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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. 1 DESIRE to express my tlmnks here to Harper Brothers, of New York, for permission to use letters already published in the Antobiography and Corre sponderlce of Lyman Beecher. I have availed myself freely of this permission in chapters i. and iii. In chapter xx. I have given letters already published in t, he Life of George Eliot, by Mr. Cross but in every instance I have copied from the original MSS. a. nd not from the published work. In conclusion, I desire to express my indebtedness to Mr. Kirk Nun roe, who 11a. s been my co-Iahorer in the -o. o lr f com pilation. CHARLES E. STOllTE. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD 1811-1824. CIIAPTER 11. SCHOOL DAYS IN H-4RTFORn, 1 4 - 1 2 . Rhss CATHERIAE BEECHE .-R . PROFESBOR FLSIIY - R. TIIE W RECK OF TUE ALEION A ND DEATH O F PROFESSO F R IS HER.- TIIZ MINIS RS W OOING - . IIB C B A TIIERINE BEECHER S B P IRIT UAI. HISTOR - Y 3, 1 8 S . TONXRS ECOLLECTIO OF N H S E R SCIIOOL DAYS I 9 HARTFOR - D. H ER CONVERSION - . UNITE W S I TH THE FIRST C IIURC I I N I ARTFOR - D H . ER DOURT AN D SUU EQUEKT RELIGIOUS I EVELOPME - NT H . E R FINAL P EACE, . . 22 CHAPTER 111. CINCI hTATI, 1W-1836. DR. BEECHER CA LLED TO CINCIXNAT - I T . HE WESTWAR J D OV R- Y. - FIRST L ETTER F ROX HOME - . DESCRIFTIO O N F TAL NuT Hmrs. - STARTIN A G K EJV S CHOO - L. INWAR G L D II JPSES. - T S E n ir-COLO CL N U B. - FARI. Y IM YRESSI O O F S S S L AVERY. - A JOURNPX TO THE EAST - . O U G A R T O S US ED RY FIRST VISIT TO NIAGARA - . MARRIAG T E O PROFEESO S B T OWE . . 53 CHAPTER IT. EBRLY MARRIED LIFE, 183G-f8PO. PROPE SOSRT OWEB IKTERES L T N POPULAR E DUCATIO - N H . IS DEPARTUR FO E R EUROPE - . S LAVERY R IOTS I N CIXCIXNATI. - BIRTH O F TWIND AUGHTE - RS P . ROFESSO ST R O WE R B E TURN AND VISIT TO COLUMBUS - . I OMESTIC T RIAL - S. A IDING A FUGITIVE S LAVE. - AUTBORSIII U P N DER DIFETCULT - I E A S. BEEGHE R U X K D O BW . . . . 78 POVERTY AND SICKNESS, 1 1 8 5 0 . FAMINE IN CIXCINNAT - I. S UM X ER AT THE EAST - . PLANS F OR LITERARY W ORK - . EXPERIEB O C H E A RAILROA - D. D EATH O F HER I ROTHE G R EO RGE - . S ICKKES A S K D DESPAIR --. d JOUR NEY IN SEABCI O I F HEALTH - . GOES T O BRATTLEISOR W O A - TERXURF.. - TROUBLES AT LANE S EMINAR - Y C . HOLERA I N CIX CINNATI. - DEATH OF YOUA-GES C T II ILD. - DETERMINE T D O LEAVE THE WEST . . . 100 CIIAPTER VI. REMOVAL TO BRUNSWICK, 1850-1852. MRS. STOIVE R B E MARKS ON WRITINGA ND UKDERSTANDI B N I-G OGRAPHY. - THEIR APPROWIATF, UES T S O HER OIW BIOGRAPHY. . - REASON F S O R PKOFESSO ST R O WES LE AVIKG C I N C I A T I - . MRS. O I V I C J G O URPI T R O Y B ROOKLYX - H . ER BROTIIER S S D O CESS AB A MINISTER - . LETTERS F ROM I ARTFO A R N D D BOB TON. - ARRIVEB IN BRUNSWIC - K . H ISTO O R F Y T IIE SLAVERY AGITATIOX. - P RACTI WALO RKING OF TIIE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. - MRS. EDWAR B D E ECHERLSE TTER T O AIRS. STOW AND ITS EFFECT - . DOXESTITCR LIL-SB. EGINS TO WRITE UKCLE TONS C ABIN AS A SERIAL FO R THE L 6 N E RA . - L ET o - TER TO FREDERKK D OUGLAS - S. UN CLE T o s CAUIN A WORK OF RELIGIOU E S M OTION . . . 126 CHAPTER VII. UNCLE TOMS CAEIN, 1842. L U TO YS C ABI N A8 A SERIAL IT TIIE NATIONA E L RA . - AN OFFER FOR ITS PUBLICATI I O N N B OOK FORM - . WILL IT BE A SUCCES S - AK UIYPRECEDKN C T IR C C D U LATIO - N. COX GRATULATORY MESSAGBB - ...