Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888):

  Annotated List of Other Works

Year Compiled: 1997

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Also, you will notice that some of the titles listed here are accompanied by notes with question marks. Most of those are works for which I have confirmed the title but not the format. I have placed them in this category until, through additional research, I am able to determine their true format. If you have information regarding the format of any of these works, please contact me. Please also e-mail me if you can confirm or refute any of the other facts that I have listed with a question mark. Thank you for your patience and your assistance with this work in progress.  --Susan L. Tolbert, M.S.L.I.S.

Louisa May Alcott's Other Works

1. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag.  (1871/72-82)
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Series of Short-Story Collections
   • Six volumes.
2. The Children's Song.  (1889)
   • First Line: "The world lies fair about us, and a friendly sky above".
   • First Line of First Chorus: "Oh! sing with cheery voices".
   • Published posthumously.
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • (Printed in Ednah D. Cheney's Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals .)
   • Year(s) Written: 1860
   • Song
   • Four verses, each with its own chorus.
   • Set to the tune of R. Bishop Buckley's "Wait for the Wagon"
   • Written for the children of Concord, Massachusetts, to sing at a school festival held on March 30, 1860.
3. Colored Soldiers' Letters.  (1864)
   • First Published In:  The (Boston) Commonwealth  (an abolitionist weekly newspaper)
   • Issue:  July 1, 1864  [vol. 2, no. 44]
   • A reprint is available for modern-day reading, in Sarah Elbert's Louisa May Alcott on Race, Sex, and Slavery .
   • Article or Editorial?
4. Early Marriages.  (1887)
   • First Published In:  The Ladies' Home Journal
   • Issue:  September, 1887  [vol. 4, no. 10]
   • Page Number(s):  3.
   • Article.
5. Happy Women.  (1868)
   • First Published In:  The New York Ledger
   • Issue:  April 11, 1868  [vol. 24, no. 7]
   • A reprint is available for modern-day reading, in Elaine Showalter's Alternative Alcott .
   • An Article contributed to an advice column for young women
6. The John Brown Song.  (1862)
   • First Line: "Welcome Fathers! here's welcome to you all!".
   • First Line of Chorus: "Glory, Glory Hallelujah, Glory, Glory Hallelujah".
   • First Published In the brochure of the Concord School Exhibition ( March 15, 1862).
   • Year(s) Written: 1859?/1862?
   • Song
   • Six verses, each with a slightly different chorus.
   • Set to the tune of "John Brown's Body,² which was also used for "Battle Hymn of the Republic".
   • May be based on Captain John Brown's visit to Concord Town Hall in May 1859.
7. Letter to Mr. Prang.  (1867)
   • Subtitle:  Chromo-Lithography.
   • First Published In:  Boston Daily Advertiser
   • Issue:  November 23, 1867  [Suppl., vol. 110, no. 126]
   • Advertisement.
8. Life in a Pension.  (1867)
   • First Published In:  The Independent
   • Issue:  November 7, 1867  [vol. 19, no. 988]
   • Page Number(s):  2.
   • Article about trip to Switzerland, or Autobiographical Short Story?
9. Lulu's Library. (1885/86-89)
   • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
   • Third volume published posthumously.
   • Stories she wrote for her niece, Louisa "Lulu" May Nieriker
   • Series of Short-Story Collections
   • Three volumes.
10. March, March, Mothers and Grand-mamas!.  (1861)
    • Alternate Title:  Young America.
    • First Published By:  Benjamin Tolman (Concord), in Reports of the School Committee ... of Concord, Mass. ... Saturday, March 16, 1861
    • Song
    • Four verses.
    • Set to the tune of an old Scottish ballad, ³All the Blue Bonnets Are Over the Border².
    • Written at the request of Ralph Waldo Emerson, for the Concord School Exhibition held at Town Hall.
11. Merry's Monthly Chat With His Friends.  (1868-1869)
    • Published monthly from January 1868 to December 1869.
    • First Published In:  Merry's Museum  (children's magazine)
    • Authored under pseudonym, "Cousin Tribulation"
    • Editorial Column
12. Miss Alcott on Mind-Cure.  (1885)
    • First Published In:  The Woman's Journal
    • Issue:  April 18, 1885  [vol. 16, no. 16]
    • Page Number(s):  121.
    • Article describing her experience with the mesmeric treatment.
13. My Boys.  (1871/1872?)
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston) ?
    • In My Boys, etc. , vol. 1 of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag"
    • Part of this story is actually a reprint of her earlier story, "My Polish Boy."
    • A reprint is available for modern-day reading, in Shealy, Stern, and Myerson's Louisa May Alcott: Selected Fiction .
    • A Memoir.
14. My May-Day Among Curious Birds and Beasts.  (1868)
    • First Published In:  Merry's Museum  (children's magazine)
    • Issue:  March, 1868  [vol. 1, no. 3]
    • Reprinted in Willıs Wonder Book , as the chapter, "Curious Birds and Beasts"
    • Reprinted in My Boys , vol. 1 of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag"
    • An Article or Memoir
15. My Polish Boy.  (1868)
    • Published serially from November 26 and December 3, 1868.
    • First Published In:  The Youth's Companion  (children's weekly)
    • Reprint included in her memoir, My Boys .
    • A Memoir.
16. Oh, the Beautiful Old Story.  (1886)
    • First Line: "Oh, the beautiful old story! Of the little child that lay".
    • First Published By:  ? (?)
    • In Charles Wendte's The Carol: A Book of Religious Songs for the Sunday School and the Home .
    • Hymn
    • Four verses.
    • Set to the tune of John Zundel's "Beecher," which was also used for Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling".
17. The Olive Leaf.  (Unpublished)
    • Year(s) Written: circa 1848
    • A family newspaper written by Louisa and her sisters in their childhood.
18. Preface.  (1869)
    • First Published By:  Fields, Osgood & Co. (Boston)
    • In:  Concord Sketches Consisting of Twelve Photographs from Original Drawings , by May Alcott
    • The Preface to her sisterıs book.
19. Preface.  (1882)
    • First Published By:  Roberts Brothers (Boston)
    • In second edition of:  Prayers , by Theodore Parker
    • Page Number(s):  iii-vii.
    • Year(s) Written: 1881
    • A tribute to the late preacher and a glowing description of his style of prayer.
20. Recent Exciting Scenes in Rome.  (1871)
    • First Published In:  Boston Daily Evening Transcript
    • Issue:  February 3, 1871  [vol. 44, no. 12523]
    • Article or Travel Sketch?
21. Recollections of My Childhood.  (1888)
    • Published posthumously.
    • First Published In:  The Youth's Companion  (children's weekly)
    • Issue:   May 24, 1888  [vol. 61, no. 21]
    • Reprinted in Recollections , vol. 3 of "Lulu's Library"
    • A reprint is available for modern-day reading, in Shealy, Stern, and Myerson's Louisa May Alcott: Selected Fiction .
    • A Memoir
22. Reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson.  (1882)
    • First Published In:  The Youth's Companion  (children's weekly)
    • Issue:   May 25, 1882
    • A Tribute
23. A Sprig of Andromeda.  (1962)
    • First Published By:  Pierpont Morgan Library (New York)
    • Year(s) Written: 1862
    • A Letter to Sophia Ford, on the death of Henry David Thoreau
24. Untitled.  (1887)
    • First Published By:  Woman's Temperance Pub. Association (Chicago)
    • In The White Ribbon Birthday Book , ed. by Anna A. Gordon.
    • Page Number(s):  8;  96;  180.
    • Entries:  one for January 1;  one for May 3;  two for August 28.
    • Four instances of quotation-style words of wisdom.
25. What Shall Little Children Bring.  (1884)
    • First Line: "What shall little children bring As a grateful offering".
    • First Published In The Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute, in the City of Boston; with an Account of the Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, May 28, 1884 .
    • Hymn
    • Six verses.
    • Original tune unknown.
    • Sung at the meeting by the children of the Mission.

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