Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888):

  Annotated List of Collective Works

Year Compiled: 1997

Scope

This page lists Louisa May Alcott's "collective works" in alphabetical order, by title. The title of each published work is immediately followed by its year of publication, in parentheses. Additionally, underneath many of the titles I have provided supplementary notes which identify relevant characteristics such as alternate title, inclusion in a series, name of original publisher, type of works in that collection, etc.  Note: if more than one publisher introduced the same work in book form in the same year, I have chosen to list as the "original" book publisher, the one that was located closest to Alcott's home. --Susan L. Tolbert, M.S.L.I.S.

Louisa May Alcott's Collective Works

1. Beach Bubbles.  (1856)
   • Alternate Title:  Twelve Bubbles.
   • Published serially, from June21 to August 23, 1872 (except July 5, July 19, and August 9).
   • First Published In:  Saturday Evening Gazette  (a weekly)
   • Collection of poems
2. Camp and Fireside Stories.  (1869)
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Published with a reprint of Hospital Sketches
   • Collection of eight short stories
3. A Christmas Dream.  (1885)
   • Series: "Lulu's Library" -- vol. 1
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Collection of twelve short stories
4. The Christmas Elves.  (Unpublished)
   • Rejected for publication by Harperıs (New York)
   • Year(s) Written: 1855.
   • Illustrated by her younger sister, May Alcott.
   • A collection of fairy stories.
5. Christmas Plum Pudding Stories.  (1882)
   • First Published By:  T. Y. Crowell
   • Collection of Christmas stories
6. Comic Tragedies.  (1893)
   • Fuller Title:  Comic Tragedies Written by "Jo" and "Meg" and Acted by the "Little Women".
   • Published posthumously.
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Year(s) Written: 1847-49?
   • Edited by her sister, Anna Alcott Pratt.
   • Collection of six plays Louisa wrote as a girl, for performances with her sisters
7. Cupid and Chow-Chow, etc..  (1873/1874)
   • Series: "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" -- vol. 3
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Collection of ten short stories
8. Flower Fables.  (1854/1855)
   • Original Publisher (early edition):  Hurst (New York)
   • Original Publisher (first edition):  George W. Briggs (Boston)
   • Year(s) Written: 1847-49?
   • Collection of six fairy-tale stories and three fanciful poems she wrote for Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter
   • Her first published book.
9. The Frost King.  (1887)
   • Series: "Lulu's Library" -- vol. 2
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Collection of eleven short stories
   • Includes five stories (revised and reprinted) from Flower Fables
   • Dedicated to Ellen T. Emerson.
10. A Garland for Girls.  (1887/1888)
    • Published first serially and then in book form.
    • Original Publisher (serial):  St. Nicholas  (children's magazine)
    • Original Publisher (book):  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of seven short stories for teen girls
    • Written while bedridden, the stories being inspired by the flowers her friends sent her.
11. Jimmy's Cruise in the "Pinafore," etc..  (1879)
    • Series: "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" -- vol. 5
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of thirteen short stories
12. Letters from the Mountains.  (1863)
    • Published serially from July 24 to August 21 (except August 14), 1863.
    • First Published In:  The (Boston) Commonwealth  (an abolitionist paper)
    • Collection of Autobiographical Humor Stories?
13. Morning-Glories, and Other Stories.  (1867/1868)
    • First Published By:  Horace B. Fuller (Boston)
    • Collection of nine short stories and five poems
    • Mostly Fairy Tales
    • Includes a reprint of The Rose Family
    • The eight original stories were reprinted later, in An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, vol. 6 of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag"
14. My Boys, etc..  (1871/1872)
    • Series: "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" -- vol. 1
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of twelve short stories and two memoirs
    • One of the memoirs My Boys , actually contains the reprint of yet a third memoir, My Polish Boy.
15. My Girls, etc..  (1877/1878)
    • Series: "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" -- vol. 4
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of twelve short stories
16. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, etc..  (1882)
    • Series: "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" -- vol. 6
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of eleven short stories
    • Includes reprints of eight stories from Morning Glories.
17. On Picket Duty, and Other Tales.  (1864)
    • First Published By:  James Redpath (Boston)
    • Collection of four short stories
    • One of the "stories," The Death of John , is actually a reprint of the second half of Chapter IV: "A Night," from Hospital Sketches.
18. Proverb Stories.  (1882)
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Includes reprints of the stories from Three Proverb Stories
    • Collection of eight short stories
19. Recollections.  (1889)
    • Series: "Lulu's Library" -- vol. 3
    • Published posthumously.
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of eight short stories and one memoir
20. Shawl-Straps.  (1872)
    • Series: "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" -- vol. 2
    • Published serially first, from March 13 to April 3, 1872
    • Expanded for publication in book form later that year.
    • Original Publisher (serial):  The Christian Union (magazine)
    • Original Publisher (book):  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of six (fictionalized?) travel sketches, based on her 1870-71 trip to Europe.
21. Silver Pitchers, and Independence.  (1876)
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of nine short stories
22. Spinning-Wheel Stories.  (1884)
    • Published first serially and then in book form.
    • Original Publisher (serial):  St. Nicholas  (children's magazine)
    • Original Publisher (book):  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • Collection of twelve short stories
23. Three Proverb Stories.  (1868)
    • Alternate Title:  Louisa M. Alcott's Proverb Stories.
    • Alternate Title:  Kitty's Class-Day at Harvard.
    • First Published By:  A. K. Loring (Boston)
    • Collection of three short stories
24. Will's Wonder-Book.  (1868)
    • Series: "The Dirigo Series" -- vol. 2
    • Published first serially, from April to November 1868.
    • Published in book form in 1870, under the title Willıs Wonder Book  (no hyphen).
    • Original Publisher (serial):  Merry's Museum  (children's magazine)
    • Original Publisher (book):  Horace B. Fuller (Boston)
    • Authored anonymously (except for one chapter, which was authored as "L. M. Alcott").
    • A reprint is available for modern-day reading, in Madeleine Sternıs Louisaıs Wonder Book .
    • Collection of eight animal anecdotes
    • Book version also includes reprints of Alcottıs My May Day Among Curious Birds and Beasts (under a shortened title) and two animal stories by other anonymous authors.

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