Produced by David Widger








INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE



Compiled by David Widger





CONTENTS

##  UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, YOUNG FOLKS' EDITION

PICTURES AND STORIES FROM UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

##  QUEER LITTLE FOLKS

THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME

##  LIFE OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM; AND THE FIRST CHRISTMAS OF NEW ENGLAND

##  PINK AND WHITE TYRANNY

##  SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS, VOLUME 1 (OF 2)

##  OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES

##  HOUSEHOLD PAPERS AND STORIES

##  THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND

##  PALMETTO-LEAVES

##  THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT

##  MEN OF OUR TIMES

THE MINISTER'S WOOING

##  WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES





UNCLE TOM�S CABIN
or
Life among the Lowly
By Harriet Beecher Stowe



CONTENTS

    VOLUME I

    CHAPTER I -- In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity

    CHAPTER II -- The Mother

    CHAPTER III --The Husband and Father

    CHAPTER IV -- An Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin

    CHAPTER V -- Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners

    CHAPTER VI -- Discovery

    CHAPTER VII -- The Mother’s Struggle

    CHAPTER VIII -- Eliza’s Escape

    CHAPTER -- In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man IX

    CHAPTER X -- The Property Is Carried Off

    CHAPTER XI -- In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind

    CHAPTER XII -- Select Incident of Lawful Trade

    CHAPTER XIII -- The Quaker Settlement

    CHAPTER XIV -- Evangeline

    CHAPTER XV -- Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters

    CHAPTER XVI -- Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions

    CHAPTER XVII -- The Freeman’s Defence

    CHAPTER XVIII -- Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions


    VOLUME II

    CHAPTER -- Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions Continued XIX

    CHAPTER XX -- Topsy

    CHAPTER XXI -- Kentuck

    CHAPTER XXII -- “The Grass Withereth—the Flower Fadeth”

    CHAPTER XXIII -- Henrique

    CHAPTER XXIV -- Foreshadowings

    CHAPTER XXV -- The Little Evangelist

    CHAPTER XXVI -- Death

    CHAPTER XXVII -- “This Is the Last of Earth”

    CHAPTER XXVIII -- Reunion

    CHAPTER XXIX -- The Unprotected

    CHAPTER XXX -- The Slave Warehouse

    CHAPTER XXXI -- The Middle Passage

    CHAPTER XXXII -- Dark Places

    CHAPTER XXXIII -- Cassy

    CHAPTER XXXIV -- The Quadroon’s Story

    CHAPTER XXXV -- The Tokens

    CHAPTER XXXVI -- Emmeline and Cassy

    CHAPTER XXXVII -- Liberty

    CHAPTER XXXVIII -- The Victory

    CHAPTER XXXIX -- The Stratagem

    CHAPTER XL -- The Martyr

    CHAPTER XLI -- The Young Master

    CHAPTER XLII -- An Authentic Ghost Story

    CHAPTER XLIII -- Results

    CHAPTER XLIV -- The Liberator

    CHAPTER XLV -- Concluding Remarks





QUEER LITTLE FOLKS
By Harriet Beecher Stowe



CONTENTS

Hen that Hatched Ducks


11

The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge


29

The History of Tip-Top


43

Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket


61

Mother Magpie�s Mischief


70

The Squirrels that live in a House


80

Hum, the Son of Buz


93

Our Country Neighbours


106

The Diverting History of Little Whiskey


117
List of Illustrations.

The Brood Hatched


19

Feeding the Fame Robin


59

Erecting the Hen-House


15

The Hen that Hatched Ducks


25

Enemies in Waiting


39

The Nest in the Apple-Tree


47

Tip-Top in bad Company


57

Venturous Squirrels


89





LIFE OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
Compiled From Her Letters And Journals By Her Son Charles Edward Stowe
1890
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHILDHOOD 1811-1824.
Death of her Mother.�First Journey from Home.�Life at Nut Plains.�School Days and Hours with Favorite Authors.�The New Mother.�Litchfield Academy and its Influence.�First Literary Efforts.�A Remarkable Composition.�Goes to Hartford
	1

CHAPTER II.
SCHOOL DAYS IN HARTFORD, 1824-1832.
Miss Catherine Beecher.�Professor Fisher.�The Wreck of the Albion and Death of Professor Fisher.�"The Minister's Wooing."�Miss Catherine Beecher's Spiritual History.�Mrs. Stowe's Recollections of her School Days in Hartford.�Her Conversion.�Unites with the First Church in Hartford.�Her Doubts and Subsequent Religious Development.�Her Final Peace
	22

CHAPTER III.
CINCINNATI, 1832-1836.
Dr. Beecher called to Cincinnati.�The Westward Journey.�First Letter from Home.�Description of Walnut Hills.�Starting a New School.�Inward Glimpses.�The Semi-Colon Club.�Early Impressions of Slavery.�A Journey to the East.�Thoughts aroused by First Visit to Niagara.�Marriage to Professor Stowe
	53
[vi]

CHAPTER IV.
EARLY MARRIED LIFE, 1836-1840.
Professor Stowe's Interest in Popular Education.�His Departure for Europe.�Slavery Riots in Cincinnati.�Birth of Twin Daughters.�Professor Stowe's Return and Visit to Columbus.�Domestic Trials.�Aiding a Fugitive Slave.�Authorship under Difficulties.�A Beecher Round Robin
	78

CHAPTER V.
POVERTY AND SICKNESS, 1840-1850.
Famine in Cincinnati.�Summer at the East.�Plans for Literary Work.�Experience on a Railroad.�Death of her Brother George.�Sickness and Despair.�A Journey in Search of Health.�Goes to Brattleboro' Water-cure.�Troubles at Lane Seminary.�Cholera in Cincinnati.�Death of Youngest Child.�Determined to leave the West
	100

CHAPTER VI.
REMOVAL TO BRUNSWICK, 1850-1852.
Mrs. Stowe's Remarks on Writing and Understanding Biography.�Their Appropriateness to her own Biography.�Reasons for Professor Stowe's leaving Cincinnati.�Mrs. Stowe's Journey to Brooklyn.�Her Brother's Success as a Minister.�Letters from Hartford and Boston.�Arrives in Brunswick.�History of the Slavery Agitation.�Practical Working of the Fugitive Slave Law.�Mrs. Edward Beecher's Letter to Mrs. Stowe and its Effect.�Domestic Trials.�Begins to write "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a Serial for the "National Era."�Letter to Frederick Douglass.�"Uncle Tom's Cabin" a Work of Religious Emotion
	126

CHAPTER VII.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1852.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a Serial in the "National Era."�An [vii]Offer for its Publication in Book Form.�Will it be a Success?�An Unprecedented Circulation.�Congratulatory Messages.�Kind Words from Abroad.�Mrs. Stowe to the Earl of Carlisle.�Letters from and to Lord Shaftesbury.�Correspondence with Arthur Helps
	156

CHAPTER VIII.
FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE, 1853.
The Edmondsons.�Buying Slaves to set them Free.�Jenny Lind.�Professor Stowe is called to Andover.�Fitting up the New Home.�The "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin."�"Uncle Tom" Abroad.�How it was Published in England.�Preface to the European Edition.�The Book in France.�In Germany.�A Greeting from Charles Kingsley.�Preparing to visit Scotland.�Letter to Mrs. Follen
	178

CHAPTER IX.
SUNNY MEMORIES, 1853.
Crossing the Atlantic.�Arrival in England.�Reception in Liverpool.�Welcome to Scotland.�A Glasgow Tea-Party.�Edinburgh Hospitality.�Aberdeen.�Dundee and Birmingham.�Joseph Sturge.�Elihu Burritt.�London.�The Lord Mayor's Dinner.�Charles Dickens and his Wife
	205

CHAPTER X.
FROM OVER THE SEA, 1853.
The Earl of Carlisle.�Arthur Helps.�The Duke and Duchess of Argyll.�Martin Farquhar Tupper.�A Memorable Meeting at Stafford House.�Macaulay and Dean Milman.�Windsor Castle.�Professor Stowe returns to America.�Mrs. Stowe on the Continent.�Impressions of Paris.�En Route to Switzerland and Germany.�Back to England.�Homeward Bound
	228

CHAPTER XI.
HOME AGAIN, 1853-1856.
Anti-Slavery Work.�Stirring Times in the United States.�Address [viii]to the Ladies of Glasgow.�Appeal to the Women of America.�Correspondence with William Lloyd Garrison.�The Writing of "Dred."�Farewell Letter from Georgiana May.�Second Voyage to England
	250

CHAPTER XII.
DRED, 1856.
Second Visit to England.�A Glimpse at the Queen.�The Duke of Argyll and Inverary.�Early Correspondence with Lady Byron.�Dunrobin Castle and its Inmates.�A Visit to Stoke Park.�Lord Dufferin.�Charles Kingsley at Home.�Paris Revisited.�Madame Mohl's Receptions
	270

CHAPTER XIII.
OLD SCENES REVISITED, 1856.
En Route to Rome.�Trials of Travel.�A Midnight Arrival and an Inhospitable Reception.�Glories of the Eternal City.�Naples and Vesuvius.�Venice.�Holy Week in Rome.�Return to England.�Letter from Harriet Martineau on "Dred."�A Word from Mr. Prescott on "Dred."�Farewell to Lady Byron
	294

CHAPTER XIV.
THE MINISTER'S WOOING, 1857-1859.
Death of Mrs. Stowe's Oldest Son.�Letter to the Duchess of Sutherland.�Letter to her Daughters in Paris.�Letter to her Sister Catherine.�Visit to Brunswick and Orr's Island.�Writes "The Minister's Wooing" and "The Pearl of Orr's Island."�Mr. Whittier's Comments.�Mr. Lowell on "The Minister's Wooing."�Letter to Mrs. Stowe from Mr. Lowell.�John Ruskin on "The Minister's Wooing."�A Year of Sadness.�Letter to Lady Byron.�Letter to her Daughter.�Departure for Europe
	315

CHAPTER XV.
THE THIRD TRIP TO EUROPE, 1859.
Third Visit to Europe.�Lady Byron on "The Minister's Wooing."�Some Foreign People and Things as they Appeared [ix]to Professor Stowe.�A Winter in Italy.�Things Unseen and Unrevealed.�Speculations concerning Spiritualism.�John Ruskin.�Mrs. Browning.�The Return to America.�Letters to Dr. Holmes
	343

CHAPTER XVI.
THE CIVIL WAR, 1860-1865.
The Outbreak of Civil War.�Mrs. Stowe's Son enlists.�Thanksgiving Day in Washington.�The Proclamation of Emancipation.�Rejoicings in Boston.�Fred Stowe at Gettysburg.�Leaving Andover and Settling in Hartford.�A Reply to the Women of England.�Letters from John Bright, Archbishop Whately, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
	363

CHAPTER XVII.
FLORIDA, 1865-1869.
Letter to Duchess of Argyll.�Mrs. Stowe desires to have a Home at the South.�Florida the best Field for Doing Good.�She Buys a Place at Mandarin.�A Charming Winter Residence.�"Palmetto Leaves."�Easter Sunday at Mandarin.�Correspondence with Dr. Holmes.�"Poganuc People."�Receptions in New Orleans and Tallahassee.�Last Winter at Mandarin
	395

CHAPTER XVIII.
OLDTOWN FOLKS, 1869.
Professor Stowe the Original of "Harry" in "Oldtown Folks."�Professor Stowe's Letter to George Eliot.�Her Remarks on the Same.�Professor Stowe's Narrative of his Youthful Adventures in the World of Spirits.�Professor Stowe's Influence on Mrs. Stowe's Literary Life.�George Eliot on "Oldtown Folks"
	419

CHAPTER XIX.
THE BYRON CONTROVERSY, 1869-1870.
Mrs. Stowe's Statement of her own Case.�The Circumstances under which she first met Lady Byron.�Letters to Lady Byron.�Letter to Dr. Holmes when about to publish "The True Story of Lady Byron's Life" in the "Atlantic."�Dr. Holmes's Reply.�The Conclusion [x]of the Matter
	445

CHAPTER XX.
GEORGE ELIOT.
Correspondence with George Eliot.�George Eliot's First Impressions of Mrs. Stowe.�Mrs. Stowe's Letter to Mrs. Follen.�George Eliot's Letter to Mrs. Stowe.�Mrs. Stowe's Reply.�Life in Florida.�Robert Dale Owen and Modern Spiritualism.�George Eliot's Letter on the Phenomena of Spiritualism.�Mrs. Stowe's Description of Scenery in Florida.�Mrs. Stowe concerning "Middlemarch."�George Eliot to Mrs. Stowe during Rev. H. W. Beecher's Trial.�Mrs. Stowe concerning her Life Experience with her Brother, H. W. Beecher, and his Trial.�Mrs. Lewes' Last Letter to Mrs. Stowe.�Diverse Mental Characteristics of these Two Women.�Mrs. Stowe's Final Estimate of Modern Spiritualism
	459

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.
 	PAGE
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[xii]
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.





PINK AND WHITE TYRANNY
A Society Novel
By Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
1871



CONTENTS.
Chap. 	Page
I.   	Falling in Love 	1
II.   	What she thinks of it 	19
III.   	The Sister 	31
IV.   	Preparation for Marriage 	39
V.   	Wedding, and Wedding-trip 	56
VI.   	Honey-moon, and after 	63
VII.   	Will she like it? 	74
VIII.   	Spindlewood 	86
IX.   	A Crisis 	92
X.   	Changes 	104
XI.   	Newport; or, the Paradise of Nothing to do 	112
XII.   	Home �  la Pompadour 	126
XIII.   	John’s Birthday 	137
XIV.   	A Great Moral Conflict 	152
XV.   	The Follingsbees arrive 	161
XVI.   	Mrs. John Seymour’s Party, and what came of it 	181
XVII.   	After the Battle 	197
XVIII.   	A Brick turns up 	213
XIX.   	The Castle of Indolence 	228[viii]
XX.   	The Van Astrachans 	243
XXI.   	Mrs. Follingsbee’s Party, and what came of it 	250
XXII.   	The Spider-web broken 	268
XXIII.   	Common-sense Arguments 	281
XXIV.   	Sentiment v. Sensibility 	284
XXV.   	Wedding Bells 	291
XXVI.   	Motherhood 	297
XXVII.   	Checkmate 	304
XXVIII.   	After the Storm 	321
XXIX.   	The New Lillie 	326





SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS, VOL. 1 (of 2)
By Harriet Beecher Stowe



CONTENTS
Preface
Introductory
Breakfast In Liverpool�April 11.
Public Meeting In Liverpool�April 13.
Public Meeting In Glasgow�April 15.
Public Meeting In Edinburgh�April 20.
Public Meeting In Aberdeen�April 21.
Public Meeting In Dundee�April 22.
Address Of The Students Of Glasgow University�April 25.
Loud Mayor's Dinner At The Mansion House, London�May 2.
Stafford House Reception�May 7.
Congregational Union�May 13.
Royal Highland School Society Dinner, At The Freemason's Tavern, London�May 14.
Antislavery Society, Exeter Hall�May 16.
Soir�e At Willis's Rooms�May 25.
Concluding Note.
Letter I
Letter II
Letter III
Letter IV
Letter V
Letter VI.
Letter VII
Letter VIII
Letter IX
Letter X
Letter XI
Letter XII
Letter XIII
Letter XIV
Letter XV
Letter XVI
Letter XVII
Letter XVIII
Notes
Credits





OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES.
By Harriet Beecher Stowe.



CONTENTS

    THE GHOST IN THE MILL

    THE SULLIVAN LOOKING-GLASS.

    THE MINISTER'S HOUSEKEEPER.

    THE WIDOW'S BANDBOX.

    CAPTAIN KIDD'S MONEY.

    �MIS' ELDERKIN'S PITCHER.�

    THE GHOST IN THE CAP'N BROWNHOUSE.





    ILLUSTRATIONS


    Titlepage

    Frontispiece

    The Ghost in the Mill, Page 001

    Old Cack Knew Him Too, Page 020

    Tailpiece, Page 024

    The Sullivan Looking-glass, Page 025

    Tailpiece, Page 052

    The Minister's Housekeeper, Page 053

    Huldy Came Behind Chokin' With Laugh, Page 065

    I've Thrown the Pig in The Well, Page 070

    Tailpiece, Page 078

    The Widow's Bandbox, Page 079

    Tailpiece, Page 102

    Captain Kidd's Money, Page 108

    They Dug Down About Five Feet, Page 119

    Mis' Elderkin's Pitcher, Page 122

    Ghost in Cap'n Brown House, Page 139

    Stood There Lookin' Right at Cinthy, Page 149





HOUSEHOLD PAPERS AND STORIES
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
1868



CONTENTS


PAGE

INTRODUCTORY NOTE	1
II. 	Homekeeping vs. Housekeeping 	33
IV. 	The Economy of the Beautiful 	69
VI. 	The Lady who does her own Work 	101
VIII. 	Economy 	133
X. 	Cookery 	182
XII. 	Home Religion 	231
II. 	Woman�s Sphere 	274
IV. 	Is Woman a Worker? 	316
VI. 	Bodily Religion: A Sermon on Good Health 	347
VIII. 	How shall we be Amused? 	374
X. 	What are the Sources of Beauty in Dress? 	412
XII. 	The New Year 	438

OUR SECOND GIRL	473






THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND
A Story of the Coast of Maine
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
1896



CONTENTS
Introductory Note
CHAPTER
I.	Naomi 	1
II.	Mara 	5
III.	The Baptism and the Burial 	9
IV.	Aunt Roxy and Aunt Ruey 	15
V.	The Kittridges 	25
VI.	Grandparents 	36
VII.	From the Sea 	47
VIII.	The Seen and the Unseen 	58
IX.	Moses 	74
X.	The Minister 	85
XI.	Little Adventurers 	99
XII.	Sea Tales 	110
XIII.	Boy and Girl 	120
XIV.	The Enchanted Island 	132
XV.	The Home Coming 	143
XVI.	The Natural and the Spiritual 	154
XVII.	Lessons 	165
XVIII.	Sally 	175
XIX.	Eighteen 	179
XX.	Rebellion 	186
XXI.	The Tempter 	198
XXII.	A Friend in Need 	208
XXIII.	The Beginning of the Story 	218
XXIV.	Desires and Dreams 	229
XXV.	Miss Emily 	235
XXVI.	Dolores 	245
XXVII.	Hidden Things 	258
XXVIII.	A Coquette 	270
XXIX.	Night Talks 	279
XXX.	The Launch of the Ariel 	290
XXXI.	Greek meets Greek 	303
XXXII.	The Betrothal 	315
XXXIII.	At a Quilting 	323
XXXIV.	Friends 	329
XXXV.	The Toothacre Cottage 	335
XXXVI.	The Shadow of Death 	339
XXXVII.	The Victory 	351
XXXVIII.	Open Vision 	358
XXXIX.	The Land of Beulah 	368
XL.	The Meeting 	376
XLI.	Consolation 	380
XLII.	Last Words 	387
XLIII.	The Pearl 	393
XLIV.	Four Years After 	398





PALMETTO-LEAVES
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
1873



CONTENTS.
 	PAGE.
Nobody's Dog	1
A Flowery January in Florida	16
The Wrong Side of the Tapestry	26
A Letter To the Girls	40
A Water-coach, and a Ride in It	53
Picnicking up Julington	69
Magnolia	87
Yellow Jessamines	97
"Florida for Invalids"	116
Swamps and Orange-Trees	137
Letter-Writing	148
Magnolia Week	161
Buying Land in Florida	175
Our Experience in Crops	185
May in Florida	196
St. Augustine	206
Our Neighbor Over the Way	225
The Grand Tour up River	247
Old Cudjo and the Angel	267
The Laborers of the South	279
Map of the St. John River

MAP OF THE ST. JOHN RIVER, FLORIDA.
The Savannah Steamer





SALEM WITCHCRAFT
THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
CONTENTS.
  	PAGE
The Place 	7
The Salemite of Forty Years Ago 	8
How the Subject was opened 	9
Careful Historiography 	10
The Actors in the Tragedy 	12
Philosophy of the Delusion 	12
Character of the Early Settlement 	13
First Causes 	15
Death of the Patriarch 	16
Growth of Witchcraft 	17
Trouble in the Church 	18
Rev. Mr. Burroughs 	19
Deodat Lawson 	20
Parris�a Malignant 	20
A Protean Devil 	21
State of Physiology 	22
William Penn as a Precedent 	22
Phenomena of Witchcraft 	23
Parris and his Circle 	25
The Inquisitions�Sarah Good 	26
A Child Witch 	27
The Towne Sisters 	28
Depositions of Parris and his Tools 	31
Goody Nurse�s Excommunication 	35
Mary Easty 	36
Mrs. Cloyse 	38
The Proctor Family 	40
The Jacobs Family 	41
Giles and Martha Corey 	42
Decline of the Delusion 	44
The Physio-Psychological Causes of the Trouble 	45
The Last of Parris 	47
�One of the Afflicted��Her Confession 	49
The Transition 	50
The Fetish Theory Then and Now 	51
The Views of Modern Investigators 	53
Importance of the Subject 	55

CONTENTS OF THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY.
What Planchette is and does (with review of Facts and Phenomena) 	63
The Press on Planchette (with further details of Phenomena) 	67
Theory First�That the Board is moved by the hands that rest upon it 	70
Theory Second��It is Electricity or Magnetism� 	71
Proof that Electricity has nothing to do with it 	78
Theory Third�The Devil Theory 	79
Theory of a Floating Ambient Mentality 	81
�To Daimonion��The Demon 	83
�It is some principle of nature as yet unknown� 	85
Theory of the Agency of Departed Spirits 	85
Planchette�s own Theory 	89
The Rational Difficulty 	92
The Medium�The Doctrine of Spheres 	93
The Moral and Religious Difficulty 	98
What this Modern Development is, and what is to come of it 	102
Conclusion 	105
How to work Planchette 	106

SPIRITUALISM.
History of Spiritualism 	107
Scriptural Views 	110
Communion of Saints 	112

DR. DODDRIDGE�S DREAM.

Pages 123-125





MEN OF OUR TIMES; OR LEADING PATRIOTS OF THE DAY
LINCOLN, GRANT, GARRISON, SUMNER, CHASE, WILSON, GREELEY, FARRAGUT, ANDREW, COLFAX, STANTON, DOUGLASS, BUCKINGHAM, SHERMAN, SHERIDAN, HOWARD, PHILLIPS AND BEECHER.
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
1868



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  	PAGE.
1. 	President Lincoln, 	FRONTISPIECE.
2. 	Gen. U. S. Grant, 	111
3. 	William L. Garrison, 	154
4. 	Charles Sumner, 	214
5. 	Salmon P. Chase, 	241
6. 	Henry Wilson, 	269
7. 	Horace Greeley, 	293
8. 	Com. D. G. Farragut, 	311
9. 	Gov. John A. Andrew, 	325
10. 	Schuyler Colfax, 	347
11. 	E. M. Stanton, 	363
12. 	Frederick Douglass, 	380
13. 	Gen. P. H. Sheridan, 	405
14. 	Gen. W. T. Sherman, 	423
15. 	Gen. Oliver O. Howard, 	447
16. 	Gov. Wm. A. Buckingham, 	463
17. 	Wendell Phillips, 	483
18. 	Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, 	505



CONTENTS
  	PAGE
CHAPTER I.�ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The Men of our Time�Lincoln Foremost�The War was the Working-Man's Revolution�Abraham Lincoln's Birth and Youth�The Books he Read�The Thirty Thousand Dollars for Tender�The Old Stocking of Government Money�A Just Lawyer; Anecdotes�His First Candidacy and Speech�Goes to Legislature and Congress�The Seven Debates and Campaign against Douglass in 1858�Webster's and Lincoln's Language Compared�The Cooper Institute Speech�The Nomination at Chicago�Moral and Physical Courage�The Backwoodsman President and the Diplomatists�Significance of his Presidential Career�Religious Feelings�His Kindness�"The Baby Did It"�The First Inaugural�The Second Inaugural, and other State Papers�The Conspiracy and Assassination�The Opinions of Foreign Nations on Mr. Lincoln. 	11
CHAPTER II.�ULYSSES S. GRANT.
A General Wanted�A Short War Expected�The Young Napoleon�God's Revenge Against Slavery�The Silent Man in Galena�"Tanning Leather"�Gen. Grant's Puritan Descent�How he Loaded the Logs�His West Point Career�Service in Mexico�Marries, and Leaves the Army�Wood-Cutting, Dunning and Leather-Selling�Enlists against the Rebellion�Missouri Campaign�Paducah Campaign�Fort Donelson Campaign�Battle of Shiloh�How Grant Lost his Temper�Vicksburg Campaign�Lincoln on Grant's "Drinking"�Chattanooga�Grant's Method of Making a Speech�Appointed Lieutenant-General�The Richmond Campaign�"Mr. Grant is a Very Obstinate Man"�Grant's Qualifications as a Ruler�Honesty�Generosity to Subordinates�Sound Judgment of Men�Power of Holding his Tongue�Grant's Sidewalk Platform�Talks Horse to Senator Wade�"Wants Nothing Said"�The Best Man for Next President. 	111
CHAPTER III.�WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
Mr. Garrison's Birth and Parents�His Mother�Her Conversion�His Boyhood�Apprenticed to a Printer�First Anti-Slavery Address�Advice to Dr. Beecher�Benjamin Lundy�Garrison Goes to Baltimore�First Battle with Slavery�In Jail�First Number of the Liberator�Threats and Rage from the South�The American Anti-Slavery Society�First Visit to England�The Era of Mob Violence�The Respectable Boston Mob�Mr. Garrison's Account�Again in Jail�The Massachusetts Legislature Uncivil to the Abolitionists�Logical Vigor of the Slaveholders�Garrison's Disunionism�Denounces the Church�Liberality of the Liberator�The Southerners' own Testimony�Mr. Garrison's Bland Manners�His Steady Nerves�xHis use of Language�Things by their Right Names�Abolitionist "Hard Language;" Garrison's Argument on it�Protest for Woman's Rights�The Triumph of his Cause�"The Liberator" Discontinued�Second Visit to England�Letter to Mrs. Stowe. 	154
CHAPTER IV.�CHARLES SUMNER.
Mr. Sumner an instance of Free State High Culture�The "Brahmin Caste" of New England�The Sumner Ancestry; a Kentish Family�Governor Increase Sumner; His Revolutionary Patriotism�His Stately Presence; "A Governor that can Walk"�Charles Sumner's Father�Mr. Sumner's Education, Legal and Literary Studies�Tendency to Ideal Perfection�Sumner and the Whigs�Abolitionism Social Death�Sumner's Opposition to the Mexican War�His Peace Principles�Sumner Opposes Slavery Within the Constitution, as Garrison Outside of it�Anti-Slavery and the Whigs�The Political Abolitionist Platform�Webster asked in vain to Oppose Slavery�Sumner's Rebuke of Winthrop�Joins the Free Soil Party�Succeeds Webster in the Senate�Great Speech against the Fugitive Slave Law�The Constitution a Charter of Liberty�Slavery not in the Constitution�First Speech after the Brooks Assault�Consistency as to Reconstruction. 	214
CHAPTER V.�SALMON P. CHASE.
England and our Finances in the War�President Wheelock and Mr. Chase's Seven Uncles�His Uncle the Bishop�His Sense of Justice at College�His Uncle the Senator�Admitted to the Bar for Cincinnati�His First Argument before a U. S. Court�Society in Cincinnati�The Ohio Abolitionists�Cincinnati on Slavery�The Church admits Slavery to be "an Evil"�Mr. Chase and the Birney Mob�The Case of the Slave Girl Matilda�How Mr. Chase "Ruined Himself"�He Affirms the Sectionality of Slavery�The Van Zandt Case�Extracts from Mr. Chase's Argument�Mr. Chase in Anti-Slavery Politics�His Qualifications as a Financier. 	241
CHAPTER VI.�HENRY WILSON.
Lincoln, Chase and Wilson as Illustrations of Democracy�Wilson's Birth and Boyhood�Reads over One Thousand Books in Ten Years�Learns Shoemaking�Earns an Education Twice Over�Forms a Debating Society�Makes Sixty Speeches for Harrison�Enters into Political Life on the Working-Men's Side�Helps to form the Free Soil Party�Chosen United States Senator over Edward Everett�Aristocratic Politics in those Days�Wilson and the Slaveholding Senators�The Character of his Speaking�Full of Facts and Practical Sense�His Usefulness as Chairman of the Military Committee�His "History of the Anti-Slavery Measures in Congress"�The 37th and 38th Congresses�The Summary of Anti-Slavery Legislation from that Book�Other Abolitionist Forces�Contrast of Sentiments of Slavery and of Freedom�Recognition of Hayti and Liberia; Specimen of the Debate�Slave and Free Doctrine on Education�Equality in Washington Street Cars�Pro-Slavery Good Taste�Solon's Ideal of Democracy Reached in America. 	269
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CHAPTER VII.�HORACE GREELEY.
The Scotch-Irish Race in the United States�Mr. Greeley a Partly Reversed Specimen of it�His Birth and Boyhood�Learns to Read Books Upside Down�His Apprenticeship on a Newspaper�The Town Encyclopedia�His Industry at his Trade�His First Experience of a Fugitive Slave Chase�His First Appearance in New York�The Work on the Polyglot Testament�Mr. Greeley as "The Ghost"�The First Cheap Daily Paper�The Firm of Greeley & Story�The New Yorker, the Jeffersonian and the Log Cabin�Mr. Greeley as Editor of the New Yorker�Beginning of The Tribune�Mr. Greeley's Theory of a Political Newspaper�His Love for The Tribune�The First Week of that Paper�The Attack of the Sun and its Result�Mr. McElrath's Partnership�Mr. Greeley's Fourierism�"The Bloody Sixth"�The Cooper Libel Suits�Mr. Greeley in Congress�He Goes to Europe�His Course in the Rebellion�His Ambition and Qualifications for Office�The Key-Note of his Character. 	293
CHAPTER VIII.�DAVID G. FARRAGUT.
The Lesson of the Rebellion to Monarchs�The Strength of the United States�The U. S. Naval Service�The Last War�State of the Navy in 1861�Admiral Farragut Represents the Old Navy and the New�Charlemagne's Physician, Farraguth�The Admiral's Letter about his Family�His Birth�His Cruise with Porter when a Boy of Nine�The Destruction of the Essex�Farragut in Peace Times�Expected to go with the South�Refuses, is Threatened, and goes North�The Opening of the Mississippi�The Bay Fight at Mobile�The Admiral's Health�Farragut and the Tobacco Bishop. 	311
CHAPTER IX.�JOHN A. ANDREW.
Governor Andrew's Death Caused by the War�The Governors Dr. Beecher Prayed for�Governor Andrew a Christian Governor�Gov. Andrew's Birth�He goes to Boston to Study Law�Not Averse to unfashionable and Unpopular Causes�His Cheerfulness and Social Accomplishments�His Sunday School Work�Lives Plainly�His Clear Foresight of the War�Sends a Thousand Men to Washington in One Day�The Story of the Blue Overcoats�The Telegram for the Bodies of the Dead of Baltimore�Gov. Andrew's Tender Care for the Poor�The British Minister and the Colored Women�The Governor's Kindness to the Soldier's Wife�His Biblical Proclamations�The Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1861�The Proclamation of 1862�His Interest in the Schools for the Richmond Poor�Cotton Mather's Eulogy on Gov. Winthrop�Gov. Andrew's Farewell Address to the Massachusetts Legislature�State Gratitude to Gov. Andrew's Family. 	325
CHAPTER X.�SCHUYLER COLFAX.
General William Colfax, Washington's Friend�Mr. Colfax his Grandson�Mr. Colfax's Birth and Boyhood�Removes to Indiana�Becomes Deputy County Auditor�Begins to Deal with Politics�Becomes an Editor�Thexii Period of Maximum Debt�Mr. Colfax's First Year�He is Burnt Out�His Subsequent Success as an Editor�His Political Career as a Whig�Joins the Republican Party�Popularity in his own District�The Nebraska Bill�Mr. Colfax goes into Congress�The Famous Contest for Speakership�Mr. Colfax Saves his Party from Defeat�Banks Chosen Speaker�Mr. Colfax's Great Speech on the Bogus Laws of Kansas�The Ball and Chain for Free Speech�Mr. Colfax Shows the Ball, and A. H. Stephens Holds it for him�Mr. Colfax Renominated Unanimously�His Remarkable Success in his own District�Useful Labors in Post Office Committee�Early for Lincoln for President�Mr. Colfax urged for Post Master General�His Usefulness as Speaker�The Qualifications for that Post�Mr. Colfax's Public Virtues. 	347
CHAPTER XI.�EDWIN M. STANTON.
Rebel Advantages at Opening of the War�They Knew all about the Army Officers�Early Contrast of Rebel Enthusiasm and Union Indifference�Importance of Mr. Stanton's Post�His Birth and Ancestry�His Education and Law Studies�County Attorney�State Reporter�Defends Mr. McNulty�Removes to Pittsburg�His Line of Business�The Wheeling Case�He Removes to Washington�His Qualifications as a Lawyer�He Enters Buchanan's Cabinet�His Unexpected Patriotism�His Own Account of the Cabinet at News of Anderson's Move to Sumter�The Lion before the Old Red Dragon�Appointed Secretary of War�"Bricks in his Pockets"�Stanton's Habitual Reserve�His Wrath�"The Angel Gabriel as Paymaster"�Anecdotes of Lincoln's Confidence in Stanton�Lincoln's Affection for him�The Burdens of his Office�His Kindness of Heart within a Rough Outside�The Country his Debtor. 	363
CHAPTER XII.�FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
The Opportunity for Every Man in a Republic�The Depth Below a White Man's Poverty�The Starting Point whence Fred Douglass Raised Himself�His Mother�Her Noble Traits�Her Self Denial for the sake of Seeing him�She Defends him against Aunt Katy�Her Death�Col. Loyd's Plantation�The Luxury of his own Mansion�The Organization of his Estate�"Old Master"�How they Punished the Women�How Young Douglass Philosophized on Being a Slave�Plantation Life�The Allowance of Food�The Clothes�An Average Plantation Day�Mr. Douglass' Experience as a Slave Child�The Slave Children's Trough�The Slave Child's Thoughts�The Melancholy of Slave Songs�He Becomes a House Servant�A Kind Mistress Teaches him to Read�How he Completed his Education�Effects of Learning to Read�Experiences Religion and Prays for Liberty�Learns to Write�Hires his Time, and Absconds�Becomes a Free Working-Man in New Bedford�Marries�Mr. Douglass on Garrison�Mr. Douglass' Literary Career. 	380
CHAPTER XIII.�PHILIP H. SHERIDAN.
Sheridan a Full-Blooded Irishman�The Runaway Horse�Constitutional Fearlessness�Sheridan Goes to West Point�Sheridan's Apprenticeship toxiii War�The Fight with the Apaches at Fort Duncan�He is Transferred to Oregon�Commands at Fort Yamhill in the Yokima Reservation�The Quarrel among the Yokimas�Sheridan Popular with Indians�He Thinks he has a Chance to be Major Some Day�Sheridan's Shyness with Ladies�He Employs a Substitute in Waiting on a Lady�Sheridan's Kindness and Efficiency in Office Work�He Becomes a Colonel of Cavalry�His Shrewd Defeat of Gen. Chalmers�Becomes Brigadier�The Kentucky Campaign against Bragg�Sheridan Saves the Battle of Perrysville�Saves the Battle of Murfreesboro�Gen. Rousseau on Sheridan's Fighting�Sheridan at Missionary Ridge�Joins Grant as Chief of Cavalry�His Raids around Lee�His Campaign in the Valley of Virginia�He Moves Across and Joins in the Final Operations�His Administration at New Orleans�Grant's Opinion of Sheridan. 	405
CHAPTER XIV.�WILLIAM T. SHERMAN.
The Result of Eastern Blood and Western Developments�Lincoln, Grant, Chase and Sherman Specimens of it�The Sherman Family Character�Hon. Thomas Ewing adopts Sherman�Character of the Boy�He Enters West Point�His Peculiar Traits Showing thus Early�How he Treated his "Pleb"�His Early Military Service�His Appearance as First Lieutenant�Marries and Resigns�Banker at San Francisco�Superintendent of Louisiana Military Academy�His Noble Letter Resigning the Superintendency�He Foresees a Great War�Cameron and Lincoln Think not�Sherman at Bull Run�He Goes to Kentucky�Wants Two Hundred Thousand Troops�The False Report of his Insanity�Joins Grant; His Services at Shiloh�Services in the Vicksburg Campaigns�Endurance of Sherman and his Army�Sherman's estimate of Grant�How to live on the Enemy�Prepares to move from Atlanta�The Great March�His Courtesy to the Colored People�His Foresight in War�Sherman on Office-Holding. 	423
CHAPTER XV.�OLIVER O. HOWARD.
Can there be a Christian Soldier?�General Howard's Birth�His Military Education�His Life Before the Rebellion�Resigns in Order to get into the Field�Made Brigadier for Good Conduct at Bull Run�Commands the Eleventh Corps and Joins the Army at Chattanooga�His Services in the Army of the Potomac�Extreme Calmness on the Field of Battle�Services with Sherman�Sherman's high Opinion of him�Col. Bowman's Admiration of Howard's Christian Observances�Patriotic Services while Invalided at Home�Reproves the Swearing Teamster�Placed over the Freedmen's Bureau�The Central Historic Fact of the War�The Rise of Societies to Help the Freedmen�The Work of the Freedmen's Bureau�Disadvantages Encountered by it, and by General Howard�Results of the Bureau thus far�Col. Bowman's Description of Gen. Howard's Duties�Gen. Sherman's Letter to Gen. Howard on Assuming the Post�Estimate of Gen. Howard's Abilities. 	447
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CHAPTER XVI.�WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM.
The Buckinghams an Original Puritan Family�Rev. Thomas Buckingham�Gov. Buckingham's Father and Mother�Lebanon, the Birthplace of Five Governors�Gov. Buckingham's Education�He Teaches School�His Natural Executive Tendency�His Business Career�His Extreme Punctuality in Payments�His Business and Religious Character�His Interest in the Churches and Schools�His Benefactions in those Directions�His Political Course�He Accepts Municipal but not Legislative Offices�A Member of the Peace Conference�He Himself Equips the First State Militia in the War�His Zealous Co-operation with the Government�Sends Gen. Aiken to Washington�The Isolation of that City from the North�Gov. Buckingham's Policy for the War; Letter to Mr. Lincoln�His Views on Emancipation; Letter to Mr. Lincoln�Anecdote of the Temperance Governor's Staff. 	463
CHAPTER XVII.�WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Birth and Ancestry of Wendell Phillips�His Education and Social Advantage�The Lovejoy Murder�Speech in Faneuil Hall�The Murder Justified�Mr. Phillips' First Speech�He Defends the Liberty of the Press�His Ideality�He Joins the Garrisonian Abolitionists�Gives up the Law and Becomes a Reformer�His Method and Style of Oratory�Abolitionists Blamed for the Boston Mob�Heroism of the Early Abolitionists�His Position in Favor of "Woman's Rights"�Anecdote of His Lecturing�His Services in the Cause of Temperance�Extract from His Argument on Prohibition�His Severity towards Human Nature�His Course During and Since the War�A Change of Tone Recommended. 	483
CHAPTER XVIII.�HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Mr. Beecher a Younger Child�Death of his Mother�His Step-Mother's Religious Influence�Ma'am Kilbourn's School�The Passing Bell�Unprofitable Schooling�An Inveterate School Joker�Masters the Latin Grammar�Goes to Amherst College�His Love of Flowers�Modes of Study; a Reformer�Mr. Beecher and the Solemn Tutor�His Favorite Poetry�His Introduction to Phrenology�His Mental Philosophy�Doctrine of Spiritual Intuition�Punctuality for Joke's Sake�Old School and New School�Doubts on Entering the Ministry�Settlement at Lawrenceburg�His Studies; First Revival�Large Accessions to the Church�"Tropical Style"�Ministerial Jokes�Slavery in the Pulpit�The Transfer to Brooklyn�Plymouth Church Preaching�Visit to England�Speeches in England�Letters from England�Christian View of England�The Exeter Hall Speech�Preaches an Unpopular Forgiveness. 	505





WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY
A SERIES OF SKETCHES DRAWN FROM SCRIPTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND LEGENDARY SOURCES
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
1874



CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

I. WOMEN OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGES.

1. Sarah the Princess.

2. Hagar the Slave.

3. Rebekah the Bride.

4. Leah and Rachel.

II. WOMEN OF THE NATIONAL PERIOD.

5. Miriam, Sister of Moses.

6. Deborah the Prophetess.

7. Delilah the Destroyer.

8. Jephtha's Daughter.

9. Hannah the Praying Mother.

10. Ruth the Moabitess.

11. The Witch of Endor.

12. Queen Esther.

13. Judith the Deliverer.

III. WOMEN OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA.

14. The Mythical Madonna.

15. Mary the Mother of Jesus.

16. The Daughter of Herodias.

17. The Woman of Samaria.

18. Mary Magdalene.

19. Martha and Mary.