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. Silver Pitchers,is perhaps the most naive and maudlin from a 21st century perspective. I particularly enjoyed By the River, Scarlet Stockings, and Independence.The stories in the collection possess Alcott\'s characteristic humor and realistic charm within a sentimental and moralistic story that is her trademark. This particular publication would have been more enjoyable to read if there had more visual definition between each of the stories and more generous spacing within the text.