Louisa May Alcott: HER Life, Letters, and Journals. EDITED BY EDNAH D. CHENEY BOSTON. LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1898 Copyright, 1889, By J. S. P. Alcott. INTRODUCTION. It is therefore impossible to understand Miss Alcott’s works fully without a knowledge of her own life and experiences. By inheritance and education she had rich and peculiar…