Author talk:Louisa May Alcott

List of works

The index of works could be expanded using two references Internet Speculative Fiction Database [1]https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?19965 FictionMags index [2]http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/i00/i00050.htm#A6

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

1. Novels
   1. A Modern Mephistopheles (1877) [also as by Louisa M. Alcott]
   2. Little Vampire Women (2010) with Lynn Messina
   3. Little Women and Werewolves (2010) with Porter Grand
2. Collections
   1. Flower Fables (1854)
   2. A Modern Mephistopheles and A Whisper in the Dark (1889) [only as by Louisa M. Alcott]
   3. Louisa May Alcott's Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories (1992) with Daniel Shealy
   4. A Marble Woman (1995)
   5. A Whisper in the Dark: Twelve Thrilling Tales (1996)
   6. The Brownie and the Princess & Other Storie (2004)
   7. The Candy Country and How They Ran Away (2008)
   8. A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories (2014)
3. Chapbooks
   1. The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story (2005) [also as by A. M. Barnard]
   2. El espectro del abad [Spanish] (2017)
   3. Un sussurro nel buio [Italian] (2020)
4. Short Fiction Series
   1. Spinning Wheel Stories
      1. The Hare and the Tortoise (1884)
      2. Tabby's Table-Cloth (1884) also appeared as:
         1. Variant: Tabby's Tablecloth (2004)
      3. Onawandah (1884)
      4. Jerseys, or The Girls' Ghost (1884)
5. Short Fiction
   1. Eva's Visit to Fairy-Land (1854)
   2. Flower Fables (1855)
   3. Lily-Bell and Thistledown (1855)
   4. Little Annie's Dream; or, The Fairy Flower (1855)
   5. Little Bud (1855)
   6. Ripple, the Water-Spirit (1855)
   7. The Frost King; or, The Power of Love (1855)
   8. Marion Earle; or, Only an Actress! (1858)
   9. Love and Self-Love (1860)
   10. A Whisper in the Dark (1863) [also as by Louisa M. Alcott]
   11. A Pair of Eyes; or, Modern Magic (1863)
   12. The Rose Family (1864)
   13. Enigmas (1864)
   14. A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model (1865)
   15. V. V. ; or, Plots and Counterplots (1865)
   16. Ariel: A Legend of the Lighthouse (1865)
   17. The Abbot's Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story (1867) also appeared as:
       1. Variant: The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (1867) [as by A. M. Barnard]
       2. Variant: The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (1867)
   18. The Skeleton in the Closet (1867)
   19. What the Bells Saw and Said (1867) also appeared as:
       1. Variant: What the Bell Saw and Did (1867)
   20. A Strange Island (1868)
   21. Fancy's Friend (1868)
   22. Little Gulliver (1868)
   23. Shadow-Children (1868)
   24. The Whale's Story (1868)
   25. What the Swallows Did (1868)
   26. La Jeune; or, Actress and Woman (1868)
   27. A Laugh and a Look (1868)
   28. Lost in a Pyramid (1869) also appeared as:
       1. Variant: Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy's Curse (1869)
       2. Variant: The Mummy's Curse (2009)
   29. A Curious Call (1869)
   30. Perilous Play (1869)
   31. What Fanny Heard (1869)
   32. Madam Cluck, and Her Family (1869)
   33. A Marine Merry-Making (1869)
   34. Fairy Pinafores (1874)
   35. The Moss People (1874)
   36. The Autobiography of an Omnibus (1874)
   37. How They Camped Out (1879)
   38. Lunch (1879)
   39. Rosa's Tale (1879)
   40. What Becomes of the Pins (1879)
   41. A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True (1882) also appeared as:
       1. Variant: A Christmas Dream, and How it Came to Be True (2018)
   42. The Dolls' Journey from Minnesota to Maine (1882)
   43. Little Pyramus and Thisbe (1883) only appeared as:
       1. Variant: A Hole in the Wall (1886)
   44. The Cooking Class (1884)
   45. Baa! Baa! (1885)
   46. The Candy Country (1885)
   47. Cockyloo (1886)
   48. How They Ran Away (1886)
   49. Rosy's Journey (1886)
   50. The Fairy Box (1886)
   51. The Skipping Shoes (1886)
   52. The Three Frogs (1886)
   53. Queen Aster (1886)
   54. Mermaids (1887)
   55. Sunshine, and Her Brothers and Sisters (1887)
   56. The Brownie and the Princess (1887)
   57. The Fairy Spring (1887)
   58. The Flower's Story (1887)
   59. The Silver Party (1887)

FictionMags index has this

Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888); used pseudonym A. M. Barnard (items)

1. The Frost King; or, The Power of Love, (short story) Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, George W. Briggs and Co., 1855
2. Love and Self-Love, (short story) The Atlantic Monthly March 1860, uncredited.
3. A Modern Cinderella: or, The Little Old Shoe, (short story) The Atlantic Monthly October 1860, uncredited.
4. Débby’s Debut, (short story) The Atlantic Monthly August 1863, uncredited.
5. Thoreau’s Flute, (poem) The Atlantic Monthly September 1863, uncredited.
6. The Brothers, (short story) The Atlantic Monthly November 1863, uncredited.
7. Nelly’s Hospital, (short story) Our Young Folks April 1865
8. A Double Tragedy, (short story) Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner June 1865, uncredited.
9. Behind a Mask; or, A Woman’s Power, (novel) The Flag of Our Union October 13 1866, as by A. M. Barnard
10. The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, (na) Elliott, Thomas & Talbot, 1867
11. Perilous Play, (short story) Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner February 3 1869
12. Which Wins?, (short story) Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine March 1869, uncredited.
13. Betrayed by a Buckle, (short story) Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine February 1870, etc., uncredited.
14. Transcendental Wild Oats, (short story) The Independent December 18 1873
15. How I Went Out to Service, (short story) 1874
16. Roses and Forget-Me-Nots, (short story) St. Nicholas March 1874
17. The Autobiography of an Omnibus, (short story) St. Nicholas October 1874
18. Eight Cousins, (serial story segment) St. Nicholas January 1875, etc.
19. Marjorie’s Birthday Gifts, (short story) St. Nicholas January 1876
20. Helping Along, (short story) St. Nicholas March 1876
21. Enigmas, (novelette) Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly April 1876
22. Under the Lilacs, (serial story segment) St. Nicholas December 1877, etc.
23. Doctor Dorn’s Revenge, (short story) Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly January 1878, uncredited.
24. Two Little Travelers, (article) St. Nicholas June 1879
25. Jimmy’s Cruise in the “Pinafore”, (short story) St. Nicholas October 1879
26. Jack and Jill, (serial story segment) St. Nicholas December 1879, etc.
27. An Old Fashioned Thansgiving, (short story) St. Nicholas November 1881
28. Grandmamma’s Pearls, (short story) St. Nicholas December 1882
29. A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True, (short story) Harper’s Young People #162, December 5 1882, etc.
30. Little Pyramus and Thisbe, (serial story segment) St. Nicholas September 1883, etc.
31. Sophie’s Secret, (serial story segment) St. Nicholas November 1883
32. Sophie’s Secret—A Christmas Story, (serial story segment) St. Nicholas December 1883
33. Grandma’s Story, (short story) St. Nicholas January 1884
34. Tabby’s Table Cloth, (short story) St. Nicholas February 1884
35. Eli’s Education, (short story) St. Nicholas March 1884
36. Onawandah (with George R. Halm), (short story) St. Nicholas April 1884
37. Little Things (with W. H. Drake), (short story) St. Nicholas May 1884
38. The Banner of Beaumanoir (with George R. Halm), (short story) St. Nicholas June 1884
39. Spinning Wheel Stories (with George R. Halm), (short story) St. Nicholas June 1884, etc.
40. Jerseys or the Girls’ Ghost (with George R. Halm), (short story) St. Nicholas July 1884
41. The Little House in the Garden, (short story) St. Nicholas August 1884
42. Daisy’s Jewel Box, (short story) St. Nicholas September 1884
43. Corny’s Catamont, (short story) St. Nicholas October 1884
44. The Cooking Class (with H. Copeland), (short story) St. Nicholas November 1884
45. The Hare and the Tortoise (with H. Copeland), (short story) St. Nicholas December 1884
46. The Hare and the Tortoise II (with H. Copeland), (short story) St. Nicholas January 1885
47. A Song from the Suds, (poem) The Golden Argosy July 4 1885
48. The Candy Country, (short story) St. Nicholas November 1885
49. The Blind Lark, (short story) St. Nicholas November 1886
50. An Ivy Spray, (short story) St. Nicholas October 1887
51. Pansies, (short story) St. Nicholas November 1887
52. Trudel’s Siege, (short story) St. Nicholas April 1888
53. Louisa May Alcott’s Letters to Five Girls, (lt) The Ladies’ Home Journal April 1896; edited by Edward W. Bok
54. The Obsession, (extract) Random House, August 1995
55. Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, (short story) The Saturday Evening Post November/December 1995
56. Aunt Nellie’s Diary, (unfinished work) The Strand Magazine #60, February/May 2020
57. Amy, (poem)
58. The Blue and the Grey, (short story)
59. The Sisters’ Trial, (short story)

2600:1700:D591:5F10:457B:2E5E:790B:F7FD 20:50, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Works rediscovered

Newly rediscovered works by, and some likely by, Alcott are identified in:

Max L. Chapnick (March 2023). "New Louisa May Alcott Pieces: Radical Sensation in a Culture of Ambiguous Attribution". J19 (in English) 11 (1): 171–185. ISSN 2166-742X. doi:10.1353/JNC.2023.A909300. Wikidata Q123505925. 

which is available via the Wikipedia Library.

Several are available via "American Antiquarian Society (AAS) EBSCO Historical Periodicals Collection" Series 2 and 4. The remainder do not appear to be online, with the single exception of:

“The Wayside,” in Sweet Home; Or Friendship’s Golden Altar, edited by Frances E. Percival (Boston: L. P. Crown, 1856), 141-46

which I have uploaded to c:Category:Sweet Home; or Friendships Golden Altar.

-- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:34, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Great find. You posted to the Scriptorium to get visibility. Is there any issue other than just "we should add these" (e.g. a copyright question or something)? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:25, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

I have just transcribed and published "The Wayside". It would be great if someone could validate (it's only 3 pages) and check my related edits.

I have been unable to find any of the relevant works in "AAS EBSCO Historical Periodicals Collection"; if someone could do that, it would be great. And yes, they then need to be added here.

No issues, otherwise. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:08, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

• Andy Mabbett, Justin (koavf): I’ve obtained copies of most of the issues containing the new works. Here’s a list:
  • L.M.A., “Faith,” Saturday Evening Gazette, June 7, 1856 (Boston Public Library microfilm)
    • Index:Saturday Evening Gazette (June 7, 1856).pdf
  • Louisa M. Alcott, “The Painter’s Dream,” Saturday Evening Gazette, July 19, 1856 (Boston Public Library microfilm)
    • File:Saturday Evening Gazette (July 19, 1856).pdf
  • L.M.A., “Labor,” Saturday Evening Gazette, September 6, 1856 (Boston Public Library microfilm)
    • File:Saturday Evening Gazette (September 6, 1856).pdf
  • L.M.A., “The Factory Girl,” Liberator, September 18, 1857 (EBSCO AAS Series 2)
    • File:Liberator (September 18, 1857).pdf
  • L.M.A., “Mr. A’s Journey Through the Alphabet,” Youth’s Companion, July 19, 1860
    • File:Youth's Companion (July 19, 1860).pdf
  • “The Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome,” New-York Organ, June 19, 1852 [reprint]
    • File:New-York Organ (June 19, 1852).pdf
  • “The Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome,” Journal of Agriculture, October 1, 1852 [reprint]
    • File:Journal of Agriculture (October 1852).pdf
  • “The Rival Painters: From the German,” The American Whig Review, June 1851, 501-5, and July 1851, 17-29 [listed as the basis of her story]
    • File:American Whig Review (June 1851).pdf and File:American Whig Review (July 1851).pdf
  • Alcott [possibly William Alcott], “Human Vengeance,” Prisoners Friend 8, nos. 4/5 (December 1855): 119-21
    • File:Prisoners' Friend (December 1855-January 1856).pdf
  • [no author], “The Rival Painters: A Tale of Florence,” Boston Olive Branch, November 21, 1857
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (November 21, 1857).pdf
  • Flora Fairfield, “Cain,” Ladies Christian Annual, September 1853, 94
    • File:Ladies' Christian Annual (September 1853).pdf
  • F. Fairfield, “Summer,” Boston Olive Branch, September 5, 1857
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (September 5, 1857).pdf
  • F. Fairfield “My Castle in the Air,” Boston Olive Branch, January 2, 1858
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (January 2, 1858).pdf
  • F. Fairfield, “Repining,” Boston Olive Branch, February 8, 1858
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (February 6, 1858).pdf
  • Mrs. E. H. Gould, “The Wayside,” in Sweet Home; Or Friendship’s Golden Altar, edited by Frances E. Percival (Boston: L. P. Crown, 1856), 141-46 (Google Books)
    • Already added above.
  • E. H. Gould, “William Clifford; or, A Mother’s Influence Never Lost,” Illustrated Weekly, April 26, 1856
    • File:Waverley Magazine (April 26, 1856).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “Spring,” Ballou’s Pictorial, March 28, 1857
    • File:Ballou's Pictorial (March 28, 1857).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “Withered Leaves,” Ballou’s Pictorial, April 4, 1857
    • File:Ballou's Pictorial (April 4, 1857).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “My Brother,” Ballou’s Dollar Monthly, May 1, 1857
    • File:Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine (May 1857).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “Edward Langdon’s Vacation; or, The Overrated Purse,” Boston Olive Branch, August 1, 1857
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (August 1, 1857).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “Mernie,” Boston Olive Branch, September 12, 1857
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (September 12, 1857).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “The Cloud with a Silver Lining,” Boston Olive Branch, November 28, 1857
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (November 28, 1857).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “A Glance at the Bright Side,” Flag of Our Union, May 15, 1858 (Gale AAS)
    • File:A Glance at the Bright Side (Gould).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “Wanderer’s Return,” Boston Olive Branch, June 26, 1858
    • File:Boston Olive Branch (June 26, 1858).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “True Love; or, The Mysterious Stranger,” Boston Olive Branch, October 9, 1858
    • File:Olive Branch (October 9, 1858).pdf
  • E. H. Gould, “An Evening at the Opera; or, The Thanksgiving Dinner,” Boston Olive Branch, December 4, 1858
    • File:Olive Branch (December 4, 1858).pdf
  • I. H. Gould, “The Phantom; or, The Miser’s Dream, &c,” Boston Olive Branch, March 10, 1860
    • File:Olive Branch and Atlantic Weekly (March 10, 1860).pdf
• The above (uploaded) issues are all correct, despite a number of errors in Chapnick’s sourcing (e.g., many of these are not to be found in EBSCO AAS Series 4; the author of “The Phantom” is given as “E. H. Gould,” not “I. H. Gould”; it’s Waverley Magazine, not Illustrated Weekly). I’ve started work on the Saturday Evening Gazette issues; feel free to choose whichever items strike your fancy. Do try to proofread the entire issue, though. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 21:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

  <3 —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:31, 15 February 2024 (UTC)