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Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 17 Florida , 1865 1869
Chapter 17: Florida, 1865-1869.
Letter to Duchess of Argyll.
Mrs. Stowe desires to have a home at the South.
Florida the best field for doing good.
she buys a place at Mandarin.
a charming winter residence.
Palmetto leaves.
Easter Sunday at Mandarin.
correspondence with Dr. Holmes.
Poganuc people.
receptions in New Orleans and Tallahassee.
last winter at Mandarin.
In 1866, the terrible conflict between the North and South having ended, Mrs. Stowe wrote the following letter to the Duchess of Argyll:--
Hartford, February 19, 1866.
My dear friend,--Your letter was a real spring of comfort to me, bringing refreshingly the pleasant library at Inverary and the lovely days I spent there.
I am grieved at what you say of your dear mother's health.
I showed your letter to Mrs. Perkins, and we both agreed in saying that we should like for a time to fill the place of maid to her, as doubtless you all feel, too. I should so love to be with her, to read to her,
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 18 Oldtown folks, 1869
Chapter 18: Oldtown folks, 1869.
Professor Stowe the original of Harry in Oldtown folks.
Professor Stowe's letter to George Eliot.
her remarks on the same.
Professor Stowe's narrative of his youthful adventures in the world of spirits.
Professor Stowe's influence on Mrs. Stowe's literary life.
George Eliot on Oldtown folks.
This biography would be signally incomplete without some mention of the birth, childhood, early associations, and very peculiar and abnormal psychological experiences of Professor Stowe.
Aside from the fact of Dr. Stowe's being Mrs. Stowe's husband, and for this reason entitled to notice in any sketch of her life, however meagre, he is the original of the visionary boy in Oldtown folks; and Oldtown Fireside stories embody the experiences of his childhood and youth among the grotesque and original characters of his native town.
March 26, 1882, Professor Stowe wrote the following characteristic letter to Mrs. Lewes:--
Mrs. Lewes,--I full
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 19 Byron controversy, 1869 1870
Chapter 19: the Byron controversy, 1869-1870.
Mrs. Stowe's statement of her own case.
the circumstances under which she first met Lady Byron.
letters to Lady Byron.
letter to Dr. Holmes when about to publish the true story of Lady Byron's life in the Atlantic.
Dr. Holmes's reply.
the conclusion of the matter.
It seems impossible to avoid the unpleasant episode in Mrs. Stowe's life known as the Byron Controversy.
It will be our effort to deal with the matter as colorlessly .
Very truly yours,
H. B. Stowe.
In reply to the storm of controversy aroused by the publication of this article, Mrs. Stowe made a more extended effort to justify the charges which she had brought against Lord Byron, in a work published in 1869, Lady Byron Vindicated.
Immediately after the publication of this work, she mailed a copy to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, accompanied by the following note:--
Boston, May 19, 1869.
Dear doctor,--... In writing this book, which I now take the li