Harriet Beecher Stowe. Works. The writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, with biographical introductions. 1899. 16 vols. These appeared in book form originally as follows: Mayflower, 1843; Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852; A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1853; Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, 1854; Dred, 1856; The Minister’s Wooing, 1859; The Pearl of Orr’s Island, 1862; Agnes of Sorrento, 1862; House and Home Papers, 1864; Little Foxes, 1865; Religious Poems, 1867; Queer Little People, 1867; The Chimney Corner, 1868; Oldtown Folks, 1869; Pink and White Tyranny, 1871; Oldtown Fireside Stories, 1871; My Wife and I, 1871; We and Our Neighbors, 1875; Poganuc People, 1878; A Dog’s Mission, 1881.

Biography and Criticism

The standard life is by Charles E. Stowe. 1890. The biographical introductions in the standard set are valuable.

Crowe, Martha Foote. Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1913.

Erskine, John. Leading American Novelists. 1910.

Fields, Mrs. Annie. Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1897.

Stowe, C. E. and L. B. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1911.

The following are among the more important of the many magazine articles that appeared in the months just after the death of Mrs. Stowe:

Burton, Richard. Century, Vol. XXX, p. 690.

Cooke, G. W. New England Magazine (N. S.), Vol. XV, p. 3.

Fields, Mrs. Annie. Atlantic, Vol. LXXVIII, p. 15.

Higginson, T. W. Nation, Vol. LXIII, p. 24.

Lee, G. S. Critic, Vol. XXX, p. 281.

Phelps (Ward), E. S. McClure’s, Vol. VII, p. 3.

Ward, W. H. Forum, Vol. XXI, p. 727.

TOPICS AND PROBLEMS

Contrast the conditions of authorship and the circumstances of publication for Jane Austen and Mrs. Stowe. Compare those of George Eliot and Mrs. Stowe.

With reference to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” read Agnes Repplier’s essay “Books that have Hindered Me” in “Points of View.”

Read “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” for Mrs. Stowe’s attitude toward the people of the South in distinction to her attitude toward the institution of slavery.

Read “Oldtown Folks” or “The Minister’s Wooing” for Mrs. Stowe’s exposition of the orthodox theology in either. If you can read both, note whether there is any difference in her attitude toward the faith of her fathers in the two books.

Compare Mrs. Stowe’s New England village characters with those of Oliver Wendell Holmes in any of his three novels.

Compare for the broad picture of a community and an epoch George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” and Mrs. Stowe’s “Oldtown Folks.”

Develop more fully the comparison or the contrast between “Oldtown Folks” and Mrs. Deland’s “The Iron Woman.”