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[517] 56; Beecher reunion, 89; powerful sermons on slave question, 152; his sturdy character, H. W. Beecher's eulogy upon, 502; death and reunion with H. B. S.'s mother, 509.

Beecher, Mary, sister of H. B. S., 1; married, 55; letter to, 61; accompanies sister to Europe, 269; letters from H. B. S. to, on love for New England, 61; on visit to Windsor, 235.

Beecher, Roxanna Foote, mother of H. B. S., 1; her death, 2; strong, sympathetic nature, 2; reverence for the Sabbath, 3; sickness, death, and funeral, 4; influence in family strong even after death, 5; character described by H. W. Beecher, 502; H. B. S.'s resemblance to, 502.

Beecher, William, brother of H. B. S., 1; licensed to preach, 56.

Bell, Henry, English inventor of steamboat, 215.

Belloc, Mme., translates Uncle Tom, 247.

Belloc, M., to paint portrait of H. B. S., 241.

Bentley, London publisher, offers pay for Uncle Tom's Cabin, 202.

Betty's bright idea,” date of, 491.

Bible, 48; Uncle Tom's, 262; use and influence of, 263.

Bible Heroines, date of, 491.

Bibliography of H. B. S., 490.

Biography, H. B. S.'s remarks on writing and understanding, 126.

Birney, J. G., office wrecked, 81 et seq.; H. B. S.'s sympathy with, 84.

Birthday, seventieth, celebration of by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 500.

Blackwood's attack on Lady Byron, 448.

Blantyre, Lord, 230.

Bogue, David, 189-191.

Boston opens doors to slave-hunters, 144.

Boston Library, Prof. Stowe enjoys proximity to, 509.

Bowdoin College calls Prof. Stowe, 125, 129.

Bowen, H. C., 181.

Bruce. John, of Litchfield Academy, H. B. S.'s tribute to, 14; lectures on Butler's “Analogy,” 32.

Brigham, Miss, character of, 46.

Bright, John, letter to H. B. S. on her “Appeal to English women,” 389.

Brooklyn, Mrs. Stowe's visit to brother Henry in, 130; visit in 1852, when she helps the Edmonson slave family, 178-180; Beecher, H. W. called to, 476; Beecher trial in, 478.

Brown and the phantoms, 431.

Brown, John, bravery of, 380.

Browning, Mrs., on life and love, 52.

Browning, E. B., letter to H. B. S., 356; death of, 368, 370.

Browning, Robert and E. B, friendship with, 355.

Brunswick, Mrs. Stowe's love of, 184; revisited, 324.

Buck, Eliza, history of as slave, 201.

Bull, J. D. and family, make home for H. B. S. while at school in Hartford, 30, 31.

Bunsen, Chevalier, 233.

Bunyan's “Pilgrim's progress,” Prof. Stowe's love of, 437.

Burritt, Elihu, writes introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin, 192; calls on Mrs. Stowe, 223.

Butler's “Analogy,” study of, by H. B. S., 32.

Byron Controversy, 445; history of, 455; George Eliot on, 458; Dr. Holmes on, 455.

Byron, Lady, 239; letters from, 274, 281; makes donation to Kansas sufferers, 281; on power of words, 361; death of, 368, 370; her character assailed, 446; her first meeting with H. B. S., 447 dignity and calmness, 448; memoranda and letters about Lord Byron shown to Mrs. Stowe, 450; solemn interview with H. B. S., 453; letters to H. B. S. from, 274,

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