CONTENTS
| I. | ANCESTRAL. | [3] |
| II. | LITTLE JULIA WARD. 1819-1835 | [15] |
| III. | "THE CORNER." 1835-1839 | [41] |
| IV. | GIRLHOOD. 1839-1843 | [56] |
| V. | TRAVEL. 1843-1844 | [79] |
| VI. | SOUTH BOSTON. 1844-1851 | [101] |
| VII. | "PASSION FLOWERS." 1852-1858 | [136] |
| VIII. | LITTLE SAMMY: THE CIVIL WAR. 1859-1863 | [173] |
| IX. | NO. 13 CHESTNUT STREET, BOSTON. 1864 | [194] |
| X. | THE WIDER OUTLOOK. 1865 | [213] |
| XI. | NO. 19 BOYLSTON PLACE: "LATER LYRICS." 1866 | [235] |
| XII. | GREECE AND OTHER LANDS. 1867 | [260] |
| XIII. | CONCERNING CLUBS. 1867-1871 | [283] |
| XIV. | THE PEACE CRUSADE. 1870-1872 | [299] |
| XV. | SANTO DOMINGO. 1872-1874 | [320] |
| XVI. | THE LAST OF GREEN PEACE. 1872-1876 | [339] |
| XVII. | THE WOMAN'S CAUSE. 1868-1910 | [358] |
JULIA WARD HOWE
CHAPTER I
ANCESTRAL
These are my people, quaint and ancient,
Gentlefolks with their prim old ways;
This, their leader come from England,
Governed a State in early days.
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I must vanish with my ancients,
But a golden web of love
Is around us and beneath us,
Binds us to our home above.
Julia Ward Howe.