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H.B. Stowe]




LIFE OF

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

    COMPILED FROM

    Her Letters and Journals

    BY HER SON

    CHARLES EDWARD STOWE


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    BOSTON AND NEW YORK
    HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
    The Riverside Press, Cambridge
    1890




    Copyright, 1889,
    BY CHARLES E. STOWE,

    _All rights reserved._


    _The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S.A._
    Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.


[Illustration: Handwritten letter]

It seems but fitting, that I should preface this story of my life with
a few notes of instruction.

The desire to leave behind me some recollections of my life, has
been cherished by me, for many years past; but failing strength or
increasing infirmities have prevented its accomplishment.

At my suggestion and with what assistance I have been able to render,
my son, Ross Charles Edward Stowe, has compiled from my letters and
journals, this biography. It is this true story of my life, told for
the most part, in my own words and has therefore all the force of an
autobiography.

It is perhaps much more accurate as to detail & impression than is
possible with any autobiography, written later in life