*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: This collection of short love stories by Louisa May Alcott will not disappoint her fans. Included in this volume are: "Silver Pitchers," the story of thee popular girls who take a stand against drinking by forming a temperance club; "Anna's Whim,"a love story; "Transcendental Wild Oats," the satire of her father's utopian experiment; "The Romance of a Summer's Day," the romance of a young lady seeking independence; " My Rococco Watch," an account of desire gone humorously wrong; "By The River: A Legend of the Assabet," a charming and fatalistic tale of a young poet; "Letty's Tramp," another charming tale of friendship and love; "Scarlet Stockings," a Civil War romance; and "Independence: A Centennial Love Story," which is precisely what the title suggest. Alcott wrote the stories in 1875, the Centennial year of American Revolution's beginning, and have a strong theme of independence within romantic love.