Preface

As authors may be supposed to know better than anyone else what

they intended to do when writing a book, I beg leave to say that

there is no moral to this story. Rose is not designed for a model

girl, and the Sequel was simply written in fulfillment of a promise,

hoping to afford some amusement, and perhaps here and there a

helpful hint, to other roses getting ready to bloom.

L. M. Alcott

September 1876

Contents

Chapter 1. Coming Home

Chapter 2. Old Friends with New Faces

Chapter 3. Miss Campbell

Chapter 4. Thorns Among the Roses

Chapter 5. Prince Charming

Chapter 6. Polishing Mac

Chapter 7. Phebe

Chapter 8. Breakers Ahead

Chapter 9. New Year’s Calls

Chapter 10. The Sad and Sober Part

Chapter 11. Small Temptations

Chapter 12. At Kitty’s Ball

Chapter 13. Both Sides

Chapter 14. Aunt Clara’s Plan

Chapter 15. Alas for Charlie!

Chapter 16. Good Works

Chapter 17. Among the Haycocks

Chapter 18. Which Was It?

Chapter 19. Behind the Fountain

Chapter 20. What Mac Did

Chapter 21. How Phebe Earned Her Welcome

Chapter 22. Short and Sweet