-LSB- Illustration : SCRAP-BAG . VOL III . -RSB- BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT , AUTHOR OF `` LITTLE WOMEN , '' `` AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL , '' `` LITTLE MEN , '' `` HOSPITAL SKETCHES . '' BOSTON : ROBERTS BROTHERS . 1881 . * * * * * Jean Ingelow 's Prose Story Books . In 5 vols . 16mo , uniformly bound . STUDIES FOR STORIES FROM GIRLS ' LIVES . Illustrated , Price , $ 1.25 . `` A rare source of delight for all who can find pleasure in really good works of prose fiction ... They are prose poems , carefully meditated , and exquisitely couched in by a teacher ready to sympathize with every joy and sorrow . '' -- Athenæum . STORIES TOLD TO A CHILD . Illustrated . Price , $ 1.25 . STORIES TOLD TO A CHILD . Second Series . Illustrated . Price , $ 1.25 . `` This is one of the most charming juvenile books ever laid on our table .
Jean XXXXX , the noble English poet , second only to Mrs. Browning , bends easily and gracefully from the heights of thought and fine imagination to commune with the minds and hearts of children ; to sympathize with their little joys and sorrows ; to feel for their temptations .
1.25 16mo ALCOTT Athenæum BOSTON III Ingelow ROBERTS Second vols