Jo March and her husband run a homey school for boys, whose scrapes and growth fill the sequel to Little Women. Alcott's warm domestic tale.
Books mentioned in Little Men (10)
The Crofton Boys by Harriet Martineau: “She put that charming little book, "The Crofton Boys," into his hands, and left him for an hour, passing in and out from time to time that he might not feel lonely.”
A Thousand and One Nights: “Arithmetic is not half so pleasant as 'Arabian Nights,' I know, but it is a very useful thing”
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “Demi was never tired of reading and explaining his favorite books, and many a pleasant hour did they spend in the old willow, revelling over "Robinson Crusoe," "Arabian Nights," "Edgeworth's Tales," and the other dear immortal stories that will delight children for centuries to come.”
Edgeworth's Tales by Maria Edgeworth: “Demi was never tired of reading and explaining his favorite books, and many a pleasant hour did they spend in the old willow, revelling over "Robinson Crusoe," "Arabian Nights," "Edgeworth's Tales," and the other dear immortal stories that will delight children for centuries to come.”
Insect Architecture by James Rennie: “Insect Architecture' or some such name, all about ants having battles, and bees having queens, and crickets eating holes in our clothes and stealing milk, and larks of that sort."”
Mother Goose: “while Rob stood by and repeated, at her command, the poem from Mother Goose”
Harry and Lucy by Maria Edgeworth: “But, 'Harry and Lucy,' and 'Frank,' are not fairy books, and they are all full of barometers, and bricks, and shoeing horses, and useful things, and I'm fond of them; ain't I, Daisy?"”
Life of Lord Nelson by Robert Southey: “Franz was writing, and Emil reading the Life of Lord Nelson, and neither joined the party, but the others thought hard, and when the time was up were ready to reply.”
Mabel on Midsummer Day by Mary Howitt: “singing a verse from dear Mary Howitt's sweet story in rhyme: “Away went little Mabel, With the wheaten cake so fine,”
Roland and Maybird: “So they are; but I find you reading 'Roland and Maybird,' a great deal oftener than 'Harry and Lucy,' and I think you are not half so fond of 'Frank' as you are of 'Sinbad.”
Books that mention Little Men (1)
How to Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis: “And she doesn’t write a word through all of Little Men.”