Produced by David Edwards, Meredith Bach, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration] Moods by _Louisa M. Alcott._ MOODS. BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN," "AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL," "HOSPITAL SKETCHES." "Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus." EMERSON. LORING, Publisher, 319 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by A. K. LORING, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAPTER I. IN A YEAR 7 CHAPTER II. WHIMS 21 CHAPTER III. AFLOAT 39 CHAPTER IV. THROUGH FLOOD, AND FIELD, AND FIRE 57 CHAPTER V. A GOLDEN WEDDING 81 CHAPTER VI. WHY SYLVIA WAS HAPPY 102 CHAPTER VII. DULL, BUT NECESSARY 113 CHAPTER VIII. NO 120 CHAPTER IX. HOLLY 130 CHAPTER X. YES 141 CHAPTER XI. WOOING 149 CHAPTER XII. WEDDING 158 CHAPTER XIII. SYLVIA'S HONEYMOON 165 CHAPTER XIV. A FIRESIDE FETE 183 CHAPTER XV. EARLY AND LATE 195 CHAPTER XVI. IN THE TWILIGHT 206 CHAPTER XVII. ASLEEP AND AWAKE 223 CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT NEXT? 238 CHAPTER XIX. SIX MONTHS 259 CHAPTER XX. COME 270 CHAPTER XXI. OUT OF THE SHADOW 285 MOODS. CHAPTER I. IN A YEAR.