the Amazons. 42
- Mr. Philip Fletcher. 56
- Mrs. Saltonstall and Family. 63
- "No, I thank you." 86
- Helen Carrol. 96
- Mrs. King and Miss Cotton. 134
- The Rescue. 159
- "C. Wilkins, Clear Starcher." 165
- Lisha Wilkins. 170
- Mrs. Wilkins' "Six Lively Infants." 179
- Mr. Power. 197
- Mrs. Sterling. 219
- David and Christie in the Greenhouse. 232
- Mr. Power and Christie in the Strawberry Bed. 250
- A Friendly Chat. 264
- Kitty. 284
- "One Happy Moment." 305
- David. 309
- "Then they were married." 379
- "Don't mourn, dear heart, but WORK." 406
- "She's a good little gal; looks consid'able like you." 419
- "Each ready to do her part to hasten the coming of the happy end." 443
