Inverary Castle, H. B. S.’s. visit to.
Ireland’s gift to Mrs. Stowe.
JEFFERSON, Thomas, on slavery.
Jewett, John P., of Boston, publisher of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
KANSAS Nebraska Bill; urgency of question.
“Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin” projected; written; contains facts; read by Pollock; by Argyll; sickness caused by; sale; facts woven into “Dred;” date of in chronological list.
Kingsley, Charles, upon effect of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” 196; visit to; letters to H. B. S. from, on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Kossuth, on freedom; Mrs. Stowe calls upon.
LABOUCHERE, Lady Mary, visit to.
“Lady Byron Vindicated;” date.
Letters, circular, writing of, a custom in the Beecher family; H. B.
S.’s love of; H. B. S.’s peculiar emotions on re-reading old.
Lewes, G. H., George Eliot’s letter after death of.
Lewes, Mrs. G. H. See Eliot, George.
“Library of Famous Fiction,” date of.
“Liberator,” The; and Bible; suspended after the close of civil war.
Lincoln and slavery; death of.
Lind, Jenny, liberality of; H. B. S. attends concert by; letter to H.
B. S. from, on her delight in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin;” letters from H. B.
S. to, with appeal for slaves.
Litchfield, birthplace of H. B. S.; end of her child-life in; home at broken up.
Literary labors, early; prize story; club essays; contributor to “Western Monthly Magazine;” school geography; described in letter to a friend; price for; fatigue caused by; length of time passed in, with list of books written.
Literary work versus domestic duties, et seq.; short stories—”New Year’s Story” for “N. Y. Evangelist;” “A Scholar’s Adventures in the Country” for “Era.”
Literature, opinion of.
“Little Pussy Willow,” date of.
Liverpool, warm reception of H. B. S. at.
London poor and Southern slaves.
London, first visit to; second visit to.
Longfellow, H. W., congratulations of, on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin;” letter on; Lord Granville’s likeness to; letters to H. B. S. from, on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Love, the impulse of life.
Lovejoy, J. P., murdered; aided by Beechers.
Low, Sampson, on success of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” abroad.
Low, Sampson & Co. publish “Dred;” their sales.
Lowell, J. R., Duchess of Sutherland’s interesting; less known in
England than he should be; on “Uncle Tom;” on Dickens and Thackeray;
on “The Minister’s Wooing;” on idealism; letter to H. B. S. from, on
“The Minister’s Wooing.”
MACAULAY.
McClellan, Gen., his disobedience to the President’s commands.
“Magnalia,” Cotton Mather’s, a mine of wealth to H. B. S; Prof.
Stowe’s interest in.
Maine law, curiosity about in England.
Mandarin, Mrs. Stowe at; like
Sorrento, how her house was built, her happy out-door life in, relieved from domestic care, longings for home at, freed-men’s happy life in South,
Mann, Horace, makes a plea for slaves,
Martineau, Harriet, letter to H. B. S. from,
May, Georgiana, school and life-long friend of H. B. S., Mrs. Sykes, her ill-health and fare-well to H. B. S., letters from H. B. S. to, account of westward journey, on labor in establishing school, on education, just before her marriage to Mr. Stowe, on her early married life and housekeeping, on birth of her son, describing first railroad ride, on her children, her letter to Mrs. Foote, grandmother of H. B. S., letters to H. B. S. from,
“Mayflower, The,” revised and republished, date of,
Melancholy, a characteristic of Prof. Stowe in childhood,
“Men of Our Times,” date of,
“Middlemarch,” H. B. S. wishes to read, character of Casaubon in,
Milman, Dean,
Milton’s hell,
“Minister’s Wooing, The,” soul struggles of Mrs. Marvyn, foundation of incident, idea of God in, impulse for writing, appears in “Atlantic Monthly,” Lowell, J. R. on, Whittier on, completed, Ruskin on, undertone of pathos, visits England in relation to, date of, “reveals warm heart of man” beneath the Puritan in Whittier’s poem,
Missouri Compromise, repealed,
Mohl, Madame, and her salon,
Money-making, reading as easy a way as any of,
Moral aim in novel-writing, J. R. Lowell on,
“Mourning Veil, The,”
“Mystique La,” on spiritualism,
NAPLES and Vesuvius,
“National Era,” its history, work for,
Negroes, petition from, presented by J. Q. Adams,
New England, Mrs. Stowe’s knowledge of, in “The Minister’s Wooing,” life pictured in “Oldtown Folks,”
New London, fatigue of reading at,
Newport, tiresome journey to, on reading tour,
Niagara, impressions of,
Normal school for colored teachers,
“North American Review” on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,”
North versus South, England on,
Norton, C. E., Ruskin on the proper home of,
“OBSERVER, New York,” denunciation of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,”
“Oldtown Fireside Stories,” strange spiritual experiences of Prof.
Stowe, Sam Lawson a real character, relief after finishing, date of in
chronological list, in Whittier’s poem on seventieth birthday “With
Old New England’s flavor rife,”
“Oldtown Folks,” Prof. Stowe original of “Harry” in, George Eliot on its reception in England, picture of N. E. life, date of, Whittier’s praise of, “vigorous pencil-strokes” in poem on seventieth birthday,
Orthodoxy.
“Our Charley,” date of.
Owen, Robert Dale, his “Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World” and “The Debatable Land between this World and the Next;” H. B. S. wishes George Eliot to meet.
PALMERSTON, Lord, meeting with.
“Palmetto Leaves” published; date.
Papacy, The.
Paris, first visit to; second visit.
Park, Professor Edwards A.
Parker, Theodore, on the Bible and Jesus.
Paton, Bailie, host of Mrs. Stowe.
Peabody, pleasant reading in; Queen Victoria’s picture at.
“Pearl of Orr’s Island, The;” first published; Whittier’s favorite; date of.
“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.
Phantoms seen by Professor Stowe.
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, writes poem on H. B. S.’s seventieth birthday.
“Philanthropist, The,” anti-slavery paper.
Phillips, Wendell, attitude of after war.
“Pink and White Tyranny,” date of.
Plymouth Church, saves Edmonson’s daughters; slavery and; clears Henry Ward Beecher by acclamation; calls council of Congregational ministers and laymen; council ratifies decision of Church; committee of five appointed to bring facts which could be proved; missions among poor particularly effective at time of trial.
“Poganuc People;” sent to Dr. Holmes; date of.
Pollock, Lord Chief Baron.
Poor, generosity of touches H. B. S.
Portland, H. B. S.’s friends there among the past; her readings in.
Portraits of Mrs. Stowe; Belloc to paint; untruth of.
Poverty in early married life.
Prescott, W. H., letter to H. B. S. from, on “Dred.”
“Presse, La,” on “Dred.”
Providential aid in sickness.
“QUEER Little People.”
READING and teaching.
Religion and hum
anity, George Eliot on.
“Religious poems,” date of.
“Revue des Deux Mondes” on “Dred.”
Riots in Cincinnati and anti-slavery agitation.
Roenne, Baron de, visits Professor Stowe.
Roman polities in 1861.
Rome, H. B. S.’s journey to; impressions of.
Ruskin, John, letters to H. B. S. from, on “The Minister’s Wooing;” on his dislike of America, but love for American friends.
Ruskin and Turner.
SAINT-BEUVE, H. B. S.’s liking for.
Sales, Francis de, H. W. Beecher compared with.
Salisbury, Mr., interest of in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Salons, French.
Sand, George, reviews “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Scotland, H. B. S.’s first visit to.
Scott, Walter, Lyman Beecher’s opinion of, when discussing novel- reading, 25; monument in Edinburgh.
Sea, H. B. S.’s nervous horror of.
Sea-voyages, H. B. S. on.
Semi-Colon Club, H. B. S. becomes a member of.
Shaftesbury, Earl of, letter of, to Mrs. Stowe.
Shaftesbury, Lord, to H. B. S., letter from; letter from H. B. S. to;
America and.
Skinner, Dr.
Slave, aiding a fugitive.
Slave-holding States on English address; intensity of conflict in.
Slavery, H. B. S.’s first notice of; anti-slavery agitation; death- knell of; Jefferson, Washington, Hamilton, and Patrick Henry on; growth of; résumé of its history; responsibility of church for; Lord Carlisle’s opinion on; moral effect of; sacrilege of; its past and future; its injustice; its death-blow; English women’s appeal against; J. Q. Adams’ crusade against; gone forever.
Slaves, H. B. S.’s work for and sympathy with; family sorrows of.
Smith, Anna, helper to Mrs. S.; note.
Soul, immortality of, H. B. S.’s essay written at age of twelve: first literary production; Addison’s remarks upon; Greek and Roman idea of immortality; light given by Gospel; Christ on.
South, England’s sympathy with the.
South Framingham, good audience at reading in.
“Souvenir, The.”
Spiritualism, Mrs. Stowe on; Mrs. Browning on; Holmes, O. W., on; “La Mystique” and Görres on; Professor Stowe’s strange experiences in; George Eliot on psychical problems of; on “Charlatanerie” connected with; Robert Dale Owen on; Goethe on; H. B. S.’s letter to George Eliot on; her mature views on; a comfort to doubters and disbelievers; from Christian standpoint.
Stafford House meeting.
Stephens, A. H., on object of Confederacy.
Storrs, Dr. R. S.
Stowe, Calvin E.; death of first wife; his engagement to Harriet E. Beecher; their marriage; his work in Lane Seminary; sent by the Seminary to Europe on educational matters; returns; his Educational Report presented; aids a fugitive slave; strongly encourages his wife in her literary aspirations; care of the sick students in Lane Seminary; is “house-father” during his wife’s illness and absence; goes to water cure after his wife’s return from the same; absent from Cincinnati home at death of youngest child; accepts the Collins Professorship at Bowdoin; gives his mother his reasons for leaving Cincinnati; remains behind to finish college work, while wife and three children leave for Brunswick, Me.; resigns his professorship at Bowdoin, and accepts a call to Andover; accompanies his wife to Europe; his second trip with wife to Europe; sermon after his son’s death; great sorrow at his bereavement; goes to Europe for the fourth time; resigns his position at Andover; in Florida; failing health; his letter to George Eliot; H. B. S. uses his strange experiences in youth as material for her picture of “Harry” in “Oldtown Folks;” the psychological history of his strange child-life; curious experiences with phantoms, and good and bad spirits; visions of fairies; love of reading; his power of character-painting shown in his description of a visit to his relatives; George Eliot’s mental picture of his personality; enjoys life and study in Florida; his studies on Prof. Görres’ book, “Die Christliche Mystik,” and its relation to his own spiritual experience; love for Henry Ward Beecher returned by latter; absorbed in “Daniel Deronda;” “over head and ears in diablerie;” fears he has not long to live; dull at wife’s absence on reading tour; enjoys proximity to Boston Library, and “Life of John Qniney Adams;” death and note; letters from H. B. S. to; on her illness; on cholera epidemic in Cincinnati; on sickness, death of son Charley; account of new home; on her writings and literary aspirations; on success of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin;” on her interest in the Edmonson slave family; on life in London; on visit to the Duke of Argyle; from Dunrobin Castle; on “Dred;” other letters from abroad; on life in Paris; on journey to Rome; on impressions of Rome; on Swiss journey; from Florence; from Paris; on farewell to her soldier son; visit to Duchess of Argyle; on her reading tour; on his health and her enforced absence from him; on reading, at Chelsea; at Bangor and Portland; at South Framingham and Haverhill; Peabody; fatigue at New London reading; letters from to H. B. S. on visit to his relatives and description of home life; to mother on reasons for leaving the West; to George Eliot; to son Charles.
Stowe, Charles E., seventh child of H. B. S., birth of; at Harvard; at Bonn; letter from Calvin E. Stowe to; letter from H. B. S. to, on her school life; on “Poganuc People;” on her readings in the West; on selection of papers and letters for her biography; on interest of herself and Prof. Stowe in life and anti-slavery career of John Quincy Adams.
Stowe, Eliza Tyler (Mrs. C. E.), draft of: twin daughter of H. B. S.
Stowe, Frederick William, second son of H. B. S.; enlists in First Massachusetts; made lieutenant for bravery; mother’s visit to; severely wounded; subsequent effects of the wound, never entirely recovers, his disappearance and unknown fate; ill-health after war, Florida home purchased for his sake.
Stowe, Georgiana May, daughter of H. B. S., birth of; family happy in her marriage; letter from H. B. S. to.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, birth and parentage of; first memorable incident, the death of her mother; letter to her brother Charles on her mother’s death, incident of the tulip bulbs and mother’s gentleness, first journey a visit to her grandmother, study of catechisms under her grandmother and aunt, early religious and Biblical reading, first school at the age of five, hunger after mental food, joyful discovery of “The Arabian Nights,” in the bottom of a barrel of dull sermons, reminiscences of reading in father’s library, impression made by the Declaration of Independence, appearance and character of her stepmother, healthy, happy child-life, birth of her half-sister Isabella and H. B. S.’s care of infant, early love of writing, her essay selected for reading at school exhibitions, her father’s pride in essay, subject of essay, arguments for belief in the Immortality of the Soul, end of child-life in Litchfield, goes to sister Catherine’s school at Hartford, describes Catherine Beecher’s school in letter to son, her home with the Bulls, school friends, takes up Latin, her study of Ovid and Virgil, dreams of being a poet and writes “Cleon,” a drama, her conversion, doubts of relatives and friends, connects herself with First Church, Hartford, her struggle with rigid theology, her melancholy and doubts, necessity of cheerful society, visit to grandmother, return to Hartford, interest in painting lessons, confides her religious doubts to her brother Edward, school life in Hartford, peace at last, accompanies her father and family to Cincinnati, describes her journey, yearnings for New England home, ill-health and depression, her life in Cincinnati and teaching at new school established by her sister Catherine and herself, wins prize for short story, joins “Semicolon Club,” slavery first brought to her personal notice, attends Henry Ward Beecher’s graduation, engagement, marriage, anti-slavery agitation, sympathy with Birney, editor of anti-slavery paper in Cincinnati, birth of twin daughters, of her third child, reunion of the Beecher family, housekeeping versus literary work, birth of second son, visits Hartford, literary work encouraged, sickness in Lane Seminary, death
of brother George, birth of third daughter, protracted illness and poverty, seminary struggles, goes to water cure, returns home, birth of sixth child, bravery in cholera epidemic, death of youngest child Charles, leaves Cincinnati, removal to Brunswick, getting settled, husband arrives, birth of seventh child, anti-slavery feeling aroused by letters from Boston, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” first thought of, writings for papers, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” appears as a serial, in book form, its wonderful success, praise from Longfellow, Whittier, Garrison, Higginson, letters from English nobility, et seq.; writes “Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” visits Henry Ward in Brooklyn, raises money to free Edmondson family, home-making at Andover, first trip to Europe, wonderful success of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” abroad, her warm reception at Liverpool,; delight in Scotland; public reception and teaparty at Glasgow; warm welcome from Scotch people; touched by the “penny offering” of the poor for the slaves; Edinburgh soirée; meets English celebrities at Lord Mayor’s dinner in London; meets English nobility; Stafford House; breakfast at Lord Trevelyan’s; Windsor; presentation of bracelet; of inkstand; Paris, first visit to; en route for Switzerland; Geneva and Chillon; Grindelwald to Meyringen; London, en route for America; work for slaves in America; correspondence with Garrison, et. seq.; “Dred”; second visit to Europe; meeting with Queen Victoria; visits Inverary Castle; Dunrobin Castle; Oxford and London; visits the Laboucheres; Paris; en route to Rome; Naples and Vesuvius; Venice and Milan; homeward journey and return; death of oldest son; visits Dartmouth; receives advice from Lowell on “The Pearl of Orr’s Island”; “The Minister’s Wooing”; third trip to Europe; Duchess of Sutherland’s warm welcome; Switzerland; Florence; Italian journey; return to America; letters from Ruskin, Mrs. Browning, Holmes; bids farewell to her son; at Washington; her son wounded at Gettysburg; his disappearance; the Stowes remove to Hartford; Address to women of England on slavery; winter home in Florida; joins the Episcopal Church; erects schoolhouse and church in Florida; “Palmetto Leaves”; “Poganuc People”; warm reception at South; last winter in Florida; writes “Oldtown Folks”; her interest in husband’s strange spiritual experiences; H. B. S. justifies her action in Byron Controversy; her love and faith in Lady Byron; reads Byron letters; counsels silence and patience to Lady Byron; writes “True Story of Lady Byron’s Life”; publishes “Lady Byron Vindicated”; “History of the Byron Controversy”; her purity of motive in this painful matter; George Eliot’s sympathy with her in Byron matter; her friendship, with George Eliot dates from letter shown by Mrs. Follen; describes Florida life and peace to George Eliot; her interest in Mr. Owen and spiritualism; love of Florida life and nature; history of Florida home; impressions of “Middlemarch”; invites George Eliot to come to America; words of sympathy on Beecher trial from George Eliot, and Mrs. Stowe’s reply; her defense of her brother’s purity of life; Beecher trial drawn on her heart’s blood; her mature views on spiritualism; her doubts of ordinary manifestations; soul-cravings after dead friends satisfied by Christ’s promises; chronological list of her books; accepts offer from N. E. Lecture Bureau to give readings from her works; gives readings in New England; warm welcome in Maine; sympathetic audiences in Massachusetts; fatigue of traveling and reading at New London; Western reading tour; “fearful distances and wretched trains”; seventieth anniversary of birthday celebrated by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.; H. 0. Houghton’s welcome; H. W. Beecher’s reply and eulogy on sister; Whittier’s poem at seventieth birthday; Holmes’ poem; other poems of note written for the occasion; Mrs. Stowe’s thanks; joy in the future of the colored race; reading old letters and papers; her own letters to Mr. Stowe and letters from friends; interest in Life of John Quincy Adams and his crusade against slavery; death of husband; of Henry Ward Beecher; thinks of writing review of her life aided by son, under title of “Pebbles from the Shores of a Past Life”; her feelings on the nearness of death, but perfect trust in Christ; glimpses of the future life leave a strange sweetness in her mind.
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