THE WRITINGS
OF
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Riverside Edition

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTIONS
PORTRAITS, AND OTHER
ILLUSTRATIONS

IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES
VOLUME VIII

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO



HOUSEHOLD PAPERS
AND STORIES

BY
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1896

Copyright, 1868,
By TICKNOR & FIELDS.

Copyright, 1864, 1892, 1896,
By HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

Copyright, 1896,
By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

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