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The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a non-fiction book by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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_ LIFE OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Compiled From Her Letters and Journals BY HER SON CHARLES EDWARD STOWE [Illustration: Handwritten Preface It seems but fitting, that I should preface this story of my life, with a few words of introduction. The desire to leave behind me some reflection of my life, has been cherished by me, for many years past; but failing strength and increasing infirmities have prevented its accomplishment. At my suggestion and with what assistance I have been able to render my son Revd. Charles Edward Stow, has compiled from my letters and journals, this biography. It is this true story of 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. If these pages, shall lead those who read them to a firmer trust in God and a deeper sense of this fatherly goodness throughout the days of our Earthly pilgrimage I can stay with Valient for Faith in the Pilgrim's Progress. I am going to my Father's & this with great difficulty. I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the troubles I have been at, to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage & my courages & skills to him that can get it. Hartford Sept. 30 1889 (Signed) Harriet Beecher Stowe]
I desire to express my thanks here to Harper & Brothers, of New York, for permission to use letters already published in the "Autobiography and Correspondence 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 the "Life of George Eliot," by Mr. Cross; but in every instance I have copied from the original MSS. and not from the published work. In conclusion, I desire to express my indebtedness to Mr. Kirk Munroe, who has been my co-laborer in the work of compilation. CHARLES E. STOWE. HARTFORD, _September_ 30, 1889. _ |
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