Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover] LULU’S LIBRARY. BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT, AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL," "LITTLE MEN," "EIGHT COUSINS," "ROSE IN BLOOM," "UNDER THE LILACS," "JACK AND JILL," "JO’S BOYS," "HOSPITAL SKETCHES," "WORK, A STORY OF EXPERIENCE," "MOODS, A NOVEL," "PROVERB STORIES," "SILVER PITCHERS," "SPINNING-WHEEL STORIES," "A GARLAND FOR GIRLS," "AUNT JO’S SCRAP-BAG." VOL. III. RECOLLECTIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD. A CHRISTMAS TURKEY, AND HOW IT CAME. THE SILVER PARTY. THE BLIND LARK. MUSIC AND MACARONI. THE LITTLE RED PURSE. SOPHIE’S SECRET. DOLLY’S BEDSTEAD. TRUDEL’S SIEGE. BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1889. _Copyright, 1889,_ BY J. S. P. ALCOTT. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. I. Recollections of My Childhood II. A Christmas Turkey, and How It Came III. The Silver Party IV. The Blind Lark V. Music and Macaroni VI. The Little Red Purse VII. Sophie’s Secret VIII. Dolly’s Bedstead IX. Trudel’s Siege [Illustration: Louisa May Alcott] I. RECOLLECTIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD. One of my earliest memories is of playing with books in my father’s study,--building towers and bridges of the big dictionaries, looking at pictures, pretending to read, and scribbling on blank pages whenever pen or pencil could be found. Many of these first attempts at authorship still exist; and I often wonder if these childish plays did not influence my after-life, since books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement. Another very vivid recollection is of the day when running after my hoop I fell into the Frog Pond and was rescued by a black boy, becoming a friend to the colored race then and there, though my mother always declared that I was an abolitionist at the age of three.