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The alley cat's kitten

Chapter 24: New Illustrated Editions of Miss Alcott’s Famous Stories
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The narrative follows an alley cat who struggles with the challenges of motherhood after giving birth to two kittens. Living in a harsh environment, she faces the difficulties of finding food and shelter while trying to care for her young. The story explores themes of resilience, love, and the bond between a mother and her offspring. As the alley cat navigates her life, she encounters kindness from humans, particularly children who show compassion towards her and her kittens. The tale highlights the contrast between the harsh realities of street life and the warmth of human kindness, culminating in a heartwarming Christmas moment.

New Illustrated Editions of Miss Alcott’s Famous Stories

LITTLE MEN: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys

With 15 full-page illustrations by Reginald B. Birch.

“Little Men” has never been given to an admiring public in any form so charming as this one. All that was needed to make the tale quite irresistible was such illustrations as are here supplied, fifteen full-page ones instinct with life and movement and charm.—Boston Budget.

LITTLE WOMEN: or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

With 15 full-page illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens.

“Books may come and books may go, but ‛Little Women’ still remains the ideal book for young girls, the best representation of bright, lovable girlhood,” says the Brooklyn Eagle. “In drawing women of the Civil War period, Alice Barber Stephens is in her element, and her illustrations are all that can be desired,” says the Philadelphia Telegraph.

AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL

With 12 full-page pictures by Jessie Willcox Smith.

No better portraits of Polly and Tom could be imagined than those which appear in these pages.... No book of its lamented author has more endearing qualities.—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

JO’S BOYS, and How They Turned Out

A Sequel to “Little Men.” With 10 full-page plates by Ellen Wetherald Ahrens.

“The young folks who have been charmed with Miss Alcott’s previous stories,” says the San Francisco Chronicle, “will read ‛Jo’s Boys’ with avidity.” The illustrations are in keeping with the spirit of the author.

EIGHT COUSINS; or, the Aunt-Hill

With 8 full-page pictures by Harriet Roosevelt Richards.

The little heroine and her seven cousins are real children.—Providence Journal.

ROSE IN BLOOM

A Sequel to “Eight Cousins.” With 8 full-page pictures by Harriet Roosevelt Richards.

The best from its author’s pen since “Little Women” was written.—New York Evening Post.

CROWN 8vo. DECORATED CLOTH. $2.00 EACH.

LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY
Publishers, 254 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.