An Old Fashioned Girl

An Old-Fashioned Girl  (1870)  by Louisa May Alcott

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AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL.

BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT, Author of "Little Women."

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1870.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by LOUISA M. ALCOTT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

By the same Author. LITTLE WOMEN; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and  Amy. Complete in two Parts. Price of each, $1.50. HOSPITAL SKETCHES, and Camp and Fireside  Stories. Complete in one volume. Price, $1.50.  Mailed, postpaid, by the publishers,  ROBERTS BROTHERS,  Boston.

STEREOTYPED BY ALFRED MUDGE AND SON, 34 SCHOOL STREET.

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Presswork by John Wilson and Son.

INDEX.

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	Page.
PREFACE.
PREFACE	Preface
CHAPTER I.
POLLY ARRIVES	1
CHAPTER II.
NEW FASHIONS	19
CHAPTER III.
POLLY'S TROUBLES	37
CHAPTER IV.
LITTLE THINGS	53
CHAPTER V.
SCRAPES	72
CHAPTER VI.
GRANDMA	90
CHAPTER VII.
GOOD-BY	126
CHAPTER VIII
SIX YEARS AFTERWARD	145
CHAPTER IX.
LESSONS	167
CHAPTER X.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.	186
CHAPTER XI.
NEEDLES AND TONGUES	210
CHAPTER XII.
FORBIDDEN FRUIT	230
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SUNNY SIDE	251
CHAPTER XIV.
NIPPED IN THE BUD	272
CHAPTER XV.
BREAKERS AHEAD	292
CHAPTER XVI.
A DRESS PARADE	313
CHAPTER XVII.
PLAYING GRANDMOTHER	327
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE WOMAN WHO DID NOT DARE	350
CHAPTER XIX.
TOM'S SUCCESS	366

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.