Good Wives

PORTRAIT OF MISS ALCOTT _Frontispiece_ Photogravure by A. W. Elson & Co., from a photograph by Notman (negative destroyed), taken in 1883. The facsimile of her writing is an extract from a letter to her publisher, written from her hospital retreat a few weeks previous to her death. ORCHARD HOUSE ("APPLE SLUMP"), CONCORD, MASS., THE HOME OF THE ALCOTTS, 1858 TO 1878 93 PORTRAIT OF MISS ALCOTT 140 Photogravure by A. W. Elson & Co., from a photograph taken just previous to her going to Washington as a hospital nurse, in 1862.