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.