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EIGHT COUSINS
By Louisa M. Alcott
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1—Two Girls
Chapter 2—The Clan
Chapter 3—Uncles
Chapter 4—Aunts
Chapter 5—A Belt and a Box
Chapter 6—Uncle Alec's Room
Chapter 7—A Trip to China
Chapter 8—And what came of it
Chapter 9—Phebe's Secret
Chapter 10—Rose's Sacrifice
Chapter 11—Poor Mac
Chapter 12—"The Other Fellows"
Chapter 13—Cosey Corner
Chapter 14—A Happy Birthday
Chapter 15—Ear-Rings
Chapter 16—Bread and Button-Holes
Chapter 17—Good Bargains
Chapter 18—Fashion and Physiology
Chapter 19—Brother Bones
Chapter 20—Under The Mistletoe
Chapter 21—A Scare
Chapter 22—Something to do
Chapter 23—Peace-Making
Chapter 24—Which?
Preface
The Author is quite aware of the defects of this little story, many of which were unavoidable, as it first appeared serially. But, as Uncle Alec's experiment was intended to amuse the young folks, rather than suggest educational improvements for the consideration of the elders, she trusts that these shortcomings will be overlooked by the friends of the Eight Cousins, and she will try to make amends in a second volume, which shall attempt to show The Rose in Bloom.
L.M.A.
Chapter 1—Two Girls
Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. She had retired to this room as a good place in which to be miserable; for it was dark and still, full of ancient furniture, sombre curtains, and hung all around with portraits of solemn old gentlemen in wigs, severe-nosed ladies in top-heavy caps, and staring children in little bob-tailed coats or short-waisted frocks. It was an excellent place for woe; and the fitful spring rain that pattered on the window-pane seemed to sob, "Cry away: I'm with you."
Rose really did have some cause to be sad; for she had no mother, and had lately lost her father also, which left her no home but this with her great-aunts. She had been with them only a week, and, though the dear old ladies had tried their best to make her happy, they had not succeeded very well, for she was unlike any child they had ever seen, and they felt very much as if they had the care of a low-spirited butterfly.
They had given her the freedom of the house, and for a day or two she had amused herself roaming all over it, for it was a capital old mansion, and was full of all manner of odd nooks, charming rooms, and mysterious passages. Windows broke out in unexpected places, little balconies overhung ............

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