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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
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 In...
4. 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 Beec...
5. 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 S...
6. 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...
7. 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.�...
8. 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 C...
9. 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 Circulatio...
10. 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 Ca...
11. 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 Bi...
12. 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 Mil...
13. 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 Willia...
14. 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 S...
15. 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...
16. 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...
17. 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...
18. 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...
19. 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...
20. 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 o...
21. 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 whe...
22. 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. Sto...
23. 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.�Pleasan...
24. Letter XVIIIINTRODUCTORY NOTE 1 II. Homekeeping vs. Housekeeping 33 IV. The Economy of the Beautiful 69 VI. The Lady who does her own Work 101 VIII. Economy 133 X. Cookery 182 XII. Home Rel...
25. 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...
26. 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...
27. 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...
28. 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...
29. 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 Ba...
30. 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�For...
31. 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�...
32. 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...
33. 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...
34. 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�...
35. 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...
36. 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 Den...
37. CHAPTER XIII.�PHILIP H. SHERIDAN.Sheridan a Full-Blooded Irishman�The Runaway Horse�Constitutional Fearlessness�Sheridan Goes to West Point�Sheridan's Apprenticeship toxiii War�The Fight with the Apaches at For...
38. 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...
39. 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 Cond...
40. 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 Te...
41. 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 th...
42. 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�...