Produced by David Edwards, Katherine Ward and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's note: Hyphenation and spelling standardized. Otherwise, archaic and variable spelling was preserved. Missing quotation marks were added to standardize usage. Otherwise, the editor's punctuation style was preserved. Table of Contents' page numbers were updated. Special notation: Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). Text in bold face is enclosed by equal signs (=bold=). AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG Is now full, and contains =I. MY BOYS=, and other stories. =II. SHAWL-STRAPS=. Sketches of a European Trip. =III. CUPID AND CHOW-CHOW=, and other stories. =IV. MY GIRLS=, and other stories. =V. JIMMY'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE=, and other stories. =VI. AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING=, and other stories. _Six volumes neatly bound in cloth. Price, $6.00._ ROBERTS BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, BOSTON. [Illustration: AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING. "Suddenly Tilly threw down the axe, flung open the door, and ran straight into the arms of the bear."--PAGE 29.] [Illustration: HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. Dolly opened the door, and started back with a cry of astonishment at the lovely spectacle before her.--PAGE 47.] * * * * * AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING, Etc. [Illustration: SCRAP-BAG, VOL. VI.] BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL," "LITTLE MEN," "HOSPITAL SKETCHES." BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1882. _Copyright, 1882,_ BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. PAGE. I. AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING 7 II. HOW IT ALL HAPPENED 37 III. THE DOLLS' JOURNEY FROM MINNESOTA TO MAINE 53 IV. MORNING-GLORIES 78 V. SHADOW-CHILDREN 104 VI. POPPY'S PRANKS 124 VII. WHAT THE SWALLOWS DID 147 VIII. LITTLE GULLIVER 163 IX. THE WHALE'S STORY 178 X. A STRANGE ISLAND 192 XI. FANCY'S FRIEND 208 * * * * * I. AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING.