VOLUME I

JULIA WARD HOWE 1819-1910

BY LAURA E. RICHARDS AND MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT

ASSISTED BY FLORENCE HOWE HALL

TWO VOLUMES IN ONE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY LAURA E. RICHARDS AND MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM

The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE-MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. TO HENRY MARION HOWE

CONTENTS

I. ANCESTRAL. 3

II. LITTLE JULIA WARD. 1819-1835 15

III. "THE CORNER." 1835-1839 41

IV. GIRLHOOD. 1839-1843 56

V. TRAVEL. 1843-1844 79

VI. SOUTH BOSTON. 1844-1851 101

VII. "PASSION FLOWERS." 1852-1858 136

VIII. LITTLE SAMMY: THE CIVIL WAR. 1859-1863 173

IX. NO. 13 CHESTNUT STREET, BOSTON. 1864 194

X. THE WIDER OUTLOOK. 1865 213

XI. NO. 19 BOYLSTON PLACE: "LATER LYRICS." 1866 235

XII. GREECE AND OTHER LANDS. 1867 260

XIII. CONCERNING CLUBS. 1867-1871 283

XIV. THE PEACE CRUSADE. 1870-1872 299

XV. SANTO DOMINGO. 1872-1874 320

XVI. THE LAST OF GREEN PEACE. 1872-1876 339

XVII. THE WOMAN'S CAUSE. 1868-1910 358

JULIA WARD HOWE