Part 2

AMY AND LAURIE.

"I'm all ready for the secrets," said Laurie, looking up with a decided expression of interest in his eyes.—Page 239.

Little Women

OR

MEG, JO, BETH AND AMY

PART SECOND

BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON

ROBERTS BROTHERS

1869

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

LOUISA M. ALCOTT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

stereotyped by regan and leadbeater,

55 Water Street, Boston.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

PAGE.

I.

Gossip

5

II.

The First Wedding

21

III.

Artistic Attempts

30

IV.

Literary Lessons

44

V.

Domestic Experiences

55

VI.

Calls

75

VII.

Consequences

93

VIII.

Our Foreign Correspondent

109

IX.

Tender Troubles

123

X.

Jo's Journal

139

XI.

A Friend

156

XII.

Heartache

177

XIII.

Beth's Secret

192

XIV.

New Impressions

200

XV.

On the Shelf

216

XVI.

Lazy Laurence

233

XVII.

The Valley of the Shadow

252

XVIII.

Learning to Forget

260

XIX.

All Alone

277

XX.

Surprises

288

XXI.

My Lord and Lady

310

XXII.

Daisy and Demi

317

XXIII.

Under the Umbrella

326

XXIV.

Harvest Time

345