Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

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MISS ALCOTT was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1833. Her father was Amos Bronson Alcott, an American educator of considerable note. The father commenced as a local trader, and carried his trunk about among the planters of Virginia. Having acquired an education from books loaned to him, he commenced teaching school. In 1828 he removed to Boston, and established a school for young children of five years of age. The school would succeed to-day, but then it was in advance of the age, and it.. Continue..

Some of Louisa May Alcott Poems

Fairy Song

From The Short Story A Christmas Dream, And How It Came True

From The Short Story Shadow-Children

From The Short Story What The Swallows Did

Lily-Bell and Thistledown Song I

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	A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

- Louisa May Alcott

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