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Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals by Charles Edward Stowe
Copyright, 1889,
By CHARLES E. STOWE,
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S.A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
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It seems but fitting, that I should preface this story of my life with a few notes of instruction.
The desire to leave behind me some recollections of my life, has been cherished by me, for many years past; but failing strength or increasing infirmities have prevented its accomplishment.
At my suggestion and with what assistance I have been able to render, my son, Ross Charles Edward Stowe, has compiled from my letters and journals, this biography. It is this true story of my life, told for the most part, in my own words and has therefore all the force of an autobiography.
It is perhaps much more accurate as to detail & impression than is possible with any autobiography, written later in life.
If these pages, shall help those who read them to a firmer trust in God & a deeper sense of His fatherly goodness throughout the days of our earthly pilgrimage I can say with Valiant for Truth in the Pilgrim's Progress!
I am going to my Father's & tho with great difficulty, I am got thither, get now, I do not repent me of all the troubles I have been at, to arrive where I am.
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage & my courage & skill to him that can get it.
Hartford Sept 30
Chapter 1 * * *
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Chapter 2 CHILDHOOD, 1811-1824.
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Chapter 3 SCHOOL DAYS IN HARTFORD, 1824-1832.
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Chapter 4 CINCINNATI, 1832-1836.
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Chapter 5 EARLY MARRIED LIFE, 1836-1840.
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Chapter 6 POVERTY AND SICKNESS, 1840-1850.
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Chapter 7 REMOVAL TO BRUNSWICK, 1850-1852.
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Chapter 8 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1852.
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Chapter 9 FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE, 1853.
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Chapter 10 SUNNY MEMORIES, 1853.
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Chapter 11 FROM OVER THE SEA, 1853.
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Chapter 12 HOME AGAIN, 1853-1856.
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Chapter 13 DRED, 1856.
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Chapter 14 OLD SCENES REVISITED, 1856.
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Chapter 15 THE MINISTER'S WOOING, 1857-1859.
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Chapter 16 THE THIRD TRIP TO EUROPE, 1859.
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Chapter 17 THE CIVIL WAR, 1860-1865.
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Chapter 18 FLORIDA, 1865-1869.
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Chapter 19 OLDTOWN FOLKS, 1869.
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Chapter 20 THE BYRON CONTROVERSY, 1869-1870.
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Chapter 21 GEORGE ELIOT.
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Chapter 22 CLOSING SCENES, 1870-1889.
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