Author talk:Louisa May Alcott

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

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

FictionMags index has this

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

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

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



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)