INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD, 1811-1824.
CHAPTER II. SCHOOL DAYS IN HARTFORD, 1824-1832.
CHAPTER III CINCINNATI, 1832-1836.
CHAPTER IV. EARLY MARRIED LIFE, 1836-1840.
CHAPTER V. POVERTY AND SICKNESS, 1840-1850.
CHAPTER VI. REMOVAL TO BRUNSWICK, 1850-1852 .
CHAPTER VII. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1852.
CHAPTER VIII. FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE, 1853.
CHAPTER IX. SUNNY MEMORIES, 1853 .
CHAPTER X. FROM OVER THE SEA, 1853 .
CHAPTER XI. HOME AGAIN, 1853-1856 .
CHAPTER XII. DRED, 1856 .
CHAPTER XIII OLD SCENES REVISITED, 1856 .
CHAPTER XIV. THE MINISTER'S WOOING, 1857-1859.
CHAPTER XV. THE THIRD TRIP TO EUROPE, 1859 .
CHAPTER XVI. THE CIVIL WAR, 1860-1865 .
CHAPTER XVII. FLORIDA, 1865-1869.
CHAPTER XVIII. OLDTOWN FOLKS, 1869.
CHAPTER XIX. THE BYRON CONTROVERSY, 1869-1870 .
CHAPTER XX. GEORGE ELIOT.
CHAPTER XXI. CLOSING SCENES, 1870-1889 .
OYSTERS
BOUILLON
SOUP
FISH SOLES OR SMELTS COOKED WITH MAiTRE D'HOTEL SAUCE.
SHELL FISH MARYLAND TERRAPINS.
SAUCES SAUCE MOUSSELINE.
MEATS FILET OF BEEF.
SWEETBREADS SWEET-BREAD CROQUETTES.
POULTRY BOILED CHICKEN.
GAME WILD DUCK IN MARYLAND.
VEGETABLES VEGETABLE OYSTER.
EGGS PLAIN OMELET WITH EIGHT EGGS.
SALAD LOBSTER SALAD.
PRESERVES TOMATO CONSERVE.
PICKLES AND CATSUP PICKLED ONIONS.
CHEESE CHEESE FONDA.
PIES LEMON PIE.
PUDDING GRAHAM CHRISTMAS PUDDING.
CAKE SPONGE CAKE.
COOKIES HERMITS OR FRUIT COOKIES.
DESSERTS CREAMS JELLIES CUSTARDS PINEAPPLE SPONGE
ICE CREAM
CANDY CHOCOLATE CARAMELS.
PUNCH ROMAINE.
BEVERAGES EGG NOGG.
CHAFING DISH LOBSTER - LA NEWBURG.
CONTENTS BREAD.
LIFE OF
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
COMPILED FROM
Her Letters and Journals
BY HER SON
CHARLES EDWARD STOWE
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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1890
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.
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
1889
Harriet Beecher Stowe
