Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) SHAWL-STRAPS. A Second Series OF AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AUTHOR OF 'LITTLE WOMEN,' 'AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL,' 'LITTLE MEN,' 'HOSPITAL SKETCHES.' LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY _LIMITED_, St. Dunstan's House, FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1895. _All rights reserved._ _LOW'S STANDARD SERIES OF BOOKS BY POPULAR WRITERS._ Small crown 8vo. cloth gilt, 2_s._; gilt edges, 2_s._ 6_d._ each 1. ALCOTT, L. M. Little Men. 2. WHITNEY, Mrs. Hitherto. 3. SAMUELS. Forecastle to Cabin. Illustrated. 4. ROBINSON, P. In my Indian Garden. 5. ALCOTT, L. M. Little Women and Little Women Wedded. 6. WHITNEY, Mrs. We Girls. 7. ---- The other Girls: a Sequel. 8. ALDEN, W. L. Jimmy Brown. 9. ALCOTT, L. M. Under the Lilacs. Illustrated. 10. ---- Jimmy's Cruise. 11. ROBINSON, PHIL. Under the Punkah. 12. ALCOTT, L. M. An Old-Fashioned Girl. 13. ---- A Rose in Bloom. 14. ---- Eight Cousins. Illustrated. 15. ---- Jack and Jill. 16. ---- Lulu's Library. Illustrated. 17. ---- Silver Pitchers. 18. ---- Work and Beginning Again. 19. WHITNEY, Mrs. Leslie Goldthwaite. 20. ---- Faith Gartney's Girlhood. 21. ---- Real Folks. 22. STOWE, Mrs. Dred. 23. ---- My Wife and I. 24. DE WITT, Madame. An Only Sister. 25. ALCOTT, L. M. Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. 26. ---- Shawl Straps. 27. STOWE, Mrs. Ghost in the Mill. 28. BUNYAN, JOHN. Pilgrim's Progress (Extra volume), gilt, 2_s._ 29. STOWE, Mrs. We and Our Neighbours. 30. SAINTINE. Picciola. 31. HOLM, SAXE. Draxy Miller's Dowry. 32. SANDEAU, JULES. Seagull Rock. 33. WARNER, C. D. In the Wilderness. 34. ---- My Summer in a Garden. 35. ALCOTT, L. M. Spinning-wheel Stories. 36. ALDEN, W. L. Trying to find Europe. 37. WHITNEY, Mrs. The Gayworthys. 38. TOOLEY, Mrs. Life of Mrs. Stowe. 39. ROE, E. P. Nature's Serial Story. 40. ALCOTT. Recollections. 41. STOWE, H. B. Minister's Wooing. * * * A New Illustrated List of Books for Boys and Girls, with Portraits of Celebrated Authors, sent post free on application. London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY, LTD., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C. PREFACE. There is a sort of fate about writing books of travel which it is impossible to escape. It is vain to declare that no inducement will bribe one to do it, that there is nothing new to tell, and that nobody wants to read the worn-out story: sooner or later the deed is done, and not till the book is safely shelved does peace descend upon the victim of this mysterious doom.