Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

INDEX.

Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob, [292].
Aberdeen, reception in, [221].
Abolition, English meetings in favor of, [389].
Abolition sentiment, growth of, [87].
Abolitionism made fashionable, [253].
Adams, John Quincy, crusade of, against slavery, [509];
holds floor of Congress fourteen days, [510];
his religious life and trust, [511];
died without seeing dawn of liberty, [511];
life and letters of, [510].
"Agnes of Sorrento," first draft of, [374];
date of, [490];
Whittier's praise of, [503].
"Alabama Planter," savage attack of, on H. B. S., [187].
Albert, Prince, Mrs. Stowe's letter to, [160];
his reply, [164];
meeting with, [271];
death, [368].
America, liberty in, [193];
Ruskin on, [354].
American novelist, Lowell on the, [330].
Andover, Mass., beauty of, [186];
Stowe family settled in, [188].
Anti-slavery cause: result of English demonstrations, [252];
letters to England, [160];
feeling dreaded in South, [172];
movement in Cincinnati, [81];
in Boston, [145];
Beecher family all anti-slavery men, [152].
"Arabian Nights," H. B. S.'s delight in, [9].
Argyll, Duke and Duchess of 229, [232];
warmth of, [239];
H. B. S. invited to visit, [270], [271];
death of father of Duchess, [368].
Argyll, Duchess of, letter from H. B. S. to, on England's attitude during our Civil War, [368];
on post bellum events, [395].
"Atlantic Monthly," contains "Minister's Wooing," [327];
Mrs. Stowe's address to women of England, [375];
"The True Story of Lady Byron's Life," [447], [453].
Bailey, Gamaliel, Dr., editor of "National Era," [157].
Bangor, readings in, [493].
Bates, Charlotte Fiske, reads a poem at Mrs. Stowe's seventieth birthday, [505].
Baxter's "Saints' Rest," has a powerful effect on H. B. S., [32].
Beecher, Catherine, eldest sister of H. B. S., [1];
her education of H. B. S., [22];
account of her own birth, [23];
strong influence over Harriet, [22];
girlhood of, [23];
teacher at New London, [23];
engagement, [23];
drowning of her lover, [23];
soul struggles after Prof. Fisher's death, [25], [26];
teaches in his family, [25];
publishes article on Free Agency, [26];
opens school at Hartford, [27];
solution of doubts while teaching, [28], [29];
her conception of Divine Nature, [28];
school at Hartford described by H. B. S., [29];
doubts about Harriet's conversion, [35];
hopes for "Hartford Female Seminary," [37];
letter to Edward about Harriet's doubts, [38];
note on Harriet's letter, [43];
new school at Cincinnati, [53], [64], et seq.;
visits Cincinnati with father, [54];
impressions of city, [54];
homesickness, [62];
at water cure, [113];
a mother to sister Harriet, [509];
letters to H. B. S. to, on her religious depression, [37];
on religious doubts, [322].
Beecher, Charles, brother of H. B. S., [2];
in college, [56];
goes to Florida, [402];
letters from H. B. S., on mother's death, [2]-[4], [49].
Beecher, Edward, Dr., brother of H. B. S., [1];
influence over her, [22], [25];
indignation against Fugitive Slave Act, [144];
efforts to arouse churches, [265];
letters from H. B. S. to, on early religious struggles, [36], [37];
on her feelings, [39];
on views of God, [42], [43], [44], [48];
on death of friends and relatives, and the writing of her life by her son Charles, [512].
Beecher, Esther, aunt of H. B. S., [53], [56], [57].
Beecher family, famous reunion of, [89];
circular letter to, [99].
Beecher, Frederick, H. B. S.'s half-brother, death of, [13].
Beecher, George, brother of H. B. S., [1];
visit to, [45];
enters Lane as student, [53];
music and tracts, [58];
account of journey to Cincinnati, [59];
sudden death, [108];
H. B. S. meets at Dayton one of his first converts, [499];
his letters cherished, [508].
Beecher, George, nephew of H. B. S., visit to, [498].
Beecher, Mrs. George, letter from H. B. S. to, describing new home, [133].
Beecher, Harriet E. first; death of, [1];
second, (H. B. S.) birth of, [1].
Beecher, Mrs. Harriet Porter, H. B. S.'s stepmother, [11];
personal appearance and character of, [11], [12];
pleasant impressions of new home and children, [12];
at Cincinnati, [62].
Beecher, Henry Ward, brother of H. B. S., birth of, [1];
anecdote of, after mother's death, [2];
first school, [8];
conception of Divine Nature, [28];
in college, [55];
H. B. S. attends graduation, [73];
editor of Cincinnati "Journal," [81];
sympathy with anti-slavery movement, [84], [85], [87];
at Brooklyn, [130];
saves Edmonson's daughters, [178];
H. B. S. visits, [364];
views on Reconstruction, [397];
George Eliot on Beecher trial, [472];
his character as told by H. B. S., [475];
love for Prof. Stowe, [475];
his youth and life in West, [476];
Brooklyn and his anti-slavery fight, [476];
Edmonsons and Plymouth Church, [477];
his loyalty and energy, [477];
his religion, [477];
popularity and personal magnetism, [478];
terrible struggle in the Beecher trial, [478];
bribery of jury, but final triumph, [479];
ecclesiastical trial of, [479];
committee of five appointed to bring facts, [479];
his ideal purity and innocence, [480];
power at death-beds and funerals, [480];
beloved by poor and oppressed, [481];
meets accusations by silence, prayer, and work, [481];
his thanks and speech at Stowe Garden Party, [501];
tribute to father, mother, and sister Harriet, [502];
death, [512].
Beecher, Isabella, H. B. S.'s half-sister, birth of, [13];
goes to Cincinnati, [53].
Beecher, James, H. B. S.'s half-brother, [45];
goes to Cincinnati, [53];
begins Sunday-school, [63].
Beecher, Rev. Dr. Lyman, H. B. Stowe's father, [1];
"Autobiography and Correspondence of," [2], [89];
verdict on his wife's remarkable piety, [3];
pride in his daughter's essay, [14];
admiration of Walter Scott, [25];
sermon which converts H. B. S., [33], [34];
accepts call to Hanover Street Church, Boston, [35];
president of Lane Theological Seminary, [53];
first journey to Cincinnati, [53];
removal and westward journey, [56] et seq.;
removes family to Cincinnati, [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], [282];
on "The Minister's Wooing," [343];
farewell to, [313], [339];
her confidences, [440];
Mrs. Stowe's counsels to, [451].
Byron, Lord, Mrs. Stowe on, [339];
she suspects his insanity, [450];
cheap edition of his works proposed, [453];
Recollections of, by Countess Guiccioli, [446];
his position as viewed by Dr. Holmes, [457];
evidence of his poems for and against him, [457].
"Cabin, The," literary centre, [185].
Cairnes, Prof., on the "Fugitive Slave Law," [146].
Calhoun falsifies census, [509].
Calvinism, J. R. Lowell's sympathy with, [335].
Cambridgeport, H. B. S. reads in, [491].
Carlisle, Lord, praises "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [164];
Mrs. Stowe's reply, [164];
writes introduction to "Uncle Tom," [192];
H. B. S. dines with, [228];
farewell to, [248];
letter from H. B. S. to on moral effect of slavery, [164];
letter to H. B. S. from, [218].
Cary, Alice and Phœbe, [157].
Casaubon and Dorothea, criticism by H. B. S. on, [471].
Catechisms, Church and Assembly, H. B. S.'s early study of, [6], [7].
Chapman, Mrs. Margaret Weston, [310].
Charpentier of Paris, publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [192];
eulogy of that work, [242].
Chase, Salmon P., [69], [85].
Chelsea, H. B. S. reads in, [492].
Chicago, readings in, [498].
Children of H. B. S., picture of three eldest, [90];
appeal to, by H. B. S. 157;
described by H. B. S., [198];
letters to, from H. B. S. on European voyage and impressions, [205];
on life in London, [228];
on meeting at Stafford House, [232];
on Vesuvius, [301], [416].
"Chimney Corner, The," date of, [490].
Cholera epidemic in Cincinnati, [120].
Christ, life of, little understood, [127];
communion with Him possible, [487];
love and faith in, [513];
study of his life, [418];
his presence all that remains now, [507];
his promises comfort the soul for separations by death, [486].
"Christian Union," contains observations by H. B. S. on spiritualism and Mr. Owen's books, [465].
Christianity and spiritualism, [487].
Church, the, responsible for slavery, [151].
Cincinnati, Lyman Beecher accepts call to, [53];
Catherine Beecher's impressions of, [54], [55];
Walnut Hills and Seminary, [54], [55];
famine in, [100];
cholera, [119];
sympathetic audience in, [498].
Civil War, Mrs. Stowe on causes of, [363].
Clarke & Co. on English success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [190];
offer author remuneration, [202].
Clay, Henry, and his compromise, [143].
Cogswell, Catherine Ledyard, school-friend of H. B. S., [31].
College of Teachers, [79].
Collins professorship, [129].
Colored people, advance of, [255].
Confederacy, A. H. Stephens on object of, [381].
Courage and cheerfulness of H. B. S., [473].
Cranch, E. P., [69].
Cruikshank illustrates "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [192].
"Daniel Deronda," appears, in "Harper's," [473];
his nature like H. W. Beecher's, [481];
admiration of Prof. Stowe for, [482].
Da Vinci's Last Supper, H. B. S.'s impressions of, [305].
Death of youngest-born of H. B. S., [124];
anguish at, [198].
Death, H. B. S. within sight of the River of, [513].
"Debatable Land between this World and the Next," [464].
Declaration of Independence, H. B. S.'s feeling about, [11];
death-knell to slavery, [141].
Degan, Miss, [32], [41], [46].
Democracy and American novelists, Lowell on, [329].
"De Profundis," motive of Mrs. Browning's, [357].
De Staël, Mme., and Corinne, [67].
Dickens, first sight of, [226];
J. R. Lowell on, [328].
"Dog's Mission, A," date of, [491].
Domestic service, H. B. S.'s trouble with, [200].
Doubters and disbelievers may find comfort in spiritualism, [487].
Doubts, religious, after death of eldest son, [321].
Douglass, Frederick, [254];
letters from H. B. S. to, on slavery, [149].
Drake, Dr., family physician, [63];
one of founders of "College of Teachers," [79].
"Dred," [266];
Sumner's letter on, [268];
Georgiana May on, [268];
English edition of, [270];
presented to Queen Victoria, [271];
her interest in, [277], [285];
demand for, in Glasgow, [273];
Duchess of Sutherland's copy, [276];
Low's sales of, [278], [279];
"London Times," on, [278];
English reviews on, severe, [279];
"Revue des Deux Mondes" on, [290];
Miss Martineau on, [309];
Prescott on, [311];
Lowell on, [334];
now "Nina Gordon," publication of, [490].
Dudevant, Madame. See Sand, George.
Dufferin, Lord and Lady, their love of American literature, [284], [285].
Dundee, meeting at, [222].
Dunrobin Castle, visit to, [276].
E——, letter from H. B. S. to, on breakfast at the Trevelyans', [234].
"Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline," [131].
East Hampton, L. I., birthplace of Catherine Beecher, [23].
Eastman, Mrs., writes a Southern reply to "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [163].
Edgeworth, Maria, [247].
Edinburgh, H. B. S. in, [216];
return to, [222].
Edmonson slave family; efforts to save, [179];
Mrs. Stowe educates and supports daughters, [179];
raises money to free mother and two slave children, [180].
Edmonson, death of Mary, [238].
Education, H. B. S.'s interest in, [72], [73].
Edwards, Jonathan, the power of, [406];
his treatise on "The Will," refuted by Catherine Beecher, [26].
Eliot, George, [419];
a good Christian, [420];
on psychical problems, [421];
on "Oldtown Folks," [443];
her despondency in "writing life" and longing for sympathy, [460];
on power of fine books, [461];
on religion, [462];
desires to keep an open mind on all subjects, [467];
on impostures of spiritualism, [467];
lack of "jollitude" in "Middlemarch," [471];
invited to visit America, [471];

sympathy with H. B. S. in Beecher trial, [472];
proud of Stowes' interest in her "spiritual children," [482];
on death of Mr. Lewes and gratitude for sympathy of H. B. S., [483];
a "woman worth loving," H. B. S.'s love for greater than her admiration, [475];
letters from H. B. S. to, on spiritualism, [463];
describes Florida nature and home, [468];
reply to letter of sympathy giving facts in the Beecher case, [473];
from Professor Stowe on spiritualism, [419];
letter to H. B. S. from, [421];
with sympathy on abuse called out by the Byron affair, [458];
on effect of letter of H. B. S. to Mrs. Follen upon her mind, [460];
on joy of sympathy, [460];
reply to letter on spiritualism, [466];
sympathy with her in the Beecher trial, [472].
Elmes, Mr., [57].
"Elms, The Old," H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday celebrated at, [500].
"Elsie Venner," Mrs. Stowe's praise of, [360], [362], [415].
Emancipation, Proclamation of, [384].
Emmons, Doctor, the preaching of, [25].
England and America compared, [177].
England, attitude of, in civil war, grief at, [369];
help of to America on slave question, [166], [174].
English women's address on slavery, [374];
H. B. S.'s reply in the "Atlantic Monthly," [374].
Europe, first visit to, [189];
second visit to, [268];
third visit to, [343].
Faith in Christ, [513].
Famine in Cincinnati, [100].
Fiction, power of, [216].
Fields, Mrs. Annie, in Boston, [470];
her tribute to Mrs. Stowe's courage and cheerfulness, [473];
George Eliot's mention of, [483];
her poem read at seventieth birthday, [505].
Fields, Jas. T., Mr. and Mrs., visit of H. B. S. to, [492].
Fisher, Prof. Alexander Metcalf, [23];
engagement to Catherine Beecher, [23];
sails for Europe, [23], [24];
his death by drowning in shipwreck of Albion, [24];
Catherine Beecher's soul struggles, over his future fate, [25];
influence of these struggles depicted in "The Minister's Wooing," [25].
Florence, Mrs. Stowe's winter in, [349].
Florida, winter home in Mandarin, [401];
like Sorrento, [463];
wonderful growth of nature, [468];
how H. B. S.'s house was built, [469];
her happy life in, [474];
longings for, [482];
her enjoyment of happy life of the freedmen in, [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 Tom's Cabin," [175].
"Free Agency," Catherine Beecher's refutation of Edwards on "The Will," [26].
French critics, high standing of, [291].
Friends, love for, [51];
death of, [410];
death of old, whose letters are cherished, [508];
death of, takes away a part of ourselves, [485].
Friendship, opinion of, [50].
Fugitive Slave Act, suffering caused by, [144];
Prof. Cairnes on, [146];
practically repealed, [384].
Future life, glimpses of, leave strange sweetness, [513].
Future punishment, ideas of, [340].
Garrison, W. L., to Mrs. Stowe on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [161];
in hour of victory, [396];
his "Liberator," [261];
sent with H. W. Beecher to raise flag on Sumter, [477];
letters to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [161];
on slavery, [251]-[262];
on arousing the church, [265].
Gaskell, Mrs., at home, [312].
Geography, school, written by Mrs. Stowe, [65] note, [158].
Germany's tribute to "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [195].
Gladstone, W. E., [233].
Glasgow, H. B. S. visits, [210];
Anti-slavery Society of, [174], [189], [213].
Glasgow Anti-slavery Society, letter from H. B. S. to, [251].
God, H. B. S.'s views of, [30], [42], [43], [46], [47];
trust in, [112], [132], [148], [341];
doubts and final trust in, [321], [396];
his help in time of need, [496].
Goethe and Mr. Lewes, [420];
Prof. Stowe's admiration of, [420].
Goldschmidt, Madame. See Lind, Jenny.
Görres on spiritualism and mysticism, [412], [474].
Grandmother, letter from H. B. S. to, on breaking up of Litchfield home, [35];
on school life in Hartford, [41].
Granville, Lord, [233].
"Gray's Elegy," visit to scene of, [236].
Guiccioli, Countess, "Recollections of Lord Byron," [446].
Hall, Judge James, [68], [69].
Hallam, Arthur Henry, [235].
Hamilton and Manumission Society, [141].
Harper & Brothers reprint Guiccioli's "Recollections of Byron," [446].
Hartford, H. B. S. goes to school at, [21];
the Stowes make their home at, [373].
Harvey, a phantom, [430].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [353];
letter on, [187];
on slavery, [394];
letter to H. B. S. on, from English attitude towards America, [394].
Health, care of, [115].
Heaven, belief in, [59].
Helps, Arthur, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [175];
meets H. B. S., [229];
letter from H. B. S. to, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [175].
Henry, Patrick, on slavery, [141].
Hentz, Mrs. Caroline Lee, [69], [80].
Higginson, T. W., letter to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [162].
"History, The, of the Byron Controversy," [490].
Holmes, O. W., correspondence with, [360], et seq.;
attacks upon, [361];
H. B. S. asks advice from, about manner of telling facts in relation to Byron Controversy, [452], [454];
sends copy of "Lady Byron Vindicated" to, [454];
on facts of case, [455];
on sympathy displayed in his writings, [411];
poem on H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday, [503];
tribute to Uncle Tom, [504];
letters from H. B. S. to, [359], [410];
on "Poganuc People," [414];
asking advice about Byron Controversy and article for "Atlantic Monthly," [452];
letters to H. B. S. from, [360], [409];
on facts in the Byron Controversy, [456].
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., celebrate H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday, [500].
Houghton, H. O., presents guests to H. B. S., on celebration of seventieth birthday, [500];
address of welcome by, [501].
"House and Home Papers" published, [490].
Howitt, Mary, calls on H. B. S., [231].
Human life, sacredness of, [193].
Human nature in books and men, [328].
Hume and mediums, [419].
Humor of Mrs. Stowe's books, George Eliot on, [462].
Husband and wife, sympathy between, [105].
Idealism versus Realism, Lowell on, [334].
"Independent," New York, work for, [186];
Mrs. Browning reads Mrs. Stowe in, [357].
Inverary Castle, H. B. S.'s, visit to, [271].
Ireland's gift to Mrs. Stowe, [248].
Jefferson, Thomas, on slavery, [141].
Jewett, John P., of Boston, publisher of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [158].
Kansas Nebraska Bill, [255];
urgency of question, [265].
"Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" projected, [174];
written, [188]; contains facts, [203];
read by Pollock, [226];
by Argyll, [239];
sickness caused by, [252];
sale, [253];
facts woven into "Dred," [266];
date of in chronological list, [490].
Kingsley, Charles, upon effect of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [196];
visit to, [286];
letters to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [196], [218].
Kossuth, on freedom, [195];
Mrs. Stowe calls upon, [237].
Labouchere, Lady Mary, visit to, [283].
"Lady Byron Vindicated," [454];
date, [490].
Letters, circular, writing of, a custom in the Beecher family, [99];
H. B. S.'s love of, [62], [63];
H. B. S.'s peculiar emotions on re-reading old, [507].
Lewes, G. H., George Eliot's letter after death of, [483].
Lewes, Mrs. G. H. See Eliot, George, [325].
"Library of Famous Fiction," date of, [491].
"Liberator," The, [261];
and Bible, [263];
suspended after the close of civil war, [396].
Lincoln and slavery, [380];
death of, [398].
Lind, Jenny, liberality of, [181];
H. B. S. attends concert by, [182];
letter to H. B. S. from, on her delight in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [183];
letters from H. B. S. to, with appeal for slaves, [183], [184].
Litchfield, birthplace of H. B. S., [1];
end of her child-life in, [21];
home at broken up, [35].
Literary labors, early, [15]-[21];
prize story, [68];
club essays, [69]-[71];
contributor to "Western Monthly Magazine," [81];
school geography, [65];
described in letter to a friend, [94];
price for, [103];
fatigue caused by, [489];
length of time passed in, with list of books written, [490].
Literary work versus domestic duties, [94] et seq., [139];
short stories—"New Year's Story" for "N. Y. Evangelist," [146];
"A Scholar's Adventures in the Country" for "Era," [146].
Literature, opinion of, [44].
"Little Pussy Willow," date of, [491].
Liverpool, warm reception of H. B. S. at, [207].
London poor and Southern slaves, [175].
London, first visit to, [225];
second visit to, [281].
Longfellow, H. W., congratulations of, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [161];
letter on, [187];
Lord Granville's likeness to, [233];
letters to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [161].
Love, the impulse of life, [51], [52].
Lovejoy, J. P., murdered, [143], [145];
aided by Beechers, [152].
Low, Sampson, on success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" abroad, [189].
Low, Sampson & Co. publish "Dred," [269];
their sales, [279].
Lowell, J. R., Duchess of Sutherland's interest in, [277];
less known in England than he should be, [285];
on "Uncle Tom," [327];
on Dickens and Thackeray, [327], [334];
on "The Minister's Wooing," [330], [333];
on idealism, [334];
letter to H. B. S. from, on "The Minister's Wooing," [333].
Macaulay, [233], [234].
McClellan, Gen., his disobedience to the President's commands, [367].
"Magnalia," Cotton Mather's, a mine of wealth to H. B. S., [10];
Prof. Stowe's interest in, [427].
Maine law, curiosity about in England, [229].
Mandarin, Mrs. Stowe at, [403];
like Sorrento, [463];
how her house was built, [469];
her happy out-door life in, relieved from domestic care, [474];
longings for home at, [492];
freedmen's happy life in South, [506].
Mann, Horace, makes a plea for slaves, [159].
Martineau, Harriet, letter to H. B. S. from, [208].
May, Georgiana, school and life-long friend of H. B. S., [31], [32];
Mrs. Sykes, [132];
her ill-health and farewell to H. B. S., [268];
letters from H. B. S. to, [44], [49], [50];
account of westward journey, [56];
on labor 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, [410].
"Middlemarch," H. B. S. wishes to read, [468];
character of Casaubon in, [471].
Milman, Dean, [234].
Milton's hell, [303].
"Minister's Wooing, The," soul struggles of Mrs. Marvyn, foundation of incident, [25];
idea of God in, [29];
impulse for writing, [52];
appears in "Atlantic Monthly," [326];
Lowell, J. R. on, [327], [330], [333];
Whittier on, [327];
completed, [332];
Ruskin on, [336];
undertone of pathos, [339];
visits England in relation to, [343];
date of, [490];
"reveals warm heart of man" beneath the Puritan in Whittier's poem, [502].
Missouri Compromise, [142], [257];
repealed, [379].
Mohl, Madame, and her salon, [291].
Money-making, reading as easy a way as any of, [494].
Moral aim in novel-writing, J. R. Lowell on, [333].
"Mourning Veil, The," [327].
"Mystique La," on spiritualism, [412].
Naples and Vesuvius, [302].
"National Era," its history, [157];
work for, [186].
Negroes, petition from, presented by J. Q. Adams, [510].
New England, Mrs. Stowe's knowledge of, [332];
in "The Minister's Wooing," [333];
life pictured in "Oldtown Folks," [444].
New London, fatigue of reading at, [496].
Newport, tiresome journey to, on reading tour, [497].
Niagara, impressions of, [75].
Normal school for colored teachers, [203].
"North American Review" on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [254].
North versus South, England on, [388], [391].
Norton, C. E., Ruskin on the proper home of, [354].
"Observer, New York," denunciation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [168], [172].
"Oldtown Fireside Stories," [438];
strange spiritual experiences of Prof. Stowe, [438];
Sam Lawson a real character, [439];
relief after finishing, [489];
date of in chronological list, [491];
in Whittier's poem on seventieth birthday "With Old New England's flavor rife," [503].
"Oldtown Folks," [404];
Prof. Stowe original of "Harry" in, [421];
George Eliot on its reception in England, [443], [461], [463];
picture of N. E. life, [444];
date of, [490];
Whittier's praise of, "vigorous pencil-strokes" in poem on seventieth birthday, [503].
Orthodoxy, [335].
"Our Charley," date of, [490].
Owen, Robert Dale, his "Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World" and "The Debatable Land between this World and the Next," [464];
H. B. S. wishes George Eliot to meet, [464].
Palmerston, Lord, meeting with, [232].
"Palmetto Leaves" published, [405];
date, [491].
Papacy, The, [358].
Paris, first visit to, [241];
second visit, [286].
Park, Professor Edwards A., [186].
Parker, Theodore, on the Bible and Jesus, [264].
Paton, Bailie, host of Mrs. Stowe, [211].
Peabody, pleasant reading in, [496];
Queen Victoria's picture at, [496].
"Pearl of Orr's Island, The," [186], [187];
first published, [327];
Whittier's favorite, [327];
date of, [490].
"Pebbles from the Shores of a Past Life," a review of her life proposed to be written by H. B. S. with aid of son Charles, [512].
Phantoms seen by Professor Stowe, [425].
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, writes poem on H. B. S.'s seventieth birthday, [505].
"Philanthropist, The," anti-slavery paper, [81], [87].
Phillips, Wendell, attitude of after war, [396].
"Pink and White Tyranny," date of, [491].
Plymouth Church, saves Edmonson's daughters, [179];
slavery and, [477];
clears Henry Ward Beecher by acclamation, [478];
calls council of Congregational ministers and laymen, [479];
council ratifies decision of Church, [479];
committee of five appointed to bring facts which could be proved, [479];
missions among poor particularly effective at time of trial, [481].
"Poganuc People," [413];
sent to Dr. Holmes, [414];
date of, [491].
Pollock, Lord Chief Baron, [226].
Poor, generosity of touches H. B. S., [219].
Portland, H. B. S.'s friends there among the past, [494];
her readings in, [493].
Portraits of Mrs. Stowe, [231];
Belloc to paint, [241];
untruth of, [288].
Poverty in early married life, [198].
Prescott, W. H., letter to H. B, S. from, on "Dred,"

[311].
"Presse, La," on "Dred," [291].
Providential aid in sickness, [113].
"Queer Little People," date of, [490].
Reading and teaching, [139].
Religion and humanity, George Eliot on, [462].
"Religious poems," date of, [490].
"Revue des Deux Mondes" on "Dred," [290].
Riots in Cincinnati and anti-slavery agitation, [85].
Roenne, Baron de, visits Professor Stowe, [102].
Roman politics in 1861, [358].
Rome, H. B. S.'s journey to, [294];
impressions of, [300].
Ruskin, John, letters to H. B. S. from, on "The Minister's Wooing," [336];
on his dislike of America, but love for American friends, [354].
Ruskin and Turner, [313].
Saint-Beuve, H. B. S.'s liking for, [474].
Sales, Francis de, H. W. Beecher compared with, [481].
Salisbury, Mr., interest of in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [191].
Salons, French, [289].
Sand, George, reviews "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [196].
Scotland, H. B. S.'s first visit to, [209].
Scott, Walter, Lyman Beecher's opinion of, when discussing novel-reading, [25];
monument in Edinburgh, [217].
Sea, H. B. S.'s nervous horror of, [307].
Sea-voyages, H. B. S. on, [205].
Semi-Colon Club, H. B. S. becomes a member of, [68].
Shaftesbury, Earl of, letter of, to Mrs. Stowe, [170].
Shaftesbury, Lord, to H. B. S., letter from, [170];
letter from H. B. S. to, [170];
America and, [369].
Skinner, Dr., [57].
Slave, aiding a fugitive, [93].
Slave-holding States on English address, [378];
intensity of conflict in, [379].
Slavery, H. B. S.'s first notice of, [71];
anti-slavery agitation, [81];
death-knell of, [141];
Jefferson, Washington, Hamilton, and Patrick Henry on, [141];
growth of, [142];
résumé of its history, [143];
responsibility of church for, [151];
Lord Carlisle's opinion on, [164];
moral effect of, [165];
sacrilege of, [193];
its past and future, [194];
its injustice, [255];
its death-blow; 370;
English women's appeal against, [375];
J. Q. Adams' crusade against, [509];
gone forever, [506].
Slaves, H. B. S.'s work for and sympathy with, [152];
family sorrows of, [318].
Smith, Anna, helper to Mrs. S., [115];
note, [200].
Soul, immortality of, H. B. S.'s essay written at age of twelve: first literary production, [15]-[21];
Addison's remarks upon, [18];
Greek and Roman idea of immortality, [20];
light given by Gospel, [20], [21];
Christ on, [109].
South, England's sympathy with the, [370], [386].
South Framingham, good audience at reading in, [495].
"Souvenir, The," [105].
Spiritualism, Mrs. Stowe on, [350], [351], [464];
Mrs. Browning on, [356];
Holmes, O. W., on, [411];
"La Mystique" and Görres on, [412], [474];
Professor Stowe's strange experiences in, [420], [423];
George Eliot on psychical problems of, [421];
on "Charlatanerie" connected with, [467];
Robert Dale Owen on, [464];
Goethe on, [465];
H. B. S.'s letter to George Eliot on, [466];
her mature views on, [485];
a comfort to doubters and disbelievers, [487];
from Christian standpoint, [487].
Stafford House meeting, [233].
Stephens, A. H., on object of Confederacy, [381].
Storrs, Dr. R. S., [181].
Stowe, Calvin E., [56];
death of first wife, [75];
his engagement to Harriet E. Beecher, [76];
their marriage, [76], [77];
his work in Lane Seminary, [79];
sent by the Seminary to Europe on educational matters, [80];
returns, [88];
his Educational Report presented, [89];
aids a fugitive slave, [93];
strongly encourages his wife in her literary aspirations, [102], [105];
care of the sick students in Lane Seminary, [107];
is "house-father" during his wife's illness and absence, [113];
goes to water cure after his wife's return from the same, [119];
absent from Cincinnati home at death of youngest child, [124];
accepts the Collins Professorship at Bowdoin, [125];
gives his mother his reasons for leaving Cincinnati, [128];
remains behind to finish college work, while wife and three children leave for Brunswick, Me., [129];
resigns his professorship at Bowdoin, and accepts a call to Andover, [184];
accompanies his wife to Europe, [205];
his second trip with wife to Europe, [269];
sermon after his son's death, [322];
great sorrow at his bereavement, [324];
goes to Europe for the fourth time, [345];
resigns his position at Andover, [373];
in Florida, [403];
failing health, [417];
his letter to George Eliot, [420];
H. B. S. uses his strange experiences in youth as material for her picture of "Harry" in "Oldtown Folks," [421];
the psychological history of his strange child-life, [423];
curious experiences with phantoms, and good and bad spirits, [427];
visions of fairies, [435];
love of reading, [437];
his power of character-painting shown in his description of a visit to his relatives, [439];
George Eliot's mental picture of his personality, [461];
enjoys life and study in Florida, [463];
his studies on Prof. Görres' book, "Die Christliche Mystik," and its relation to his own spiritual experience, [474];
love for Henry Ward Beecher returned by latter, [475];
absorbed in "Daniel Deronda," [482];
"over head and ears in diablerie," [484];
fears he has not long to live, [491];
dull at wife's absence on reading tour, [496];
enjoys proximity to Boston Library, and "Life of John Quincy Adams," [509];
death, [512] and note;
letters from H. B. S. to, [80], [106];
on her illness, [112], [114], [117];
on cholera epidemic in Cincinnati, [120];
on sickness, death of son Charley, [122];
account of new home, [133];
on her writings and literary aspirations, [146];
on success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [162];
on her interest in the Edmonson slave family, [180];
on life in London, [238];
on visit to the Duke of Argyle, [271];
from Dunrobin Castle, [275];
on "Dred," [282];
other letters from abroad, [282];
on life in Paris, [286];
on journey to Rome, [294];
on impressions of Rome, [300];
on Swiss journey, [348];
from Florence, [349];
from Paris, [353];
on farewell to her soldier son, [364];
visit to Duchess of Argyle, [366];
on her reading tour, [491];
on his health and her enforced absence from him, [492];
on reading, at Chelsea, [492];
at Bangor and Portland, [493];
at South Framingham and Haverhill, [495];
Peabody, [496];
fatigue at New London reading, [496];
letters from to H. B. S. on visit to his relatives and description of home life, [440];
to mother on reasons for leaving the West, [128];
to George Eliot, [420];
to son Charles, [345].
Stowe, Charles E., seventh child of H. B. S., birth of, [139];
at Harvard, [406];
at Bonn, [412];
letter from Calvin E. Stowe to, [345];
letter from H. B. S. to, on her school life, [29];
on "Poganuc People," [413];
on her readings in the West, [497];
on selection of papers and letters for her biography, [507];
on interest of herself and Prof. Stowe in life and anti-slavery career of John Quincy Adams, [509].
Stowe, Eliza Tyler (Mrs. C. E.), death of, [75];
twin daughter of H. B. S., [88].
Stowe, Frederick William, second son of H. B. S., [101];
enlists in First Massachusetts, [364];
made lieutenant for bravery, [366];
mother's visit to, [367];
severely wounded, [372];
subsequent effects of the wound, never entirely recovers, his disappearance and unknown fate, [373];
ill-health after war, Florida home purchased for his sake, [399].
Stowe, Georgiana May, daughter of H. B. S., birth of, [108];
family happy in her marriage, [399];
letter from H. B. S. to, [340].
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, birth and parentage of, [1];
first memorable incident, the death of her mother, [2];
letter to her brother Charles on her mother's death, [2];
incident of the tulip bulbs and mother's gentleness, [2];
first journey a visit to her grandmother, [5];
study of catechisms under her grandmother and aunt, [6];
early religious and Biblical reading, [8];
first school at the age of five, [8];
hunger after mental food, [9];
joyful discovery of "The Arabian Nights," in the bottom of a barrel of dull sermons, [9];
reminiscences of reading in father's library, [10];
impression made by the Declaration of Independence, [11];
appearance and character of her stepmother, [11], [12];
healthy, happy child-life, [13];
birth of her half-sister Isabella and H. B. S.'s care of infant, [14];
early love of writing, [14];
her essay selected for reading at school exhibitions, [14];
her father s pride in essay, [15];
subject of essay, arguments for belief in the Immortality of the Soul, [15]-[21];
end of child-life in Litchfield, [21];
goes to sister Catherine's school at Hartford, [29];
describes Catherine Beecher's school in letter to son, [29];
her home with the Bulls, [30], [31];
school friends, [31], [32];
takes up Latin, her study of Ovid and Virgil, [32];
dreams of being a poet and writes "Cleon," a drama, [32];
her conversion, [33], [34];
doubts of relatives and friends, [34], [35];
connects herself with First Church, Hartford, [36];
her struggle with rigid theology, [36];
her melancholy and doubts, [37], [38];
necessity of cheerful society, [38];
visit to grandmother, [38];
return to Hartford, [41];
interest in painting lessons, [41];
confides her religious doubts to her brother Edward, [42];
school life in Hartford, [46];
peace at last, [49];
accompanies her father and family to Cincinnati, [53];
describes her journey, [56];
yearnings for New England home, [60];
ill-health and depression, [64];
her life in Cincinnati and teaching at new school established by her sister Catherine and herself, [65];
wins prize for short story, [68];
joins "Semicolon Club," [68];
slavery first brought to her personal notice, [71];
attends Henry Ward Beecher's graduation, [73];
engagement, [76];
marriage, [76];
anti-slavery agitation, [82];
sympathy with Birney, editor of anti-slavery paper in Cincinnati, [84];
birth of twin daughters, [88];
of her third child, [89];
reunion of the Beecher family, [89];
housekeeping versus literary work, [93];
birth of second son, [101];
visits Hartford, [102];
literary work encouraged, [102], [105];
sickness in Lane Seminary, [107];
death of brother George, [108];
birth of third daughter, [108];
protracted illness and poverty, [110];
seminary struggles, [110];
goes to water cure, [113];
returns home, [118];
birth of sixth child, [118];
bravery in cholera epidemic, [120];
death of youngest child Charles, [123];
leaves Cincinnati, [125];
removal to Brunswick, [126];
getting settled, [134];
husband arrives, [138];
birth of seventh child, [139];
anti-slavery feeling aroused by letters from Boston, [145];
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," first thought of, [145];
writings for papers, [147];
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" appears as a serial, [156];
in book form, [159];
its wonderful success, [160];
praise from Longfellow, Whittier, Garrison, Higginson, [161];
letters from English nobility, [164], et seq.;
writes "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," [174], [188];
visits Henry Ward in Brooklyn, [178];
raises money to free Edmondson family, [181];
home-making at Andover, [186];
first trip to Europe, [189], [205];
wonderful success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" abroad, [189];
her warm reception at Liverpool, [207];
delight in Scotland, [209];
public reception and tea-party at Glasgow, [212];
warm welcome from Scotch people, [214];
touched by the "penny offering" of the poor for the slaves, [219];
Edinburgh soirée, [219];
meets English celebrities at Lord Mayor's dinner in London, [226];
meets English nobility, [229];
Stafford House, [232];
breakfast at Lord Trevelyan's, [234];
Windsor, [235];
presentation of bracelet, [233];
of inkstand, [240];
Paris, first visit to, [241];
en route for Switzerland, [243];
Geneva and Chillon, [244];
Grindelwald to Meyringen, [245];
London, en route for America, [247];
work for slaves in America, [250];
correspondence with Garrison, [261], et seq.;
"Dred," [266];
second visit to Europe, [268];
meeting with Queen Victoria, [270];
visits Inverary Castle, [271];
Dunrobin Castle, [275];
Oxford and London, [280];
visits the Laboucheres, [283];
Paris, [289];
en route to Rome, [294];
Naples and Vesuvius, [301];
Venice and Milan, [305];
homeward journey and return, [306], [314];
death of oldest son, [315];
visits Dartmouth, [319];
receives advice from Lowell on "The Pearl of Orr's Island," [327];
"The Minister's Wooing," [327], [330], [334];
third trip to Europe, [342];
Duchess of Sutherland's warm welcome, [346];
Switzerland, [348];
Florence, [349];
Italian journey, [352];
return to America, [353];
letters from Ruskin, Mrs. Browning, Holmes, [353], [362];
bids farewell to her son, [364];
at Washington, [366];
her son wounded at Gettysburg, [372];
his disappearance, [373];
the Stowes remove to Hartford, [373];
Address to women of England on slavery, [374];
winter home in Florida, [401];
joins the Episcopal Church, [402];
erects schoolhouse and church in Florida, [404];
"Palmetto, Leaves," [405];
"Poganuc People," [413];
warm reception at South, [415];
last winter in Florida, [417];
writes "Oldtown Folks," [404];
her interest in husband's strange spiritual experiences, [438];
H. B. S. justifies her action in Byron Controversy, [445];
her love and faith in Lady Byron, [449];
reads Byron letters, [450];
counsels silence and patience to Lady Byron, [451];
writes "True Story of Lady Byron's Life," [447], [453];
publishes "Lady Byron Vindicated," [454];
"History of the Byron Controversy," [455];
her purity of motive in this painful matter, [455];
George Eliot's sympathy with her in Byron matter, [458];
her friendship with George Eliot dates from letter shown by Mrs. Follen, [459], [460];
describes Florida life and peace to George Eliot, [463];
her interest in Mr. Owen and spiritualism, [464];
love of Florida life and nature, [468];
history of Florida home, [469];
impressions of "Middlemarch," [471];
invites George Eliot to come to America, [472];
words of sympathy on Beecher trial from George Eliot, and Mrs. Stowe's reply, [473];
her defense of her brother's purity of life, [475];
Beecher trial drawn on her heart's blood, [480];
her mature views on spiritualism, [484];
her doubts of ordinary manifestations, [486];
soul-cravings after dead friends satisfied by Christ's promises, [486];
chronological list of her books, [490];
accepts offer from N. E. Lecture Bureau to give readings from her works, [491];
gives readings in New England, [491], et seq.;
warm welcome in Maine, [493];
sympathetic audiences in Massachusetts, [495];
fatigue of traveling and reading at New London, [496];
Western reading tour, [497];
"fearful distances and wretched trains," [498];
seventieth anniversary of birthday celebrated by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., [500];
H. O. Houghton's welcome, [501];
H. W. Beecher's reply and eulogy on sister, [502];
Whittier's poem at seventieth birthday, [502];
Holmes' poem, [503];
other poems of note written for the occasion, [505];
Mrs. Stowe's thanks, [505];
joy in the future of the colored race, [506];
reading old letters and papers, [507];
her own letters to Mr. Stowe and letters from friends, [508];
interest in Life of John Quincy Adams and his crusade against slavery, [510];
death of husband, [512] and note;
of Henry Ward Beecher, [512];
thinks of writing review of her life aided by son, under title of "Pebbles from the Shores of a Past Life," [512];
her feelings on the nearness of death, but perfect trust in Christ, [513]; glimpses
of the future life leave a strange sweetness in her mind, [513].
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, twin daughter of H. B. S., [88].
Stowe, Henry Ellis, first son of H. B. S., [89];

goes to Europe, [269];
returns to enter Dartmouth, [278];
death of, [315];
his character, [317];
his portrait, [320];
mourning for, [341], [350].
Stowe, Samuel Charles, sixth child of H. B. S., birth of, [118];
death of, [124];
anguish at loss of, [198];
early death of, [508].
Study, plans for a, [104].
Sturge, Joseph, visit to, [223].
Suffrage, universal, H. W. Beecher advocate of, [477].
Sumner, Charles, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [196];
letter to H. B. S. from, [268].
Sumter, Fort, H. W. Beecher raises flag on, [477].
"Sunny Memories," [251];
date of, [491].
Sutherland, Duchess of, [188], [218];
friend to America, [228];
at Stafford House presents gold bracelet, [233];
visit to, [274], [276];
fine character, [277];
sympathy with on son's death, [319];
warm welcome to H. B. S., [346];
death of, [410];
letters from H. B. S. to, on "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," [188];
on death of eldest son, [315].
Sutherland, Lord, personal appearance of, [232].
Swedenborg, weary messages from spirit-world of, [486].
Swiss Alps, visit to, [244];
delight in, [246].
Swiss interest in "Uncle Tom," [244].
Switzerland, H. B. S. in, [348].
Sykes, Mrs. See May, Georgiana.
Talfourd, Mr. Justice, [226].
Thackeray, W. M., Lowell on, [328].
Thanksgiving Day in Washington, freed slaves celebrate, [387].
"Times, London," on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [168];
on Mrs. Stowe's new dress, [237];
on "Dred," [278];
Miss Martineau's criticism on, [310].
Titcomb, John, aids H. B. S. in moving, [137].
Tourgée, Judge A. W., his speech at seventieth birthday, [505].
Trevelyan, Lord and Lady, [231];
breakfast to Mrs. Stowe, [234].
Triqueti, Baron de, models bust of H. B. S., [289].
Trowbridge, J. T., writes on seventieth birthday, [505].
"True Story of Lady Byron's Life, The," in "Atlantic Monthly," [447].
Tupper, M. F., calls on H. B. S., [231].
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," description of Augustine St. Clair's mother's influence a simple reproduction of Mrs. Lyman Beecher's influence, [5];
written under love's impulse, [52];
fugitives' escape, foundation of story, [93];
popular conception of author of, [127];
origin and inspiration of, [145];
Prof. Cairnes on, [146];
Uncle Tom's death, conception of, [148];
letter to Douglas about facts, [149];
appears in the "Era," [149], [156];
came from heart, [153];
a religious work, object of, [154];
its power, [155];
begins a serial in "National Era," [156];
price paid by "Era," [158];
publisher's offer, [158];
first copy of books sold, [159];
wonderful success, [160];
praise from Longfellow, Whittier, Garrison, and Higginson, [161], [162];
threatening letters, [163];
Eastman's, Mrs., rejoinder to, [163];
reception in England, "Times," on, [168];
political effect of, [168], [169];
book under interdict in South, [172];
"Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," [174], [188];
Jenny Lind's praise of, [183];
attack upon, [187];
Sampson Low upon its success abroad, [189];
first London publisher, [189];
number of editions sold in Great Britain and abroad, [190];
dramatized in U.S. and London, [192];
European edition, preface to, [192];
fact not fiction, [193];
translations of, [195];
German tribute to, [195];
George Sand's review, [196];
remuneration for, [202];
written with heart's blood, [203];
Swiss interest in, [244], [245];
Mme. Belloc translates, [247];
"North American Review" on, [254];
in France, [291];
compared with "Dred," [285], [309];
J. R. Lowell on, [327], [330];
Mrs. Stowe rereads after war, [396];
later books compared with, [409];
H. W. Beecher's approval of, [476];
new edition with introduction sent to George Eliot, [483];
date of, [490];
Whittier's mention of, in poem on seventieth birthday, [502];
Holmes' tribute to, in poem on same occasion, [504].
Upham, Mrs., kindness to H. B. S., [133];
visit to, [324].
Venice, [304].
Victoria, Queen, H. B. S.'s interview with, [270];
gives her picture to Geo. Peabody, [496].
Vizetelly, Henry, first London publisher of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [189], [191].
Wakefield, reading at, [495].
Walnut Hills, picture of, [65];
and old home revisited, [499].
Waltham, audience inspires reader, [496].
Washington, Mrs. Stowe visits soldier son at, [366].
Washington on slavery, [141].
Water cure, H. B. S. at, [113].
"We and our Neighbors," date of, [491].
Webster, Daniel, famous speech of, [143].
Weld, Theodore D. in the anti-slavery movement, [81].
Western travel, discomforts of, [498].
Whately, Archbishop, letter to H. B. S. from, [391].
Whitney, A. D. T., writes poem on seventieth birthday, [505].
Whitney, Eli, and the cotton gin, [142].
Whittier's "Ichabod," a picture of Daniel Webster, [143].
Whittier, J. G., [157];
letter to W. L. Garrison from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [161];
letter to H. B. S. from, on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," [162];
on "Pearl of Orr's Island," [327];
on "Minister's Wooing," [327];
poem on H. B. S's seventieth birthday, [502].
Windsor, visit to, [235].
Womanhood, true, H. B. S. on intellect versus heart, [475].
Woman's rights, H. W. Beecher, advocate of, [478].
Women of America, Appeal from H. B. S. to, [255].
Women's influence, power of, [258].
Zanesville, description of, [499].

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