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Prefatory note.

Publishers' note.

To Rev. Convers Francis .

Extracts from the journal of Miss Francis , kept when she first met Mr. Child .

To Rev. Doctor Allyn , Duxbury, Mass.

To David Lee Child .

To Miss Sarah Shaw , upon receiving a donation to the Anti-slavery cause.

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring .

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To E. Carpenter .

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To E. Carpenter .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To E. Carpenter .

To Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring .

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Miss Augusta King .

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To Joseph carpenter.

To Mrs. E. C. Pierce .

To Mr. Ellis Gray Loring .

Extracts from letters from Dr. William Ellery Channing to Mrs. Child .

Reminiscences of Dr. Channing by Mrs. Child , written after his death and published in his memoirs.

To Rev. Convers Francis .

To Miss Augusta King .

To Miss Anna Loring .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To Miss Augusta King .

To Prof. Convers Francis .

To Mrs. Nathaniel Silsbee .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Prof. Convers Francis .

To Ellis Gray Loring .

To Mrs. Nathaniel Silsbee .

To Joseph carpenter.

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Ellis Gray Loring .

To Prof. Convers Francis .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring .

To David Lee Child .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To David Lee Child

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To David Lee Child .

To Prof. Convers Francis .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Anna Loring .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To David Lee Child .

To Prof. Convers Francis .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. Lucy Osgood .

Lines to L. M. Child , in response to her verses on the death of Elis Gray Loring .

Correspondence between Mrs. Child , John Brown , and Governor Wise and Mrs. Mason of Virginia .

Letter of Mrs. Mason .

Reply of Mrs. Child .

To Mrs. S. M. Parsons .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Samuel E. Sewall .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. . B. Shaw .

To Hon. Lemuel Shaw .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Lucy Searle .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To Miss Lucy Searle .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To John G. Whittier .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Miss Lucy Searle .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Miss Lucy Searle .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Miss Eliza Scudder .

To L. M. Child .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Francis G. Shaw .

Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Miss Eliza Scudder .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Eliza Scudder .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Hon. George W. Julian .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. Anna Loring Dresel .

To Rev. Samuel J. May .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Rev. Samuel J. May .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Eliza Scudder .

To Mrs. S. E. Sewall .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Miss Henrietta Sargent .

To Charles Sumner .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To John G. Whittier .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss Lucy Osgood .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To John G. Whittier .

To Mrs. S. M. Parsons .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Miss A. B. Francis .

To Mr. And Mrs. S. E. Sewall .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. E. Sewall .

To John G. Whittier .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. M. Parsons .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. B. Russell .

To Miss Anne Whitney .

To Miss A. B. Francis in Europe .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. E. Sewall .

To Miss Anne Whitney .

To Mrs. H. W. Seywall .

To Miss A. B. Francis .

To Mrs. S. B. Shaw .

To Theodore D. Weld .

To Francis G. Shaw .

To Mrs. S. S. Russell .

List of Mrs. Child 's works, with the date of their first publication as far as ascertained.

Standard and popular Library books, selected from the catalogue of Houghton , Mifflin and Co.

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To Prof. Convers Francis.

Wayland, January 9, 1857.

As for the rank which the world assigns to one avocation over another, I can hardly find words significant enough to express the low estimate I put upon it. The lawyer who feels above the bookseller seems to me just as ridiculous as the orange-woman who objected to selling Hannah More's tracts. “I sell ballads!” she exclaimed. “Why, I don't even sell apples!” How absurdly we poor blundering mortals lose sight of the reality of things, under the veil of appearances! In choosing an employment, it seems to me the only question to be asked is, What are we best fitted for? and What do we most enjoy doing?

Boston, Hougton Mifflin, 1884.

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