1832 - 1888 Person Name: Louisa M. Alcott Tune Title: [A little kingdom I possess] Hymnal Number: 251 Author of "A Little Kingdom I Possess" in Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged. Alcott, Louisa May, b. Nov. 29, 1833, d. at Concord, March 5, 1888. She published Little Men, Little Women, &c, and also wrote a few hymns for children.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Alcott, Louisa M., p. 1550, i. Mrs. Eva Munson Smith, in her Woman in Sacred Song, 1885, p. 668, gives Miss Alcott's hymn, "A little kingdom I possess," and prints a note thereon from Miss Alcott, dated “Concord, Oct. 7, 1883," in which Miss Alcott says that this hymn is “the only hymn I ever wrote. It was composed at thirteen, and . . . still expresses my soul's desire." The hymn is in the Baptist School Hymnal, 1880, and others.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Louisa May Alcott