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Litt le Women Abroad (cid:10) Litt le Women Abroad the alcott sisters’ letters from europe, 1870–1871 (cid:10) Louisa May Alcott and May Alcott Edited by Daniel Shealy The University of Georgia Press athens Paperback edition, 2021 © 2008 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 All rights reserved Designed by Erin Kirk Set in Minion by Graphic Composition, Inc. Most University of Georgia Press titles are available from popular e-book vendors. Printed digitally The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this book as follows: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832–1888. [Correspondence. Selections] Little women abroad : the Alcott sisters’ letters from Europe, 1870–1871 / edited by Daniel Shealy lxxix, 291 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8203-3009-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-3009-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1.Alcott, Louisa May, 1832–1888—Correspondence. 2.Alcott, Louisa May, 1832–1888—Travel—Europe. 3.Alcott, May, 1840–1879—Correspondence. 4. Alcott, May, 1840–1879—Travel—Europe. 5. Authors, American— 19th century—Correspondence. 6. Europe—Description and travel. I.Alcott, May, 1840–1879. II. Shealy, Daniel. III. Title. ps1018.a44 2008 813'.4— dc22 [b] 2007039027 Paperback isbn 978-0-8203-6038-6 Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations of Works Cited xiii Introduction xv Notes on the Text lxxv Chronology lxxviii Th e Letters 1 Index 271 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations 1. Louisa May Alcott (ca. 1870) xvi 2. May Alcott (ca. 1870) xix 3. Elizabeth Sewall Alcott (mid- 1850s) xxii 4. Anna Alcott Pratt (ca. 1870) xxiii 5. Abigail May Alcott (ca. 1870) xxvii 6. Alice Bartlett (ca. 1870) xxxii 7. Amos Bronson Alcott (ca. early 1870s) xxxiii 8. John Bridge Pratt (late 1860s) lv 9. Fred and John Pratt (late 1860s) lvii 10. “A Seasick Nun” aboard the Lafayette (April 1870), by May Alcott 5 11. “Polly,” frontispiece to An Old- Fashioned Girl (1870) 6 12. Th e Tower of St. Melanie, Morlaix, France (April 1870), by May Alcott 11 13. Madame Coste’s pension (1999) 14 14. Dinan, France (17 April 1870), by May Alcott 18 15. Dinan, France (22 April 1870), by May Alcott 18 16. “Polly’s Sermon,” An Old- Fashioned Girl (1870) 21 17. Dinan, France (1999) 24 18. Gateway into Dinan, France (7 June 1870), by May Alcott 25 19. La Chapelle des Beaumanoirs, Lehon, France (1870), by May Alcott 31 20. Frontispiece to Moods (1865) 33 21. Madame Coste (ca. 1870), by May Alcott 34 22. Madame Coste’s pension (1870), by May Alcott 37 23. Street Archway, Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 38 24. Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 40 25. Chateau de la Garaye, near Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 42 (cid:19)(cid:23)(cid:15) “Hawthorne’s Seat,” from Concord Sketches (1869), by May Alcott 53 (cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:15) “Notre salon chez Mdlle Coste,” Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 55 (cid:19)(cid:25)(cid:15) Alice Bartlett (1870), by May Alcott 59 (cid:19)(cid:26)(cid:15) St. Malo Cathedral, near Dinan, France (28 April 1870), by May Alcott 61 (cid:20)(cid:17)(cid:15) Orchard House, home of the Alcotts (ca. 1870), Concord, Massachusetts 66 (cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:15) A servant at Madame Coste’s pension (1870), by May Alcott 70 (cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:15) “Our Sleeping Room,” Madame Coste’s pension (1870), by May Alcott 71 (cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:15) Alice and Gaston Forney, Dinan, France (1870) 74 (cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:15) “Mlle Kane,” Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 80 (cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:15) Madame Coste, Dinan, France (ca. 1870) 81 (cid:20)(cid:23)(cid:15) William Niles, London (May 1871), by May Alcott 83 (cid:20)(cid:24)(cid:15) Louisa May Alcott, by E. L. Allen, Boston (ca. 1870) 85 (cid:20)(cid:25)(cid:15) Gaston Forney, Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 90 (cid:20)(cid:26)(cid:15) Madame Forney, Dinan, France (1870), by May Alcott 91 (cid:21)(cid:17)(cid:15) Alice Bartlett (ca. 1870) 99 (cid:21)(cid:18)(cid:15) (cid:49)r(cid:80)(cid:67)a(cid:67)l(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:45)ena(cid:1)(cid:56)arren and May Alcott (1870–71?) 100 (cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:15) Franklin B. Sanborn 109 (cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:15) Alice Bartlett (1870–71?), by May Alcott 117 (cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:15) Franklin B. Sanborn, Orchard House (1869–70?), by May Alcott 127 (cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:15) The dogs of St. Bernard Hospice (ca. 1870) 136 (cid:21)(cid:23)(cid:15) “Our Little Invalid,” Emma Warren, Bex, Switzerland (1870), by May Alcott 148 (cid:21)(cid:24)(cid:15) Alfred Tidey, Bex, Switzerland (1870), by May Alcott 152 (cid:21)(cid:25)(cid:15) One of the Tidey boys, Bex, Switzerland (1870), by May Alcott 152 (cid:21)(cid:26)(cid:15) Lena Warren with her dog, Bex, Switzerland (1870), by May(cid:1)Alcott 154 (cid:22)(cid:17)(cid:15) Louisa May Alcott, engraving, Hearth and Home (1870) 156 (cid:22)(cid:18)(cid:15) Frontispiece to Little Women, Part One (1868), by May Alcott 157 (cid:22)(cid:19)(cid:15) Bronson Alcott in his study, Orchard House (1869–70?), by May Alcott 164 viii (cid:30) List of Illustrations (cid:22)(cid:20)(cid:15) “The Golden Goose,” Louisa May Alcott, Bex, Switzerland (1870),(cid:1)by May Alcott 172 (cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:15) Tho mas Niles 180 (cid:22)(cid:22)(cid:15) “Pension Paradis,” Vevey, Switzerland (1870), by May Alcott 182 (cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:15) “Americans Leaving Paris” (17 December 1870) 187 (cid:22)(cid:24)(cid:15) Orchard House, Concord, Massachusetts (with Bronson Alcott and grandson) 197 (cid:22)(cid:25)(cid:15) Bronson Alcott, from Caroline Hildreth’s crayon portrait (1857) 203 (cid:22)(cid:26)(cid:15) Bois de Boulogne in Paris Cut Down (22 February 1871) 207 (cid:23)(cid:17)(cid:15) “Tom and Polly” (20 August 1870) 212 (cid:23)(cid:18)(cid:15) Herbert J. Pratt, Vevey, Switzerland (1870), by May Alcott 216 (cid:23)(cid:19)(cid:15) Strasbourgh Cathedral (19 November 1870) 219 (cid:23)(cid:20)(cid:15) “Flight of French Peasants” (5 November 1870) 220 (cid:23)(cid:21)(cid:15) Herbert J. Pratt, Vevey, Switzerland (1870), by May Alcott 223 (cid:23)(cid:22)(cid:15) Anna Alcott Pratt (ca. early 1860s) 225 (cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:15) Orchard House, Concord, Massachusetts (1870s) 230 (cid:23)(cid:24)(cid:15) “Crossing the Simplon” (3 October 1870), by May Alcott 234 (cid:23)(cid:25)(cid:15) Monte Rosa, Switzerland (5 October 1870), by May Alcott 235 (cid:23)(cid:26)(cid:15) Lake Lugano, Switzerland, by May Alcott 241 (cid:24)(cid:17)(cid:15) May Alcott to Bronson Alcott (30 October 1870) 244 (cid:24)(cid:18)(cid:15) John Bridge Pratt with son (mid- 1860s?), by May Alcott 252 (cid:24)(cid:19)(cid:15) “Recent Flooding in Rome” (11 February 1871) 254 (cid:24)(cid:20)(cid:15) Army Guards, Rome, Italy (winter 1871), by May Alcott 255 (cid:24)(cid:21)(cid:15) Alice Bartlett, Rome, Italy (March 1871), by May Alcott 259 (cid:24)(cid:22)(cid:15) Advertising poster for Little Men (1871) 260 (cid:24)(cid:23)(cid:15) Frontispiece for Little Men (1871) 261 (cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:15) John Bridge Pratt in theatrical costume (1860s) 266 (cid:24)(cid:25)(cid:15) Orchard House, with removable winter doorway (1870s) 268 List of Illustrations (cid:30) ix