Dedication
TO R.A. LAWRENCE — THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY — INSCRIBED BY HER GRATEFUL FRIEND, L.M. ALCOTT
Preface
These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work.
If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain.
L.M. ALCOTT.
SEPTEMBER, 1887.