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abroad during the winter of 1859-60.
The origin of the story is as follows: One evening, at a hotel in Florence, it was proposed that the various members of the party should write short stories and read them for the amusement of the company.
Mrs. Stowe took part in this literary contest, and the result was the first rough sketch of “Agnes of Sorrento.”
From this beginning was afterwards elaborated “Agnes of Sorrento,” with a dedication to Annie Howard, who was one of the party.
Not the least important event of the year to Mrs. Stowe, and the world at large through her instrumentality, was the publication in the Atlantic monthly of her reply to the address of the women of England.
The “reply” is substantially as follows:--
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