Chapter XXI: Closing Scenes, 1870-1889 (2)

Dufferin, Lord and Lady, their love of American literature, 284,
285.

Dundee, meeting at, 222.

Dunrobin Castle, visit to, 276.

E----, letter from H. B. S. to, on breakfast at the Trevelyans',
234.

"Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline," 131.

East Hampton, L. I., birthplace of Catherine Beecher, 23.

Eastman, Mrs., writes a Southern reply to "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 163.

Edgeworth, Maria, 247.

Edinburgh, H. B. S. in, 216;
return to, 222.

Edmonson slave family; efforts to save, 179;
Mrs. Stowe educates and supports daughters, 179;
raises money to free mother and two slave children, 180.

Edmonson, death of Mary, 238.

Education, H. B. S.'s interest in, 72, 73.

Edwards, Jonathan, the power of, 406;
his treatise on "The Will," refuted by Catherine Beecher, 26.

Eliot, George, 419;
a good Christian, 420;
on psychical problems, 421;
on "Oldtown Folks," 443;
her despondency in "writing life" and longing for sympathy, 460;
on power of fine books, 461;
on religion, 462;
desires to keep an open mind on all subjects, 467;
on impostures of spiritualism, 467;
lack of "jollitude" in "Middlemarch," 471;
invited to visit America, 471;
sympathy with H. B. S. in Beecher trial, 472;
proud of Stowes' interest in her "spiritual children," 482;
on death of Mr. Lewes and gratitude for sympathy of H. B. S., 483;
a "woman worth loving," H. B. S.'s love for greater than her
admiration, 475;
letters from H. B. S. to, on spiritualism, 463;
describes Florida nature and home, 468;
reply to letter of sympathy giving facts in the Beecher case, 473;
from Professor Stowe on spiritualism, 419;
letter to H. B. S. from, 421;
with sympathy on abuse called out by the Byron affair, 458;
on effect of letter of H. B. S. to Mrs. Follen upon her mind, 460;
on joy of sympathy, 460;
reply to letter on spiritualism, 466;
sympathy with her in the Beecher trial, 472.

Elmes, Mr., 57.

"Elms, The Old," H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday celebrated at, 500.

"Elsie Venner," Mrs. Stowe's praise of, 360, 362, 415.

Emancipation, Proclamation of, 384.

Emmons, Doctor, the preaching of, 25.

England and America compared, 177.

England, attitude of, in civil war, grief at, 369;
help of to America on slave question, 166, 174.

English women's address on slavery, 374;
H. B. S.'s reply in the "Atlantic Monthly," 374.

Europe, first visit to, 189;
second visit to, 268;
third visit to, 343.

FAITH in Christ, 513.

Famine in Cincinnati, 100.

Fiction, power of, 216.

Fields, Mrs. Annie, in Boston, 470;
her tribute to Mrs. Stowe's courage and cheerfulness, 473;
George Eliot's mention of, 483;
her poem read at seventieth birthday, 505.

Fields, Jas. T., Mr. and Mrs., visit of H. B. S. to, 492.

Fisher, Prof. Alexander Metcalf, 23;
engagement to Catherine Beecher, 23;
sails for Europe, 23, 24;
his death by drowning in shipwreck of Albion, 24;
Catherine Beecher's soul struggles, over his future fate, 25;
influence of these struggles depicted in "The Minister's
Wooing," 25.

Florence, Mrs. Stowe's winter in, 349.

Florida, winter home in Mandarin, 401;
like Sorrento, 463;
wonderful growth of nature, 468;
how H. B. S.'s house was built, 469;
her happy life in, 474;
longings for, 482;
her enjoyment of happy life of the freedmen in, 506.

Flowers, love of, 405, 406, 416, 469;
painting, 469.

Follen, Mrs., 197;
letter from H. B. S. to, on her biography, 197.

Foote, Harriet, aunt of H. B. S., 5;
energetic English character, 6;
teaches niece catechism, 6, 7.

Foote, Mrs. Roxanna, grandmother of H. B. S., first visit to, 5-7;
visit to in 1827, 38.

"Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World," 464.

"Footsteps of the Master," published, 491.

"Fraser's Magazine" on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 168;
Helps's review of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 175.

"Free Agency," Catherine Beecher's refutation of Edwards on "The
Will," 26.

French critics, high standing of, 291.

Friends, love for, 51;
death of, 410;
death of old, whose letters are cherished, 508;
death of, takes away a part of ourselves, 485.

Friendship, opinion of, 50.

Fugitive Slave Act, suffering caused by, 144;
Prof. Cairnes on, 146;
practically repealed, 384.

Future life, glimpses of, leave strange sweetness, 513.

Future punishment, ideas of, 340.

GARRISON, W. L., to Mrs. Stowe on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 161;
in hour of victory, 396;
his "Liberator," 261;
sent with H. W. Beecher to raise flag on Sumter, 477;
letters to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 161;
on slavery, 251-262;
on arousing the church, 265.

Gaskell, Mrs., at home, 312.

Geography, school, written by Mrs. Stowe, 65 _note_, 158.

Germany's tribute to "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 195.

Gladstone, W. E., 233.

Glasgow, H. B. S. visits, 210;
Anti-slavery Society of, 174, 189, 213.

Glasgow Anti-slavery Society, letter from H. B. S. to, 251.

God, H. B. S.'s views of, 30, 42, 43, 46, 47;
trust in, 112, 132, 148, 341;
doubts and final trust in, 321, 396;
his help in time of need, 496.

Goethe and Mr. Lewes, 420;
Prof. Stowe's admiration of, 420.

Goldschmidt, Madame. See Lind, Jenny.

Görres on spiritualism and mysticism, 412, 474.

Grandmother, letter from H. B. S. to, on breaking up of Litchfield
home, 35;
on school life in Hartford, 41.

Granville, Lord, 233.

"Gray's Elegy," visit to scene of, 236.

Guiccioli, Countess, "Recollections of Lord Byron," 446.

HALL, Judge James, 68, 69.

Hallam, Arthur Henry, 235.

Hamilton and Manumission Society, 141.

Harper & Brothers reprint Guiccioli's "Recollections of Byron," 446.

Hartford, H. B. S. goes to school at, 21;
the Stowes make their home at, 373.

Harvey, a phantom, 430.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 353;
letter on, 187;
on slavery, 394;
letter to H. B. S. on, from English attitude towards America, 394.

Health, care of, 115.

Heaven, belief in, 59.

Helps, Arthur, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 175;
meets H. B. S., 229;
letter from H. B. S. to, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 175.

Henry, Patrick, on slavery, 141.

Hentz, Mrs. Caroline Lee, 69, 80.

Higginson, T. W., letter to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
162.

"History, The, of the Byron Controversy," 490.

Holmes, O. W., correspondence with, 360, _et seq._;
attacks upon, 361;
H. B. S. asks advice from, about manner of telling facts in
relation to Byron Controversy, 452, 454;
sends copy of "Lady Byron Vindicated" to, 454;
on facts of case, 455;
on sympathy displayed in his writings, 411;
poem on H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday, 503;
tribute to Uncle Tom, 504;
letters from H. B. S. to, 359, 410;
on "Poganuc People," 414;
asking advice about Byron Controversy and article for "Atlantic
Monthly," 452;
letters to H. B. S. from, 360, 409;
on facts in the Byron Controversy, 456.

Houghton, Mifflin & Co., celebrate H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday, 500.

Houghton, H. O., presents guests to H. B. S., on celebration of
seventieth birthday, 500;
address of welcome by, 501.

"House and Home Papers" published, 490.

Howitt, Mary, calls on H. B. S., 231.

Human life, sacredness of, 193.

Human nature in books and men, 328.

Hume and mediums, 419.

Humor of Mrs. Stowe's books, George Eliot on, 462.

Husband and wife, sympathy between, 105.

IDEALISM _versus_ Realism, Lowell on, 334.

"Independent," New York, work for, 186;
Mrs. Browning reads Mrs. Stowe in, 357.

Inverary Castle, H. B. S.'s, visit to, 271.

Ireland's gift to Mrs. Stowe, 248.

JEFFERSON, Thomas, on slavery, 141.

Jewett, John P., of Boston, publisher of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 158.

KANSAS Nebraska Bill, 255;
urgency of question, 265.

"Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" projected, 174;
written, 188; contains facts, 203;
read by Pollock, 226;
by Argyll, 239;
sickness caused by, 252;
sale, 253;
facts woven into "Dred," 266;
date of in chronological list, 490.

Kingsley, Charles, upon effect of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 196;
visit to, 286;
letters to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 196, 218.

Kossuth, on freedom, 195;
Mrs. Stowe calls upon, 237.

LABOUCHERE, Lady Mary, visit to, 283.

"Lady Byron Vindicated," 454;
date, 490.

Letters, circular, writing of, a custom in the Beecher family, 99;
H. B. S.'s love of, 62, 63;
H. B. S.'s peculiar emotions on re-reading old, 507.

Lewes, G. H., George Eliot's letter after death of, 483.

Lewes, Mrs. G. H. See Eliot, George, 325.

"Library of Famous Fiction," date of, 491.

"Liberator," The, 261;
and Bible, 263;
suspended after the close of civil war, 396.

Lincoln and slavery, 380;
death of, 398.

Lind, Jenny, liberality of, 181;
H. B. S. attends concert by, 182;
letter to H. B. S. from, on her delight in "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
183;
letters from H. B. S. to, with appeal for slaves, 183, 184.

Litchfield, birthplace of H. B. S., 1;
end of her child-life in, 21;
home at broken up, 35.

Literary labors, early, 15-21;
prize story, 68;
club essays, 69-71;
contributor to "Western Monthly Magazine," 81;
school geography, 65;
described in letter to a friend, 94;
price for, 103;
fatigue caused by, 489;
length of time passed in, with list of books written, 490.

Literary work _versus_ domestic duties, 94 _et seq._, 139;
short stories--"New Year's Story" for "N. Y. Evangelist," 146;
"A Scholar's Adventures in the Country" for "Era," 146.

Literature, opinion of, 44.

"Little Pussy Willow," date of, 491.

Liverpool, warm reception of H. B. S. at, 207.

London poor and Southern slaves, 175.

London, first visit to, 225;
second visit to, 281.

Longfellow, H. W., congratulations of, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 161;
letter on, 187;
Lord Granville's likeness to, 233;
letters to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 161.

Love, the impulse of life, 51, 52.

Lovejoy, J. P., murdered, 143, 145;
aided by Beechers, 152.

Low, Sampson, on success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" abroad, 189.

Low, Sampson & Co. publish "Dred," 269;
their sales, 279.

Lowell, J. R., Duchess of Sutherland's interest in, 277;
less known in England than he should be, 285;
on "Uncle Tom," 327;
on Dickens and Thackeray, 327, 334;
on "The Minister's Wooing," 330, 333;
on idealism, 334;
letter to H. B. S. from, on "The Minister's Wooing," 333.

MACAULAY, 233, 234.

McClellan, Gen., his disobedience to the President's commands, 367.

"Magnalia," Cotton Mather's, a mine of wealth to H. B. S., 10;
Prof. Stowe's interest in, 427.

Maine law, curiosity about in England, 229.

Mandarin, Mrs. Stowe at, 403;
like Sorrento, 463;
how her house was built, 469;
her happy out-door life in, relieved from domestic care, 474;
longings for home at, 492;
freedmen's happy life in South, 506.

Mann, Horace, makes a plea for slaves, 159.

Martineau, Harriet, letter to H. B. S. from, 208.

May, Georgiana, school and life-long friend of H. B. S., 31, 32;
Mrs. Sykes, 132;
her ill-health and farewell to H. B. S., 268;
letters from H. B. S. to, 44, 49, 50;
account of westward journey, 56;
on labor in establishing school, 65, 66;
on education, 72;
just before her marriage to Mr. Stowe, 76;
on her early married life and housekeeping, 89;
on birth of her son, 101;
describing first railroad ride, 106;
on her children, 119;
her letter to Mrs. Foote, grandmother of H. B. S., 38;
letters to H. B. S. from, 161, 268.

"Mayflower, The," 103, 158;
revised and republished, 251;
date of, 490.

Melancholy, 118, 341;
a characteristic of Prof. Stowe in childhood, 436.

"Men of Our Times," date of, 410.

"Middlemarch," H. B. S. wishes to read, 468;
character of Casaubon in, 471.

Milman, Dean, 234.

Milton's hell, 303.

"Minister's Wooing, The," soul struggles of Mrs. Marvyn,
foundation of incident, 25;
idea of God in, 29;
impulse for writing, 52;
appears in "Atlantic Monthly," 326;
Lowell, J. R. on, 327, 330, 333;
Whittier on, 327;
completed, 332;
Ruskin on, 336;
undertone of pathos, 339;
visits England in relation to, 343;
date of, 490;
"reveals warm heart of man" beneath the Puritan in Whittier's
poem, 502.

Missouri Compromise, 142, 257;
repealed, 379.

Mohl, Madame, and her _salon_, 291.

Money-making, reading as easy a way as any of, 494.

Moral aim in novel-writing, J. R. Lowell on, 333.

"Mourning Veil, The," 327.

"Mystique La," on spiritualism, 412.

NAPLES and Vesuvius, 302.

"National Era," its history, 157;
work for, 186.

Negroes, petition from, presented by J. Q. Adams, 510.

New England, Mrs. Stowe's knowledge of, 332;
in "The Minister's Wooing," 333;
life pictured in "Oldtown Folks," 444.

New London, fatigue of reading at, 496.

Newport, tiresome journey to, on reading tour, 497.

Niagara, impressions of, 75.

Normal school for colored teachers, 203.

"North American Review" on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 254.

North _versus_ South, England on, 388, 391.

Norton, C. E., Ruskin on the proper home of, 354.

"OBSERVER, New York," denunciation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 168, 172.

"Oldtown Fireside Stories," 438;
strange spiritual experiences of Prof. Stowe, 438;
Sam Lawson a real character, 439;
relief after finishing, 489;
date of in chronological list, 491;
in Whittier's poem on seventieth birthday "With Old New England's
flavor rife," 503.

"Oldtown Folks," 404;
Prof. Stowe original of "Harry" in, 421;
George Eliot on its reception in England, 443, 461, 463;
picture of N. E. life, 444;
date of, 490;
Whittier's praise of, "vigorous pencil-strokes" in poem on
seventieth birthday, 503.

Orthodoxy, 335.

"Our Charley," date of, 490.

Owen, Robert Dale, his "Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World"
and "The Debatable Land between this World and the Next," 464;
H. B. S. wishes George Eliot to meet, 464.

PALMERSTON, Lord, meeting with, 232.

"Palmetto Leaves" published, 405;
date, 491.

Papacy, The, 358.

Paris, first visit to, 241;
second visit, 286.

Park, Professor Edwards A., 186.

Parker, Theodore, on the Bible and Jesus, 264.

Paton, Bailie, host of Mrs. Stowe, 211.

Peabody, pleasant reading in, 496;
Queen Victoria's picture at, 496.

"Pearl of Orr's Island, The," 186, 187;
first published, 327;
Whittier's favorite, 327;
date of, 490.

"Pebbles from the Shores of a Past Life," a review of her life
proposed to be written by H. B. S. with aid of son Charles,
512.

Phantoms seen by Professor Stowe, 425.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, writes poem on H. B. S.'s seventieth
birthday, 505.

"Philanthropist, The," anti-slavery paper, 81, 87.

Phillips, Wendell, attitude of after war, 396.

"Pink and White Tyranny," date of, 491.

Plymouth Church, saves Edmonson's daughters, 179;
slavery and, 477;
clears Henry Ward Beecher by acclamation, 478;
calls council of Congregational ministers and laymen, 479;
council ratifies decision of Church, 479;
committee of five appointed to bring facts which could be
proved, 479;
missions among poor particularly effective at time of trial, 481.

"Poganuc People," 413;
sent to Dr. Holmes, 414;
date of, 491.

Pollock, Lord Chief Baron, 226.

Poor, generosity of touches H. B. S., 219.

Portland, H. B. S.'s friends there among the past, 494;
her readings in, 493.

Portraits of Mrs. Stowe, 231;
Belloc to paint, 241;
untruth of, 288.

Poverty in early married life, 198.

Prescott, W. H., letter to H. B, S. from, on "Dred," 311.

"Presse, La," on "Dred," 291.

Providential aid in sickness, 113.

"QUEER Little People," date of, 490.

READING and teaching, 139.

Religion and humanity, George Eliot on, 462.

"Religious poems," date of, 490.

"Revue des Deux Mondes" on "Dred," 290.

Riots in Cincinnati and anti-slavery agitation, 85.

Roenne, Baron de, visits Professor Stowe, 102.

Roman politics in 1861, 358.

Rome, H. B. S.'s journey to, 294;
impressions of, 300.

Ruskin, John, letters to H. B. S. from, on "The Minister's
Wooing," 336;
on his dislike of America, but love for American friends, 354.

Ruskin and Turner, 313.

SAINT-BEUVE, H. B. S.'s liking for, 474.

Sales, Francis de, H. W. Beecher compared with, 481.

Salisbury, Mr., interest of in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 191.

Salons, French, 289.

Sand, George, reviews "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 196.

Scotland, H. B. S.'s first visit to, 209.

Scott, Walter, Lyman Beecher's opinion of, when discussing
novel-reading, 25;
monument in Edinburgh, 217.

Sea, H. B. S.'s nervous horror of, 307.

Sea-voyages, H. B. S. on, 205.

Semi-Colon Club, H. B. S. becomes a member of, 68.

Shaftesbury, Earl of, letter of, to Mrs. Stowe, 170.

Shaftesbury, Lord, to H. B. S., letter from, 170;
letter from H. B. S. to, 170;
America and, 369.

Skinner, Dr., 57.

Slave, aiding a fugitive, 93.

Slave-holding States on English address, 378;
intensity of conflict in, 379.

Slavery, H. B. S.'s first notice of, 71;
anti-slavery agitation, 81;
death-knell of, 141;
Jefferson, Washington, Hamilton, and Patrick Henry on, 141;
growth of, 142;
résumé of its history, 143;
responsibility of church for, 151;
Lord Carlisle's opinion on, 164;
moral effect of, 165;
sacrilege of, 193;
its past and future, 194;
its injustice, 255;
its death-blow; 370;
English women's appeal against, 375;
J. Q. Adams' crusade against, 509;
gone forever, 506.

Slaves, H. B. S.'s work for and sympathy with, 152;
family sorrows of, 318.

Smith, Anna, helper to Mrs. S., 115;
_note_, 200.

Soul, immortality of, H. B. S.'s essay written at age of twelve:
first literary production, 15-21;
Addison's remarks upon, 18;
Greek and Roman idea of immortality, 20;
light given by Gospel, 20, 21;
Christ on, 109.

South, England's sympathy with the, 370, 386.

South Framingham, good audience at reading in, 495.

"Souvenir, The," 105.

Spiritualism, Mrs. Stowe on, 350, 351, 464;
Mrs. Browning on, 356;
Holmes, O. W., on, 411;
"La Mystique" and Görres on, 412, 474;
Professor Stowe's strange experiences in, 420, 423;
George Eliot on psychical problems of, 421;
on "Charlatanerie" connected with, 467;
Robert Dale Owen on, 464;
Goethe on, 465;
H. B. S.'s letter to George Eliot on, 466;
her mature views on, 485;
a comfort to doubters and disbelievers, 487;
from Christian standpoint, 487.

Stafford House meeting, 233.

Stephens, A. H., on object of Confederacy, 381.

Storrs, Dr. R. S., 181.

Stowe, Calvin E., 56;
death of first wife, 75;
his engagement to Harriet E. Beecher, 76;
their marriage, 76, 77;
his work in Lane Seminary, 79;
sent by the Seminary to Europe on educational matters, 80;
returns, 88;
his Educational Report presented, 89;
aids a fugitive slave, 93;
strongly encourages his wife in her literary aspirations, 102,
105;
care of the sick students in Lane Seminary, 107;
is "house-father" during his wife's illness and absence, 113;
goes to water cure after his wife's return from the same, 119;
absent from Cincinnati home at death of youngest child, 124;
accepts the Collins Professorship at Bowdoin, 125;
gives his mother his reasons for leaving Cincinnati, 128;
remains behind to finish college work, while wife and three
children leave for Brunswick, Me., 129;
resigns his professorship at Bowdoin, and accepts a call to
Andover, 184;
accompanies his wife to Europe, 205;
his second trip with wife to Europe, 269;
sermon after his son's death, 322;
great sorrow at his bereavement, 324;
goes to Europe for the fourth time, 345;
resigns his position at Andover, 373;
in Florida, 403;
failing health, 417;
his letter to George Eliot, 420;
H. B. S. uses his strange experiences in youth as material for
her picture of "Harry" in "Oldtown Folks," 421;
the psychological history of his strange child-life, 423;
curious experiences with phantoms, and good and bad spirits, 427;
visions of fairies, 435;
love of reading, 437;
his power of character-painting shown in his description of a
visit to his relatives, 439;
George Eliot's mental picture of his personality, 461;
enjoys life and study in Florida, 463;
his studies on Prof. Görres' book, "Die Christliche Mystik," and
its relation to his own spiritual experience, 474;
love for Henry Ward Beecher returned by latter, 475;
absorbed in "Daniel Deronda," 482;
"over head and ears in _diablerie_," 484;
fears he has not long to live, 491;
dull at wife's absence on reading tour, 496;
enjoys proximity to Boston Library, and "Life of John Quincy
Adams," 509;
death, 512 and _note_;
letters from H. B. S. to, 80, 106;
on her illness, 112, 114, 117;
on cholera epidemic in Cincinnati, 120;
on sickness, death of son Charley, 122;
account of new home, 133;
on her writings and literary aspirations, 146;
on success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 162;
on her interest in the Edmonson slave family, 180;
on life in London, 238;
on visit to the Duke of Argyle, 271;
from Dunrobin Castle, 275;
on "Dred," 282;
other letters from abroad, 282;
on life in Paris, 286;
on journey to Rome, 294;
on impressions of Rome, 300;
on Swiss journey, 348;
from Florence, 349;
from Paris, 353;
on farewell to her soldier son, 364;
visit to Duchess of Argyle, 366;
on her reading tour, 491;
on his health and her enforced absence from him, 492;
on reading, at Chelsea, 492;
at Bangor and Portland, 493;
at South Framingham and Haverhill, 495;
Peabody, 496;
fatigue at New London reading, 496;
letters from to H. B. S. on visit to his relatives and
description of home life, 440;
to mother on reasons for leaving the West, 128;
to George Eliot, 420;
to son Charles, 345.

Stowe, Charles E., seventh child of H. B. S., birth of, 139;
at Harvard, 406;
at Bonn, 412;
letter from Calvin E. Stowe to, 345;
letter from H. B. S. to, on her school life, 29;
on "Poganuc People," 413;
on her readings in the West, 497;
on selection of papers and letters for her biography, 507;
on interest of herself and Prof. Stowe in life and anti-slavery
career of John Quincy Adams, 509.

Stowe, Eliza Tyler (Mrs. C. E.), death of, 75;
twin daughter of H. B. S., 88.

Stowe, Frederick William, second son of H. B. S., 101;
enlists in First Massachusetts, 364;
made lieutenant for bravery, 366;
mother's visit to, 367;
severely wounded, 372;
subsequent effects of the wound, never entirely recovers, his
disappearance and unknown fate, 373;
ill-health after war, Florida home purchased for his sake, 399.

Stowe, Georgiana May, daughter of H. B. S., birth of, 108;
family happy in her marriage, 399;
letter from H. B. S. to, 340.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, birth and parentage of, 1;
first memorable incident, the death of her mother, 2;
letter to her brother Charles on her mother's death, 2;
incident of the tulip bulbs and mother's gentleness, 2;
first journey a visit to her grandmother, 5;
study of catechisms under her grandmother and aunt, 6;
early religious and Biblical reading, 8;
first school at the age of five, 8;
hunger after mental food, 9;
joyful discovery of "The Arabian Nights," in the bottom of a
barrel of dull sermons, 9;
reminiscences of reading in father's library, 10;
impression made by the Declaration of Independence, 11;
appearance and character of her stepmother, 11, 12;
healthy, happy child-life, 13;
birth of her half-sister Isabella and H. B. S.'s care of infant,
14;
early love of writing, 14;
her essay selected for reading at school exhibitions, 14;
her father s pride in essay, 15;
subject of essay, arguments for belief in the Immortality of the
Soul, 15-21;
end of child-life in Litchfield, 21;
goes to sister Catherine's school at Hartford, 29;
describes Catherine Beecher's school in letter to son, 29;
her home with the Bulls, 30, 31;
school friends, 31, 32;
takes up Latin, her study of Ovid and Virgil, 32;
dreams of being a poet and writes "Cleon," a drama, 32;
her conversion, 33, 34;
doubts of relatives and friends, 34, 35;
connects herself with First Church, Hartford, 36;
her struggle with rigid theology, 36;
her melancholy and doubts, 37, 38;
necessity of cheerful society, 38;
visit to grandmother, 38;
return to Hartford, 41;
interest in painting lessons, 41;
confides her religious doubts to her brother Edward, 42;
school life in Hartford, 46;
peace at last, 49;
accompanies her father and family to Cincinnati, 53;
describes her journey, 56;
yearnings for New England home, 60;
ill-health and depression, 64;
her life in Cincinnati and teaching at new school established by
her sister Catherine and herself, 65;
wins prize for short story, 68;
joins "Semicolon Club," 68;
slavery first brought to her personal notice, 71;
attends Henry Ward Beecher's graduation, 73;
engagement, 76;
marriage, 76;
anti-slavery agitation, 82;
sympathy with Birney, editor of anti-slavery paper in Cincinnati,
84;
birth of twin daughters, 88;
of her third child, 89;
reunion of the Beecher family, 89;
housekeeping _versus_ literary work, 93;
birth of second son, 101;
visits Hartford, 102;
literary work encouraged, 102, 105;
sickness in Lane Seminary, 107;
death of brother George, 108;
birth of third daughter, 108;
protracted illness and poverty, 110;
seminary struggles, 110;
goes to water cure, 113;
returns home, 118;
birth of sixth child, 118;
bravery in cholera epidemic, 120;
death of youngest child Charles, 123;
leaves Cincinnati, 125;
removal to Brunswick, 126;
getting settled, 134;
husband arrives, 138;
birth of seventh child, 139;
anti-slavery feeling aroused by letters from Boston, 145;
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," first thought of, 145;
writings for papers, 147;
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" appears as a serial, 156;
in book form, 159;
its wonderful success, 160;
praise from Longfellow, Whittier, Garrison, Higginson, 161;
letters from English nobility, 164, _et seq._;
writes "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," 174, 188;
visits Henry Ward in Brooklyn, 178;
raises money to free Edmondson family, 181;
home-making at Andover, 186;
first trip to Europe, 189, 205;
wonderful success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" abroad, 189;
her warm reception at Liverpool, 207;
delight in Scotland, 209;
public reception and tea-party at Glasgow, 212;
warm welcome from Scotch people, 214;
touched by the "penny offering" of the poor for the slaves, 219;
Edinburgh soirée, 219;
meets English celebrities at Lord Mayor's dinner in London, 226;
meets English nobility, 229;
Stafford House, 232;
breakfast at Lord Trevelyan's, 234;
Windsor, 235;
presentation of bracelet, 233;
of inkstand, 240;
Paris, first visit to, 241;
_en route_ for Switzerland, 243;
Geneva and Chillon, 244;
Grindelwald to Meyringen, 245;
London, _en route_ for America, 247;
work for slaves in America, 250;
correspondence with Garrison, 261, _et seq._;
"Dred," 266;
second visit to Europe, 268;
meeting with Queen Victoria, 270;
visits Inverary Castle, 271;
Dunrobin Castle, 275;
Oxford and London, 280;
visits the Laboucheres, 283;
Paris, 289;
_en route_ to Rome, 294;
Naples and Vesuvius, 301;
Venice and Milan, 305;
homeward journey and return, 306, 314;
death of oldest son, 315;
visits Dartmouth, 319;
receives advice from Lowell on "The Pearl of Orr's Island," 327;
"The Minister's Wooing," 327, 330, 334;
third trip to Europe, 342;
Duchess of Sutherland's warm welcome, 346;
Switzerland, 348;
Florence, 349;
Italian journey, 352;
return to America, 353;
letters from Ruskin, Mrs. Browning, Holmes, 353, 362;
bids farewell to her son, 364;
at Washington, 366;
her son wounded at Gettysburg, 372;
his disappearance, 373;
the Stowes remove to Hartford, 373;
Address to women of England on slavery, 374;
winter home in Florida, 401;
joins the Episcopal Church, 402;
erects schoolhouse and church in Florida, 404;
"Palmetto, Leaves," 405;
"Poganuc People," 413;
warm reception at South, 415;
last winter in Florida, 417;
writes "Oldtown Folks," 404;
her interest in husband's strange spiritual experiences, 438;
H. B. S. justifies her action in Byron Controversy, 445;
her love and faith in Lady Byron, 449;
reads Byron letters, 450;
counsels silence and patience to Lady Byron, 451;
writes "True Story of Lady Byron's Life," 447, 453;
publishes "Lady Byron Vindicated," 454;
"History of the Byron Controversy," 455;
her purity of motive in this painful matter, 455;
George Eliot's sympathy with her in Byron matter, 458;
her friendship with George Eliot dates from letter shown by Mrs.
Follen, 459, 460;
describes Florida life and peace to George Eliot, 463;
her interest in Mr. Owen and spiritualism, 464;
love of Florida life and nature, 468;
history of Florida home, 469;
impressions of "Middlemarch," 471;
invites George Eliot to come to America, 472;
words of sympathy on Beecher trial from George Eliot, and Mrs.
Stowe's reply, 473;
her defense of her brother's purity of life, 475;
Beecher trial drawn on her heart's blood, 480;
her mature views on spiritualism, 484;
her doubts of ordinary manifestations, 486;
soul-cravings after dead friends satisfied by Christ's promises,
486;
chronological list of her books, 490;
accepts offer from N. E. Lecture Bureau to give readings from
her works, 491;
gives readings in New England, 491, _et seq._;
warm welcome in Maine, 493;
sympathetic audiences in Massachusetts, 495;
fatigue of traveling and reading at New London, 496;
Western reading tour, 497;
"fearful distances and wretched trains," 498;
seventieth anniversary of birthday celebrated by Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., 500;
H. O. Houghton's welcome, 501;
H. W. Beecher's reply and eulogy on sister, 502;
Whittier's poem at seventieth birthday, 502;
Holmes' poem, 503;
other poems of note written for the occasion, 505;
Mrs. Stowe's thanks, 505;
joy in the future of the colored race, 506;
reading old letters and papers, 507;
her own letters to Mr. Stowe and letters from friends, 508;
interest in Life of John Quincy Adams and his crusade against
slavery, 510;
death of husband, 512 and _note_;
of Henry Ward Beecher, 512;
thinks of writing review of her life aided by son, under title
of "Pebbles from the Shores of a Past Life," 512;
her feelings on the nearness of death, but perfect trust in
Christ, 513; glimpses
of the future life leave a strange sweetness in her mind, 513.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, twin daughter of H. B. S., 88.

Stowe, Henry Ellis, first son of H. B. S., 89;
goes to Europe, 269;
returns to enter Dartmouth, 278;
death of, 315;
his character, 317;
his portrait, 320;
mourning for, 341, 350.

Stowe, Samuel Charles, sixth child of H. B. S., birth of, 118;
death of, 124;
anguish at loss of, 198;
early death of, 508.

Study, plans for a, 104.

Sturge, Joseph, visit to, 223.

Suffrage, universal, H. W. Beecher advocate of, 477.

Sumner, Charles, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 196;
letter to H. B. S. from, 268.

Sumter, Fort, H. W. Beecher raises flag on, 477.

"Sunny Memories," 251;
date of, 491.

Sutherland, Duchess of, 188, 218;
friend to America, 228;
at Stafford House presents gold bracelet, 233;
visit to, 274, 276;
fine character, 277;
sympathy with on son's death, 319;
warm welcome to H. B. S., 346;
death of, 410;
letters from H. B. S. to, on "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," 188;
on death of eldest son, 315.

Sutherland, Lord, personal appearance of, 232.

Swedenborg, weary messages from spirit-world of, 486.

Swiss Alps, visit to, 244;
delight in, 246.

Swiss interest in "Uncle Tom," 244.

Switzerland, H. B. S. in, 348.

Sykes, Mrs. See May, Georgiana.

TALFOURD, Mr. Justice, 226.

Thackeray, W. M., Lowell on, 328.

Thanksgiving Day in Washington, freed slaves celebrate, 387.

"Times, London," on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 168;
on Mrs. Stowe's new dress, 237;
on "Dred," 278;
Miss Martineau's criticism on, 310.

Titcomb, John, aids H. B. S. in moving, 137.

Tourgée, Judge A. W., his speech at seventieth birthday, 505.

Trevelyan, Lord and Lady, 231;
breakfast to Mrs. Stowe, 234.

Triqueti, Baron de, models bust of H. B. S., 289.

Trowbridge, J. T., writes on seventieth birthday, 505.

"True Story of Lady Byron's Life, The," in "Atlantic Monthly," 447.

Tupper, M. F., calls on H. B. S., 231.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin," description of Augustine St. Clair's mother's
influence a simple reproduction of Mrs. Lyman Beecher's
influence, 5;
written under love's impulse, 52;
fugitives' escape, foundation of story, 93;
popular conception of author of, 127;
origin and inspiration of, 145;
Prof. Cairnes on, 146;
Uncle Tom's death, conception of, 148;
letter to Douglas about facts, 149;
appears in the "Era," 149, 156;
came from heart, 153;
a religious work, object of, 154;
its power, 155;
begins a serial in "National Era," 156;
price paid by "Era," 158;
publisher's offer, 158;
first copy of books sold, 159;
wonderful success, 160;
praise from Longfellow, Whittier, Garrison, and Higginson, 161,
162;
threatening letters, 163;
Eastman's, Mrs., rejoinder to, 163;
reception in England, "Times," on, 168;
political effect of, 168, 169;
book under interdict in South, 172;
"Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," 174, 188;
Jenny Lind's praise of, 183;
attack upon, 187;
Sampson Low upon its success abroad, 189;
first London publisher, 189;
number of editions sold in Great Britain and abroad, 190;
dramatized in U.S. and London, 192;
European edition, preface to, 192;
fact not fiction, 193;
translations of, 195;
German tribute to, 195;
George Sand's review, 196;
remuneration for, 202;
written with heart's blood, 203;
Swiss interest in, 244, 245;
Mme. Belloc translates, 247;
"North American Review" on, 254;
in France, 291;
compared with "Dred," 285, 309;
J. R. Lowell on, 327, 330;
Mrs. Stowe rereads after war, 396;
later books compared with, 409;
H. W. Beecher's approval of, 476;
new edition with introduction sent to George Eliot, 483;
date of, 490;
Whittier's mention of, in poem on seventieth birthday, 502;
Holmes' tribute to, in poem on same occasion, 504.

UPHAM, Mrs., kindness to H. B. S., 133;
visit to, 324.

VENICE, 304.

Victoria, Queen, H. B. S.'s interview with, 270;
gives her picture to Geo. Peabody, 496.

Vizetelly, Henry, first London publisher of "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
189, 191.

WAKEFIELD, reading at, 495.

Walnut Hills, picture of, 65;
and old home revisited, 499.

Waltham, audience inspires reader, 496.

Washington, Mrs. Stowe visits soldier son at, 366.

Washington on slavery, 141.

Water cure, H. B. S. at, 113.

"We and our Neighbors," date of, 491.

Webster, Daniel, famous speech of, 143.

Weld, Theodore D. in the anti-slavery movement, 81.

Western travel, discomforts of, 498.

Whately, Archbishop, letter to H. B. S. from, 391.

Whitney, A. D. T., writes poem on seventieth birthday, 505.

Whitney, Eli, and the cotton gin, 142.

Whittier's "Ichabod," a picture of Daniel Webster, 143.

Whittier, J. G., 157;
letter to W. L. Garrison from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 161;
letter to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 162;
on "Pearl of Orr's Island," 327;
on "Minister's Wooing," 327;
poem on H. B. S's seventieth birthday, 502.

Windsor, visit to, 235.

Womanhood, true, H. B. S. on intellect _versus_ heart, 475.

Woman's rights, H. W. Beecher, advocate of, 478.

Women of America, Appeal from H. B. S. to, 255.

Women's influence, power of, 258.

ZANESVILLE, description of, 499.

_A LIST OF THE WORKS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

NOVELS, STORIES, SKETCHES, AND POEMS, BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

_It is the great happiness of Mrs. Stowe not only to have written many delightful books, but to have written one book which will be always famous not only as the most vivid picture of an extinct evil system, but as one of the most powerful influences in overthrowing it. . . . No book was ever more a historical event than "Uncle Tom's Cabin." . . . If all whom she has charmed and quickened should unite to sing her praises, the birds of summer would be outdone._--GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.

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The publication of this remarkable story was an event in American history as well as in American literature. It fixed the eyes of the nation and of the civilized world on the evils of slavery, presenting these so vividly and powerfully that the heart and conscience of mankind were thenceforth enlisted against them. But, aside from its graphic portrayal of slavery, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a story of thrilling power, and abounds in humorous delineations of negro and Yankee character. Its extraordinary annual sale of thousands of copies, and its translation into numerous foreign languages, attest its universal and permanent interest.

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This volume was originally published under the title "Dred." It has a close connection with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the object of both being to picture life at the South as it was under the régime of slavery.

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A story of singular pathos and beauty.--_North American
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In this volume Mrs. Stowe has reproduced the New England of two generations ago. It deals with the noblest and most rugged traits of New England character.

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_THE CHIMNEY CORNER._ 16mo, $1.50.

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_DIALOGUES AND SCENES FROM THE WRITINGS OF MRS. STOWE._
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Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation errors repaired.

Page 146, repeated word "the" removed from text. Original read (make the the whole nation)

Page 179, "propect" changed to "prospect" (over the prospect of raising)

Page 205, "everywere" changed to "everywhere" (affection that everywhere)

Page 205, "Frith" changed to "Firth" (of Solway Firth and)

Page 416, "neigbors" changed to "neighbors" (all the neigbors waiting)

Page 437, "nonenity" changed to "nonentity" (old book into nonentity)

Page 438, "aerial" changed to "ærial" (of my ærial visitors)

Page 505, "Tourgee" changed to "Tourgée" (Tourgée and others prominent)

Page 516, Stowe, Catherine, page reference added to (visits Cincinnati with father, 54;)

Page 522, Lowell, J. R. "interesti n" changed to "interest in" (Sutherland's interest in, 277)