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Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, List of illustrations. (search)
List of illustrations. Portrait of Mrs. Stowe. From a crayon by Richmond, made in England in 1853Frontispiece Silver inkstand presented to Mrs. Stowe by her English admirers in 1853xi Portrait of Mrs. Stowe's grandmother, Roxanna Foote. From a miniature painted on ivory by her daughter, Mrs. Lyman Beecher6 Birthplace at Litchfield, Conn.10 Portrait of Catherine E. Beecher. From a photograph taken in 1875.30 The home at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati From recent photographs and from views in the Autobiography of Lyman Beecher, published by Messrs. Harper & Brothers.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. Allen186 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
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 1: childhood, 1811-1824. (search)
Chapter 1: 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. Harriet Beecher (Stowe) was born June 14, 1811, in the characteristic New England town of Litchfield, Conn. Her father was the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, a distinguished Calvinistic divine, her mother Roxanna Foote, his first wife. The little new-comer was ushered into a household of happy, healthy children, and found five brothers and sisters awaiting her. The eldest was Catherine, born September 6, 1800. Following her were two sturdy boys, William and Edward; then came Mary, then George, and at last Harriet. Another little Harriet born three years before had died when only one month old, and the fourth daughter was named, in memory of this sister, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. Just two years after Har
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 2: school days in Hartford, 1824-1832. (search)
prehend either Mrs. Stowe or her writings without some knowledge of the life and character of this remarkable woman, whose strong, vigorous mind and tremendous personality indelibly stamped themselves on the sensitive, yielding, dreamy, and poetic nature of the younger sister. Mrs. Stowe herself has said that the two persons who most strongly influenced her at this period of her life were her brother Edward and her sister Catherine. Catherine was the oldest child of Lyman Beecher and Roxanna Foote, his wife. In a little battered journal found among her papers is a short sketch of her life, written when she was seventy-six years of age. In a tremulous hand she begins : I was born at East Hampton, L. I., September 5, 1800, at 5 P. M., in the large parlor opposite father's study. Don't remember much about it myself. The sparkle of wit in this brief notice of the circumstances of her birth is very characteristic. All through her life little ripples of fun were continually pl
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Index. (search)
n, 506. Flowers, love of, 405, 406, 416, 469; painting, 469. Follen, Mrs., 197; letter from H. B. S. to, on her biography, 197. Foote, Harriet, aunt of H. B. S., 5; energetic English character, 6; teaches niece catechism, 6, 7. Foote, Mrs., Roxanna, grandmother of H. B. S., first visit to, 5-7; visit to in 1827, 38. Footfalls on the Boundary of another world, 464. Footsteps of the master, published, 491. Fraser's magazine on Uncle Tom's Cabin, 168; Helps's review of Uncle Toabor in establishing school, 65, 66; on education, 72; just before her marriage to Mr. Stowe, 76; on her early married life and housekeeping, 89; on birth of her son, 101; describing first railroad ride, 106; on her children, 119; her letter to Mrs. Foote, grandmother of H. B. S., 38; letters to H. B. S. from, 161, 268. Mayflower, the, 103, 158; revised and republished, 251; date of, 490. Melancholy, 118, 341; a characteristic of Prof. Stowe in childhood, 436. Men of Our Times, date of