CHAPTER I.
CHILDHOOD 1811-1824.
Death of her Mother.—First Journey from Home.—Life at Nut Plains.—School Days and Hours with Favorite Authors.—The New Mother.—Litchfield Academy and its Influence.—First Literary Efforts.—A Remarkable Composition.—Goes to Hartford	1
CHAPTER II.
SCHOOL DAYS IN HARTFORD, 1824-1832.
Miss Catherine Beecher.—Professor Fisher.—The Wreck of the Albion and Death of Professor Fisher.—"The Minister's Wooing."—Miss Catherine Beecher's Spiritual History.—Mrs. Stowe's Recollections of her School Days in Hartford.—Her Conversion.—Unites with the First Church in Hartford.—Her Doubts and Subsequent Religious Development.—Her Final Peace	22
CHAPTER III.
CINCINNATI, 1832-1836.
Dr. Beecher called to Cincinnati.—The Westward Journey.—First Letter from Home.—Description of Walnut Hills.—Starting a New School.—Inward Glimpses.—The Semi-Colon Club.—Early Impressions of Slavery.—A Journey to the East.—Thoughts aroused by First Visit to Niagara.—Marriage to Professor Stowe	53
[vi]
CHAPTER IV.
EARLY MARRIED LIFE, 1836-1840.
Professor Stowe's Interest in Popular Education.—His Departure for Europe.—Slavery Riots in Cincinnati.—Birth of Twin Daughters.—Professor Stowe's Return and Visit to Columbus.—Domestic Trials.—Aiding a Fugitive Slave.—Authorship under Difficulties.—A Beecher Round Robin	78
CHAPTER V.
POVERTY AND SICKNESS, 1840-1850.
Famine in Cincinnati.—Summer at the East.—Plans for Literary Work.—Experience on a Railroad.—Death of her Brother George.—Sickness and Despair.—A Journey in Search of Health.—Goes to Brattleboro' Water-cure.—Troubles at Lane Seminary.—Cholera in Cincinnati.—Death of Youngest Child.—Determined to leave the West	100
CHAPTER VI.
REMOVAL TO BRUNSWICK, 1850-1852.
Mrs. Stowe's Remarks on Writing and Understanding Biography.—Their Appropriateness to her own Biography.—Reasons for Professor Stowe's leaving Cincinnati.—Mrs. Stowe's Journey to Brooklyn.—Her Brother's Success as a Minister.—Letters from Hartford and Boston.—Arrives in Brunswick.—History of the Slavery Agitation.—Practical Working of the Fugitive Slave Law.—Mrs. Edward Beecher's Letter to Mrs. Stowe and its Effect.—Domestic Trials.—Begins to write "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a Serial for the "National Era."—Letter to Frederick Douglass.—"Uncle Tom's Cabin" a Work of Religious Emotion	126
CHAPTER VII.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1852.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a Serial in the "National Era."—An [vii] Offer for its Publication in Book Form.—Will it be a Success?—An Unprecedented Circulation.—Congratulatory Messages.—Kind Words from Abroad.—Mrs. Stowe to the Earl of Carlisle.—Letters from and to Lord Shaftesbury.—Correspondence with Arthur Helps	156
CHAPTER VIII.
FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE, 1853.
The Edmondsons.—Buying Slaves to set them Free.—Jenny Lind.—Professor Stowe is called to Andover.—Fitting up the New Home.—The "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin."—"Uncle Tom" Abroad.—How it was Published in England.—Preface to the European Edition.—The Book in France.—In Germany.—A Greeting from Charles Kingsley.—Preparing to visit Scotland.—Letter to Mrs. Follen	178
CHAPTER IX.
SUNNY MEMORIES, 1853.
Crossing the Atlantic.—Arrival in England.—Reception in Liverpool.—Welcome to Scotland.—A Glasgow Tea-Party.—Edinburgh Hospitality.—Aberdeen.—Dundee and Birmingham.—Joseph Sturge.—Elihu Burritt.—London.—The Lord Mayor's Dinner.—Charles Dickens and his Wife	205
CHAPTER X.
FROM OVER THE SEA, 1853.
The Earl of Carlisle.—Arthur Helps.—The Duke and Duchess of Argyll.—Martin Farquhar Tupper.—A Memorable Meeting at Stafford House.—Macaulay and Dean Milman.—Windsor Castle.—Professor Stowe returns to America.—Mrs. Stowe on the Continent.—Impressions of Paris.—En Route to Switzerland and Germany.—Back to England.—Homeward Bound	228
CHAPTER XI.
HOME AGAIN, 1853-1856.
Anti-Slavery Work.—Stirring Times in the United States.—Address [viii] to the Ladies of Glasgow.—Appeal to the Women of America.—Correspondence with William Lloyd Garrison.—The Writing of "Dred."—Farewell Letter from Georgiana May.—Second Voyage to England	250
CHAPTER XII.
DRED, 1856.
Second Visit to England.—A Glimpse at the Queen.—The Duke of Argyll and Inverary.—Early Correspondence with Lady Byron.—Dunrobin Castle and its Inmates.—A Visit to Stoke Park.—Lord Dufferin.—Charles Kingsley at Home.—Paris Revisited.—Madame Mohl's Receptions	270
CHAPTER XIII.
OLD SCENES REVISITED, 1856.
En Route to Rome.—Trials of Travel.—A Midnight Arrival and an Inhospitable Reception.—Glories of the Eternal City.—Naples and Vesuvius.—Venice.—Holy Week in Rome.—Return to England.—Letter from Harriet Martineau on "Dred."—A Word from Mr. Prescott on "Dred."—Farewell to Lady Byron	294
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MINISTER'S WOOING, 1857-1859.
Death of Mrs. Stowe's Oldest Son.—Letter to the Duchess of Sutherland.—Letter to her Daughters in Paris.—Letter to her Sister Catherine.—Visit to Brunswick and Orr's Island.—Writes "The Minister's Wooing" and "The Pearl of Orr's Island."—Mr. Whittier's Comments.—Mr. Lowell on "The Minister's Wooing."—Letter to Mrs. Stowe from Mr. Lowell.—John Ruskin on "The Minister's Wooing."—A Year of Sadness.—Letter to Lady Byron.—Letter to her Daughter.—Departure for Europe	315
CHAPTER XV.
THE THIRD TRIP TO EUROPE, 1859.
Third Visit to Europe.—Lady Byron on "The Minister's Wooing."—Some Foreign People and Things as they Appeared [ix] to Professor Stowe.—A Winter in Italy.—Things Unseen and Unrevealed.—Speculations concerning Spiritualism.—John Ruskin.—Mrs. Browning.—The Return to America.—Letters to Dr. Holmes	343
CHAPTER XVI.
THE CIVIL WAR, 1860-1865.
The Outbreak of Civil War.—Mrs. Stowe's Son enlists.—Thanksgiving Day in Washington.—The Proclamation of Emancipation.—Rejoicings in Boston.—Fred Stowe at Gettysburg.—Leaving Andover and Settling in Hartford.—A Reply to the Women of England.—Letters from John Bright, Archbishop Whately, and Nathaniel Hawthorne	363
CHAPTER XVII.
FLORIDA, 1865-1869.
Letter to Duchess of Argyll.—Mrs. Stowe desires to have a Home at the South.—Florida the best Field for Doing Good.—She Buys a Place at Mandarin.—A Charming Winter Residence.—"Palmetto Leaves."—Easter Sunday at Mandarin.—Correspondence with Dr. Holmes.—"Poganuc People."—Receptions in New Orleans and Tallahassee.—Last Winter at Mandarin	395
CHAPTER XVIII.
OLDTOWN FOLKS, 1869.
Professor Stowe the Original of "Harry" in "Oldtown Folks."—Professor Stowe's Letter to George Eliot.—Her Remarks on the Same.—Professor Stowe's Narrative of his Youthful Adventures in the World of Spirits.—Professor Stowe's Influence on Mrs. Stowe's Literary Life.—George Eliot on "Oldtown Folks"	419
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BYRON CONTROVERSY, 1869-1870.
Mrs. Stowe's Statement of her own Case.—The Circumstances under which she first met Lady Byron.—Letters to Lady Byron.—Letter to Dr. Holmes when about to publish "The True Story of Lady Byron's Life" in the "Atlantic."—Dr. Holmes's Reply.—The Conclusion [x] of the Matter	445
CHAPTER XX.
GEORGE ELIOT.
Correspondence with George Eliot.—George Eliot's First Impressions of Mrs. Stowe.—Mrs. Stowe's Letter to Mrs. Follen.—George Eliot's Letter to Mrs. Stowe.—Mrs. Stowe's Reply.—Life in Florida.—Robert Dale Owen and Modern Spiritualism.—George Eliot's Letter on the Phenomena of Spiritualism.—Mrs. Stowe's Description of Scenery in Florida.—Mrs. Stowe concerning "Middlemarch."—George Eliot to Mrs. Stowe during Rev. H. W. Beecher's Trial.—Mrs. Stowe concerning her Life Experience with her Brother, H. W. Beecher, and his Trial.—Mrs. Lewes' Last Letter to Mrs. Stowe.—Diverse Mental Characteristics of these Two Women.—Mrs. Stowe's Final Estimate of Modern Spiritualism	459
CHAPTER XXI.
CLOSING SCENES, 1870-1889.
Literary Labors.—Complete List of Published Books.—First Reading Tour.—Peeps Behind the Curtain.—Some New England Cities.—A Letter from Maine.—Pleasant and Unpleasant Readings.—Second Tour.—A Western Journey.—Visit to Old Scenes.—Celebration of Seventieth Birthday.—Congratulatory Poems from Mr. Whittier and Dr. Holmes.—Last Words	489

FOOTNOTE:

[A] From recent photographs and from views in the Autobiography of Lyman Beecher, published by Messrs. Harper & Brothers.

	PAGE
The Place	7
The Salemite of Forty Years Ago	8
How the Subject was opened	9
Careful Historiography	10
The Actors in the Tragedy	12
Philosophy of the Delusion	12
Character of the Early Settlement	13
First Causes	15
Death of the Patriarch	16
Growth of Witchcraft	17
Trouble in the Church	18
Rev. Mr. Burroughs	19
Deodat Lawson	20
Parris—a Malignant	20
A Protean Devil	21
State of Physiology	22
William Penn as a Precedent	22
Phenomena of Witchcraft	23
Parris and his Circle	25
The Inquisitions—Sarah Good	26
A Child Witch	27
The Towne Sisters	28
Depositions of Parris and his Tools	31
Goody Nurse’s Excommunication	35
Mary Easty	36
Mrs. Cloyse	38
The Proctor Family	40
The Jacobs Family	41
Giles and Martha Corey	42
Decline of the Delusion	44
The Physio-Psychological Causes of the Trouble	45
The Last of Parris	47
“One of the Afflicted”—Her Confession	49
The Transition	50
The Fetish Theory Then and Now	51
The Views of Modern Investigators	53
Importance of the Subject	55

CONTENTS OF THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY

What Planchette is and does (with review of Facts and Phenomena)	63
The Press on Planchette (with further details of Phenomena)	67
Theory First—That the Board is moved by the hands that rest upon it	70
Theory Second—“It is Electricity or Magnetism”	71
Proof that Electricity has nothing to do with it	78
Theory Third—The Devil Theory	79
Theory of a Floating Ambient Mentality	81
“ To Daimonion ”—The Demon	83
“It is some principle of nature as yet unknown”	85
Theory of the Agency of Departed Spirits	85
Planchette’s own Theory	89
The Rational Difficulty	92
The Medium—The Doctrine of Spheres	93
The Moral and Religious Difficulty	98
What this Modern Development is, and what is to come of it	102
Conclusion	105
How to work Planchette	106

SPIRITUALISM

History of Spiritualism	107
Scriptural Views	110
Communion of Saints	112

DR. DODDRIDGE’S DREAM

MEN OF OUR TIMES; OR LEADING PATRIOTS OF THE DAY

LINCOLN, GRANT, GARRISON, SUMNER, CHASE, WILSON, GREELEY, FARRAGUT, ANDREW, COLFAX, STANTON, DOUGLASS, BUCKINGHAM, SHERMAN, SHERIDAN, HOWARD, PHILLIPS AND BEECHER.

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

1868

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

		PAGE.
1.	President Lincoln ,	FRONTISPIECE .
2.	Gen. U. S. Grant ,	111
3.	William L. Garrison ,	154
4.	Charles Sumner ,	214
5.	Salmon P. Chase ,	241
6.	Henry Wilson ,	269
7.	Horace Greeley ,	293
8.	Com. D. G. Farragut ,	311
9.	Gov. John A. Andrew ,	325
10.	Schuyler Colfax ,	347
11.	E. M. Stanton ,	363
12.	Frederick Douglass ,	380
13.	Gen. P. H. Sheridan ,	405
14.	Gen. W. T. Sherman ,	423
15.	Gen. Oliver O. Howard ,	447
16.	Gov. Wm. A. Buckingham ,	463
17.	Wendell Phillips ,	483
18.	Rev. Henry Ward Beecher ,	505

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CHAPTER I.—ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The Men of our Time—Lincoln Foremost—The War was the Working-Man's Revolution—Abraham Lincoln's Birth and Youth—The Books he Read—The Thirty Thousand Dollars for Tender—The Old Stocking of Government Money—A Just Lawyer; Anecdotes—His First Candidacy and Speech—Goes to Legislature and Congress—The Seven Debates and Campaign against Douglass in 1858—Webster's and Lincoln's Language Compared—The Cooper Institute Speech—The Nomination at Chicago—Moral and Physical Courage—The Backwoodsman President and the Diplomatists—Significance of his Presidential Career—Religious Feelings—His Kindness—"The Baby Did It"—The First Inaugural—The Second Inaugural, and other State Papers—The Conspiracy and Assassination—The Opinions of Foreign Nations on Mr. Lincoln.	11
CHAPTER II.—ULYSSES S. GRANT.
A General Wanted—A Short War Expected—The Young Napoleon—God's Revenge Against Slavery—The Silent Man in Galena—"Tanning Leather"—Gen. Grant's Puritan Descent—How he Loaded the Logs—His West Point Career—Service in Mexico—Marries, and Leaves the Army—Wood-Cutting, Dunning and Leather-Selling—Enlists against the Rebellion—Missouri Campaign—Paducah Campaign—Fort Donelson Campaign—Battle of Shiloh—How Grant Lost his Temper—Vicksburg Campaign—Lincoln on Grant's "Drinking"—Chattanooga—Grant's Method of Making a Speech—Appointed Lieutenant-General—The Richmond Campaign—"Mr. Grant is a Very Obstinate Man"—Grant's Qualifications as a Ruler—Honesty—Generosity to Subordinates—Sound Judgment of Men—Power of Holding his Tongue—Grant's Sidewalk Platform—Talks Horse to Senator Wade—"Wants Nothing Said"—The Best Man for Next President.	111
CHAPTER III.—WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
Mr. Garrison's Birth and Parents—His Mother—Her Conversion—His Boyhood—Apprenticed to a Printer—First Anti-Slavery Address—Advice to Dr. Beecher—Benjamin Lundy—Garrison Goes to Baltimore—First Battle with Slavery—In Jail—First Number of the Liberator—Threats and Rage from the South—The American Anti-Slavery Society—First Visit to England—The Era of Mob Violence—The Respectable Boston Mob—Mr. Garrison's Account—Again in Jail—The Massachusetts Legislature Uncivil to the Abolitionists—Logical Vigor of the Slaveholders—Garrison's Disunionism—Denounces the Church—Liberality of the Liberator—The Southerners' own Testimony—Mr. Garrison's Bland Manners—His Steady Nerves— x His use of Language—Things by their Right Names—Abolitionist "Hard Language;" Garrison's Argument on it—Protest for Woman's Rights—The Triumph of his Cause—"The Liberator" Discontinued—Second Visit to England—Letter to Mrs. Stowe.	154
CHAPTER IV.—CHARLES SUMNER.
Mr. Sumner an instance of Free State High Culture—The "Brahmin Caste" of New England—The Sumner Ancestry; a Kentish Family—Governor Increase Sumner; His Revolutionary Patriotism—His Stately Presence; "A Governor that can Walk"—Charles Sumner's Father—Mr. Sumner's Education, Legal and Literary Studies—Tendency to Ideal Perfection—Sumner and the Whigs—Abolitionism Social Death—Sumner's Opposition to the Mexican War—His Peace Principles—Sumner Opposes Slavery Within the Constitution, as Garrison Outside of it—Anti-Slavery and the Whigs—The Political Abolitionist Platform—Webster asked in vain to Oppose Slavery—Sumner's Rebuke of Winthrop—Joins the Free Soil Party—Succeeds Webster in the Senate—Great Speech against the Fugitive Slave Law—The Constitution a Charter of Liberty—Slavery not in the Constitution—First Speech after the Brooks Assault—Consistency as to Reconstruction.	214
CHAPTER V.—SALMON P. CHASE.
England and our Finances in the War—President Wheelock and Mr. Chase's Seven Uncles—His Uncle the Bishop—His Sense of Justice at College—His Uncle the Senator—Admitted to the Bar for Cincinnati—His First Argument before a U. S. Court—Society in Cincinnati—The Ohio Abolitionists—Cincinnati on Slavery—The Church admits Slavery to be "an Evil"—Mr. Chase and the Birney Mob—The Case of the Slave Girl Matilda—How Mr. Chase "Ruined Himself"—He Affirms the Sectionality of Slavery—The Van Zandt Case—Extracts from Mr. Chase's Argument—Mr. Chase in Anti-Slavery Politics—His Qualifications as a Financier.	241
CHAPTER VI.—HENRY WILSON.
Lincoln, Chase and Wilson as Illustrations of Democracy—Wilson's Birth and Boyhood—Reads over One Thousand Books in Ten Years—Learns Shoemaking—Earns an Education Twice Over—Forms a Debating Society—Makes Sixty Speeches for Harrison—Enters into Political Life on the Working-Men's Side—Helps to form the Free Soil Party—Chosen United States Senator over Edward Everett—Aristocratic Politics in those Days—Wilson and the Slaveholding Senators—The Character of his Speaking—Full of Facts and Practical Sense—His Usefulness as Chairman of the Military Committee—His "History of the Anti-Slavery Measures in Congress"—The 37th and 38th Congresses—The Summary of Anti-Slavery Legislation from that Book—Other Abolitionist Forces—Contrast of Sentiments of Slavery and of Freedom—Recognition of Hayti and Liberia; Specimen of the Debate—Slave and Free Doctrine on Education—Equality in Washington Street Cars—Pro-Slavery Good Taste—Solon's Ideal of Democracy Reached in America.	269
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CHAPTER VII.—HORACE GREELEY.
The Scotch-Irish Race in the United States—Mr. Greeley a Partly Reversed Specimen of it—His Birth and Boyhood—Learns to Read Books Upside Down—His Apprenticeship on a Newspaper—The Town Encyclopedia—His Industry at his Trade—His First Experience of a Fugitive Slave Chase—His First Appearance in New York—The Work on the Polyglot Testament—Mr. Greeley as "The Ghost"—The First Cheap Daily Paper—The Firm of Greeley & Story—The New Yorker, the Jeffersonian and the Log Cabin—Mr. Greeley as Editor of the New Yorker—Beginning of The Tribune—Mr. Greeley's Theory of a Political Newspaper—His Love for The Tribune—The First Week of that Paper—The Attack of the Sun and its Result—Mr. McElrath's Partnership—Mr. Greeley's Fourierism—"The Bloody Sixth"—The Cooper Libel Suits—Mr. Greeley in Congress—He Goes to Europe—His Course in the Rebellion—His Ambition and Qualifications for Office—The Key-Note of his Character.	293
CHAPTER VIII.—DAVID G. FARRAGUT.
The Lesson of the Rebellion to Monarchs—The Strength of the United States—The U. S. Naval Service—The Last War—State of the Navy in 1861—Admiral Farragut Represents the Old Navy and the New—Charlemagne's Physician, Farraguth—The Admiral's Letter about his Family—His Birth—His Cruise with Porter when a Boy of Nine—The Destruction of the Essex—Farragut in Peace Times—Expected to go with the South—Refuses, is Threatened, and goes North—The Opening of the Mississippi—The Bay Fight at Mobile—The Admiral's Health—Farragut and the Tobacco Bishop.	311
CHAPTER IX.—JOHN A. ANDREW.
Governor Andrew's Death Caused by the War—The Governors Dr. Beecher Prayed for—Governor Andrew a Christian Governor—Gov. Andrew's Birth—He goes to Boston to Study Law—Not Averse to unfashionable and Unpopular Causes—His Cheerfulness and Social Accomplishments—His Sunday School Work—Lives Plainly—His Clear Foresight of the War—Sends a Thousand Men to Washington in One Day—The Story of the Blue Overcoats—The Telegram for the Bodies of the Dead of Baltimore—Gov. Andrew's Tender Care for the Poor—The British Minister and the Colored Women—The Governor's Kindness to the Soldier's Wife—His Biblical Proclamations—The Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1861—The Proclamation of 1862—His Interest in the Schools for the Richmond Poor—Cotton Mather's Eulogy on Gov. Winthrop—Gov. Andrew's Farewell Address to the Massachusetts Legislature—State Gratitude to Gov. Andrew's Family.	325
CHAPTER X.—SCHUYLER COLFAX.
General William Colfax, Washington's Friend—Mr. Colfax his Grandson—Mr. Colfax's Birth and Boyhood—Removes to Indiana—Becomes Deputy County Auditor—Begins to Deal with Politics—Becomes an Editor—The xii Period of Maximum Debt—Mr. Colfax's First Year—He is Burnt Out—His Subsequent Success as an Editor—His Political Career as a Whig—Joins the Republican Party—Popularity in his own District—The Nebraska Bill—Mr. Colfax goes into Congress—The Famous Contest for Speakership—Mr. Colfax Saves his Party from Defeat—Banks Chosen Speaker—Mr. Colfax's Great Speech on the Bogus Laws of Kansas—The Ball and Chain for Free Speech—Mr. Colfax Shows the Ball, and A. H. Stephens Holds it for him—Mr. Colfax Renominated Unanimously—His Remarkable Success in his own District—Useful Labors in Post Office Committee—Early for Lincoln for President—Mr. Colfax urged for Post Master General—His Usefulness as Speaker—The Qualifications for that Post—Mr. Colfax's Public Virtues.	347
CHAPTER XI.—EDWIN M. STANTON.
Rebel Advantages at Opening of the War—They Knew all about the Army Officers—Early Contrast of Rebel Enthusiasm and Union Indifference—Importance of Mr. Stanton's Post—His Birth and Ancestry—His Education and Law Studies—County Attorney—State Reporter—Defends Mr. McNulty—Removes to Pittsburg—His Line of Business—The Wheeling Case—He Removes to Washington—His Qualifications as a Lawyer—He Enters Buchanan's Cabinet—His Unexpected Patriotism—His Own Account of the Cabinet at News of Anderson's Move to Sumter—The Lion before the Old Red Dragon—Appointed Secretary of War—"Bricks in his Pockets"—Stanton's Habitual Reserve—His Wrath—"The Angel Gabriel as Paymaster"—Anecdotes of Lincoln's Confidence in Stanton—Lincoln's Affection for him—The Burdens of his Office—His Kindness of Heart within a Rough Outside—The Country his Debtor.	363
CHAPTER XII.—FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
The Opportunity for Every Man in a Republic—The Depth Below a White Man's Poverty—The Starting Point whence Fred Douglass Raised Himself—His Mother—Her Noble Traits—Her Self Denial for the sake of Seeing him—She Defends him against Aunt Katy—Her Death—Col. Loyd's Plantation—The Luxury of his own Mansion—The Organization of his Estate—"Old Master"—How they Punished the Women—How Young Douglass Philosophized on Being a Slave—Plantation Life—The Allowance of Food—The Clothes—An Average Plantation Day—Mr. Douglass' Experience as a Slave Child—The Slave Children's Trough—The Slave Child's Thoughts—The Melancholy of Slave Songs—He Becomes a House Servant—A Kind Mistress Teaches him to Read—How he Completed his Education—Effects of Learning to Read—Experiences Religion and Prays for Liberty—Learns to Write—Hires his Time, and Absconds—Becomes a Free Working-Man in New Bedford—Marries—Mr. Douglass on Garrison—Mr. Douglass' Literary Career.	380
CHAPTER XIII.—PHILIP H. SHERIDAN.
Sheridan a Full-Blooded Irishman—The Runaway Horse—Constitutional Fearlessness—Sheridan Goes to West Point—Sheridan's Apprenticeship to xiii War—The Fight with the Apaches at Fort Duncan—He is Transferred to Oregon—Commands at Fort Yamhill in the Yokima Reservation—The Quarrel among the Yokimas—Sheridan Popular with Indians—He Thinks he has a Chance to be Major Some Day—Sheridan's Shyness with Ladies—He Employs a Substitute in Waiting on a Lady—Sheridan's Kindness and Efficiency in Office Work—He Becomes a Colonel of Cavalry—His Shrewd Defeat of Gen. Chalmers—Becomes Brigadier—The Kentucky Campaign against Bragg—Sheridan Saves the Battle of Perrysville—Saves the Battle of Murfreesboro—Gen. Rousseau on Sheridan's Fighting—Sheridan at Missionary Ridge—Joins Grant as Chief of Cavalry—His Raids around Lee—His Campaign in the Valley of Virginia—He Moves Across and Joins in the Final Operations—His Administration at New Orleans—Grant's Opinion of Sheridan.	405
CHAPTER XIV.—WILLIAM T. SHERMAN.
The Result of Eastern Blood and Western Developments—Lincoln, Grant, Chase and Sherman Specimens of it—The Sherman Family Character—Hon. Thomas Ewing adopts Sherman—Character of the Boy—He Enters West Point—His Peculiar Traits Showing thus Early—How he Treated his "Pleb"—His Early Military Service—His Appearance as First Lieutenant—Marries and Resigns—Banker at San Francisco—Superintendent of Louisiana Military Academy—His Noble Letter Resigning the Superintendency—He Foresees a Great War—Cameron and Lincoln Think not—Sherman at Bull Run—He Goes to Kentucky—Wants Two Hundred Thousand Troops—The False Report of his Insanity—Joins Grant; His Services at Shiloh—Services in the Vicksburg Campaigns—Endurance of Sherman and his Army—Sherman's estimate of Grant—How to live on the Enemy—Prepares to move from Atlanta—The Great March—His Courtesy to the Colored People—His Foresight in War—Sherman on Office-Holding.	423
CHAPTER XV.—OLIVER O. HOWARD.
Can there be a Christian Soldier?—General Howard's Birth—His Military Education—His Life Before the Rebellion—Resigns in Order to get into the Field—Made Brigadier for Good Conduct at Bull Run—Commands the Eleventh Corps and Joins the Army at Chattanooga—His Services in the Army of the Potomac—Extreme Calmness on the Field of Battle—Services with Sherman—Sherman's high Opinion of him—Col. Bowman's Admiration of Howard's Christian Observances—Patriotic Services while Invalided at Home—Reproves the Swearing Teamster—Placed over the Freedmen's Bureau—The Central Historic Fact of the War—The Rise of Societies to Help the Freedmen—The Work of the Freedmen's Bureau—Disadvantages Encountered by it, and by General Howard—Results of the Bureau thus far—Col. Bowman's Description of Gen. Howard's Duties—Gen. Sherman's Letter to Gen. Howard on Assuming the Post—Estimate of Gen. Howard's Abilities.	447
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CHAPTER XVI.—WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM.
The Buckinghams an Original Puritan Family—Rev. Thomas Buckingham—Gov. Buckingham's Father and Mother—Lebanon, the Birthplace of Five Governors—Gov. Buckingham's Education—He Teaches School—His Natural Executive Tendency—His Business Career—His Extreme Punctuality in Payments—His Business and Religious Character—His Interest in the Churches and Schools—His Benefactions in those Directions—His Political Course—He Accepts Municipal but not Legislative Offices—A Member of the Peace Conference—He Himself Equips the First State Militia in the War—His Zealous Co-operation with the Government—Sends Gen. Aiken to Washington—The Isolation of that City from the North—Gov. Buckingham's Policy for the War; Letter to Mr. Lincoln—His Views on Emancipation; Letter to Mr. Lincoln—Anecdote of the Temperance Governor's Staff.	463
CHAPTER XVII.—WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Birth and Ancestry of Wendell Phillips—His Education and Social Advantage—The Lovejoy Murder—Speech in Faneuil Hall—The Murder Justified—Mr. Phillips' First Speech—He Defends the Liberty of the Press—His Ideality—He Joins the Garrisonian Abolitionists—Gives up the Law and Becomes a Reformer—His Method and Style of Oratory—Abolitionists Blamed for the Boston Mob—Heroism of the Early Abolitionists—His Position in Favor of "Woman's Rights"—Anecdote of His Lecturing—His Services in the Cause of Temperance—Extract from His Argument on Prohibition—His Severity towards Human Nature—His Course During and Since the War—A Change of Tone Recommended.	483
CHAPTER XVIII.—HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Mr. Beecher a Younger Child—Death of his Mother—His Step-Mother's Religious Influence—Ma'am Kilbourn's School—The Passing Bell—Unprofitable Schooling—An Inveterate School Joker—Masters the Latin Grammar—Goes to Amherst College—His Love of Flowers—Modes of Study; a Reformer—Mr. Beecher and the Solemn Tutor—His Favorite Poetry—His Introduction to Phrenology—His Mental Philosophy—Doctrine of Spiritual Intuition—Punctuality for Joke's Sake—Old School and New School—Doubts on Entering the Ministry—Settlement at Lawrenceburg—His Studies; First Revival—Large Accessions to the Church—"Tropical Style"—Ministerial Jokes—Slavery in the Pulpit—The Transfer to Brooklyn—Plymouth Church Preaching—Visit to England—Speeches in England—Letters from England—Christian View of England—The Exeter Hall Speech—Preaches an Unpopular Forgiveness.	505

WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY

A SERIES OF SKETCHES DRAWN FROM SCRIPTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND LEGENDARY SOURCES

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

1874

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

I. WOMEN OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGES .

1. Sarah the Princess.

2. Hagar the Slave.

3. Rebekah the Bride.

4. Leah and Rachel.

II. WOMEN OF THE NATIONAL PERIOD .

5. Miriam, Sister of Moses.

6. Deborah the Prophetess.

7. Delilah the Destroyer.

8. Jephtha's Daughter.

9. Hannah the Praying Mother.

10. Ruth the Moabitess.

11. The Witch of Endor.

12. Queen Esther.

13. Judith the Deliverer.

III. WOMEN OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA .

14. The Mythical Madonna.

15. Mary the Mother of Jesus.

16. The Daughter of Herodias.

17. The Woman of Samaria.

18. Mary Magdalene.

19. Martha and Mary.

Hen that Hatched Ducks	11
The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge	29
The History of Tip-Top	43
Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket	61
Mother Magpie’s Mischief	70
The Squirrels that live in a House	80
Hum, the Son of Buz	93
Our Country Neighbours	106
The Diverting History of Little Whiskey	117

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Portrait of Mrs. Stowe. From a crayon by Richmond, made in England in 1853	Frontispiece
Silver Inkstand presented to Mrs. Stowe by her English Admirers in 1853	xi
Portrait of Mrs. Stowe's Grandmother, Roxanna Foote. From a miniature painted on ivory by her daughter, Mrs. Lyman Beecher	6
Birthplace at Litchfield, Conn. [A]	10
Portrait of Catherine E. Beecher. From a photograph taken in 1875	30
The Home at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati [A]	56
Portrait of Henry Ward Beecher. From a photograph by Rockwood, in 1884	130
Manuscript Page of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (fac-simile)	160
The Andover Home. From a painting by F. Rondel, in 1860, owned by Mrs. H. F. Allen	186 [xii]
Portrait of Lyman Beecher, at the Age of Eighty-Seven. From a painting owned by the Boston Congregational Club	264
Portrait of the Duchess of Sutherland. From an engraving presented to Mrs. Stowe	318
The Old Home at Hartford	374
The Home at Mandarin, Florida	402
Portrait of Calvin Ellis Stowe. From a photograph taken in 1882	422
Portrait of Mrs. Stowe. From a photograph by Ritz and Hastings, in 1884	470
The Later Hartford Home	508

Chap.		Page
I.	Falling in Love	1
II.	What she thinks of it	19
III.	The Sister	31
IV.	Preparation for Marriage	39
V.	Wedding, and Wedding-trip	56
VI.	Honey-moon, and after	63
VII.	Will she like it?	74
VIII.	Spindlewood	86
IX.	A Crisis	92
X.	Changes	104
XI.	Newport; or, the Paradise of Nothing to do	112
XII.	Home a la Pompadour	126
XIII.	John's Birthday	137
XIV.	A Great Moral Conflict	152
XV.	The Follingsbees arrive	161
XVI.	Mrs. John Seymour's Party, and what came of it	181
XVII.	After the Battle	197
XVIII.	A Brick turns up	213
XIX.	The Castle of Indolence	228 [viii]
XX.	The Van Astrachans	243
XXI.	Mrs. Follingsbee's Party, and what came of it	250
XXII.	The Spider-web broken	268
XXIII.	Common-sense Arguments	281
XXIV.	Sentiment v. Sensibility	284
XXV.	Wedding Bells	291
XXVI.	Motherhood	297
XXVII.	Checkmate	304
XXVIII.	After the Storm	321
XXIX.	The New Lillie	326

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE		vii

HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS
I.	The Ravages of a Carpet	1
II.	Homekeeping vs. Housekeeping	16
III.	What is a Home?	33
IV.	The Economy of the Beautiful	54
V.	Raking Up the Fire	69
VI.	The Lady who does her own Work	85
VII.	What can be got in America	101
VIII.	Economy	112
IX.	Servants	133
X.	Cookery	153
XI.	Our House	182
XII.	Home Religion	212

THE CHIMNEY-CORNER
I.	What will You do with Her? or, The Woman Question	231
II.	Woman’s Sphere	249
III.	A Family Talk on Reconstruction	274
IV.	Is Woman a Worker?	300
V.	The Transition	316
VI.	Bodily Religion: A Sermon on Good Health	330
VII.	How shall we entertain our Company?	347
VIII.	How shall we be Amused?	362
IX.	Dress, or Who makes the Fashions	374
X.	What are the Sources of Beauty in Dress?	395
XI.	The Cathedral	412
XII.	The New Year	425
XIII.	The Noble Army of Martyrs	438

OUR SECOND GIRL		449

A SCHOLAR’S ADVENTURES IN THE COUNTRY		473

TRIALS OF A HOUSEKEEPER		487

Introductory Note
CHAPTER
I.	Naomi	1
II.	Mara	5
III.	The Baptism and the Burial	9
IV.	Aunt Roxy and Aunt Ruey	15
V.	The Kittridges	25
VI.	Grandparents	36
VII.	From the Sea	47
VIII.	The Seen and the Unseen	58
IX.	Moses	74
X.	The Minister	85
XI.	Little Adventurers	99
XII.	Sea Tales	110
XIII.	Boy and Girl	120
XIV.	The Enchanted Island	132
XV.	The Home Coming	143
XVI.	The Natural and the Spiritual	154
XVII.	Lessons	165
XVIII.	Sally	175
XIX.	Eighteen	179
XX.	Rebellion	186
XXI.	The Tempter	198
XXII.	A Friend in Need	208
XXIII.	The Beginning of the Story	218
XXIV.	Desires and Dreams	229
XXV.	Miss Emily	235
XXVI.	Dolores	245
XXVII.	Hidden Things	258
XXVIII.	A Coquette	270
XXIX.	Night Talks	279
XXX.	The Launch of the Ariel	290
XXXI.	Greek meets Greek	303
XXXII.	The Betrothal	315
XXXIII.	At a Quilting	323
XXXIV.	Friends	329
XXXV.	The Toothacre Cottage	335
XXXVI.	The Shadow of Death	339
XXXVII.	The Victory	351
XXXVIII.	Open Vision	358
XXXIX.	The Land of Beulah	368
XL.	The Meeting	376
XLI.	Consolation	380
XLII.	Last Words	387
XLIII.	The Pearl	393
XLIV.	Four Years After	398

The Brood Hatched	19
Feeding the Fame Robin	59
Erecting the Hen-House	15
The Hen that Hatched Ducks	25
Enemies in Waiting	39
The Nest in the Apple-Tree	47
Tip-Top in bad Company	57
Venturous Squirrels	89

	PAGE.
Nobody's Dog	1
A Flowery January in Florida	16
The Wrong Side of the Tapestry	26
A Letter To the Girls	40
A Water-coach, and a Ride in It	53
Picnicking up Julington	69
Magnolia	87
Yellow Jessamines	97
"Florida for Invalids "	116
Swamps and Orange-Trees	137
Letter-Writing	148
Magnolia Week	161
Buying Land in Florida	175
Our Experience in Crops	185
May in Florida	196
St. Augustine	206
Our Neighbor Over the Way	225
The Grand Tour up River	247
Old Cudjo and the Angel	267
The Laborers of the South	279

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

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UNCLE TOM’S CABIN or Life among the Lowly

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

CONTENTS

QUEER LITTLE FOLKS

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations.

LIFE OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Compiled From Her Letters And Journals By Her Son Charles Edward Stowe

1890

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FOOTNOTE:

PINK AND WHITE TYRANNY

A Society Novel

By Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe

1871

CONTENTS.

SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS, VOL. 1 (of 2)

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

CONTENTS

OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES.

By Harriet Beecher Stowe.

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

HOUSEHOLD PAPERS AND STORIES

BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

1864

CONTENTS

THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND

A Story of the Coast of Maine

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

1896

CONTENTS

PALMETTO-LEAVES

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

1873

CONTENTS.

SALEM WITCHCRAFT

THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

CONTENTS.

CONTENTS OF THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY

SPIRITUALISM

DR. DODDRIDGE’S DREAM

MEN OF OUR TIMES; OR LEADING PATRIOTS OF THE DAY

LINCOLN, GRANT, GARRISON, SUMNER, CHASE, WILSON, GREELEY, FARRAGUT, ANDREW, COLFAX, STANTON, DOUGLASS, BUCKINGHAM, SHERMAN, SHERIDAN, HOWARD, PHILLIPS AND BEECHER.

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

1868

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CONTENTS

WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY

A SERIES OF SKETCHES DRAWN FROM SCRIPTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND LEGENDARY SOURCES

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

1874

CONTENTS.

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

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UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
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