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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.
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.
CHAPTER VII.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1852.
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" AS A SERIAL IN THE "NATIONAL
ERA."--AN 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.
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

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
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
CHAPTER XI.
HOME AGAIN, 1853-1856.
ANTI-SLAVERY WORK.--STIRRING TIMES IN THE UNITED
STATES.--ADDRESS 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.
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.--HARLES KINGSLEY AT HOME.--PARIS
REVISITED.--MADAME MOHL'S RECEPTIONS
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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."
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 OF THE MATTER.
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.
CHAPTER XXI.
CLOSING SCENES, 1870-1889.
LITERARY LABORS.--COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLISHED
BOOKS.--FIRST READING TOUR.--PEEPS BEHIND THE
CURTAIN.--SOME