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