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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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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

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

FOOTNOTE:

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

LIFE AND LETTERS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.