Story-telling,
used on troublesome visitors, [30]-[31];
fondness of L. for, [68], [84], [101], [198];
L. entertains Van Buren, [87];
indelicacy charge refuted, [258];
application of stories, [259];
safety-valve of L., [332]-[333], [387];
chagrins friends, [357];
relieves bad news by, [461]
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,