ALCOTT, Louisa May. Jo’s Boys. And How They Turned Out. A Sequel to “Little Men.” Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1899. 12mo, 365pp + [18] advts. Brown cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold. Frontispiece. Spine ends and corners minutely rubbed, else an unusually sharp copy.

 

Early printing being 13 years after the first. Louisa May Alcott’s third and final novel following the March sisters and their children. Beginning ten years after Little Men, Jo’s Boys revisits Plumfield, the New England school still presided over by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Jo remains at the center of the tale, surrounded by her boys — including rebellious Dan, sailor Emil, and promising musician Nat — as they experience shipwreck and storm, disappointment and even murder.