by Louisa May Alcott (Author)

As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bun-dles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hang all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathered together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has so rapidly and beautifully grown up about me. I hope that when they promenade in night-caps and gowns to rifle the plump stockings, the little 'dears' will utter an 'Oh ' of pleasure, and give a prance of satisfac-tion, as they pull out this small gift from Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag.