Jack and Jill. Louisa May Alcott

Merely to intimate that are other stories by Miss Alcott than 'Little Women' will be sufficient to set the world of juvenile readers on tip-toe with pleased expectation, and those who are fortunate enough to become the possessors of «Jack and Jill» will surely not be disappointed. If it is not equal to « Little Women,» it at least surpasses all other stories from the same pen, in that delightfully real manner of painting child-life which has made the author's name a household word not only in England and America, but in France, where her works have been translated and met with a wide sale. In the days when good juvenile literature is so general, it is pleasant to meet with books of such exceptional merit – books which may already be fairly ranked as classics. «Jack and Jill» is undoubtedly one of the best stories for young people.