Marion Harland's Autobiography
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- The Story of a Long Life
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1. Marion Harland’s Autobiography2. FOREWORD3. I FOREBEARS AND PATRON SAINT4. II LAFAYETTE—REVOLUTIONARY TALES—PARENTS’ MARRIAGE5. III A COUNTRY EXILE—DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN—CHANGE OF HOME—A FIRESIDE TRAGEDY—“COGITO, ERGO SUM.”6. IV A BERSERKER RAGE—A FRIGHT—THE WESTERN FEVER—MONTROSE—A MOTHER REGAINED7. V OUR POWHATAN HOME—A COUNTRY FUNERAL—“OLD MRS. O’HARA.”8. VI OLD-FASHIONED HUSBAND’S LOVE-LETTER—AN ALMOST HOMICIDE—“SLAUGHTERED MONSTER”—A WESLEYAN SCHOOLMISTRESS.9. VII MY FIRST TUTOR—THE REIGN OF TERROR10. VIII CALM AFTER STORM—OUR HANDSOME YANKEE GOVERNESS—THE NASCENT AUTHOR11. IX A COLLEGE NEIGHBORHOOD—THE WORLD WIDENS—A BELOVED TUTOR—COLONIZATION DREAMS AND DISAPPOINTMENT—MAJOR MORTON12. X FAMILY LETTERS—COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPDEN-SIDNEY—THEN AND NOW13. XI BACK IN POWHATAN—OLD VIRGINIA HOUSEWIFERY—A SINGING-CLASS IN THE FORTIES—THE SIMPLE LIFE?14. XII ELECTION DAY AND A DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE15. XIII A WHIG RALLY AND MUSTER DAY16. XIV RUMORS OF CHANGES—A CORN-SHUCKING—NEGRO TOPICAL SONG17. XV THE COUNTRY GIRLS AT A CITY SCHOOL—VELVET HATS AND CLAY’S DEFEAT18. XVI HOME AT CHRISTMAS—A CANDY-PULL AND HOG-KILLING19. XVII A NOTABLE AFFAIR OF HONOR20. XVIII THE MENACE OF SLAVE INSURRECTION21. XIX WEDDING AND BRIDESMAID—THE ROUTINE OF A LARGE FAMILY—MY FIRST BEREAVEMENT22. XX OUR TRUE FAMILY GHOST-STORY23. XXI TWO MONUMENTAL FRIENDSHIPS24. XXII THE “OLD AFRICAN CHURCH”25. XXIII HOW “ALONE” CAME TO BE26. XXIV THE DAWNING OF LITERARY LIFE27. XXV BROUGHT FACE TO FACE WITH MY FATE28. XXVI LITERARY WELL-WISHERS—GEORGE D. PRENTICE—MRS. SIGOURNEY—GRACE GREENWOOD—H. W. LONGFELLOW—JAMES REDPATH—“THE WANDERING JEW”29. XXVII MY NORTHERN KINSPEOPLE—“QUELQU’UN” AND A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP30. XXVIII MY FIRST OPERA—“PETER PARLEY”—RACHEL AS “CAMILLE”—BAYARD TAYLOR—T. B. ALDRICH—G. P. MORRIS—MARIA CUMMINS—MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY31. XXIX ANNA CORA (MOWATT) RITCHIE—EDWARD EVERETT—GOVERNOR WISE—A MEMORABLE DINNER-PARTY32. XXX A MUSICAL CONVENTION—GEORGE FRANCIS ROOT—WHEN “THE SHINING SHORE” WAS FIRST SUNG—THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS—BETROTHAL—DEMPSTER IN HIS OLD AGE33. XXXI WEDDING BELLS—A BRIDAL TOUR—A DISCOVERED RELATIVE—A NOBLE LIFE34. XXXII PARSONAGE LIFE—WILLIAM WIRT HENRY—HISTORIC SOIL—JOHN RANDOLPH—THE LAST OF THE RANDOLPHS35. XXXIII PLANTATION PREACHING—COLORED COMMUNICANTS—A “MIGHTY MAN IN PRAYER”36. XXXIV MY NOVITIATE AS A PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE—MY COOK “GETS HER HAND OUT”—INCEPTION OF “COMMON SENSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD”37. XXXV THE STIRRED “NEST AMONG THE OAKS”—A CRUCIAL CRISIS38. XXXVI MIGRATION NORTHWARD—ACCLIMATION—ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, IN NEW YORK—POLITICAL PORTENTS39. XXXVII THE PANIC OF ’61—A VIRGINIA VACATION—MUTTERINGS OF COMING STORM40. XXXVIII THE FOURTEENTH OF APRIL, 1861, IN RICHMOND41. XXXIX “THE LAST THROUGH TRAIN FOR FOUR YEARS”42. XL DOMESTIC SORROWS AND NATIONAL STORM AND STRESS—FRIENDS, TRIED AND TRUE43. XLI FORT DELAWARE—“OLD GLORY”—LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION—THE RELEASED PRISONER OF WAR44. XLII A CHRISTMAS REUNION—A MIDNIGHT WARNING—HOW A GOOD MAN CAME TO “THE HAPPIEST DAY OF HIS LIFE”45. XLIII TWO BRIDALS—A BIRTH AND A PASSING—“MY LITTLE LOVE”—“DRIFTING OUT”—A NONPAREIL PARISH46. XLIV TWO YEARS OVERSEAS—LIFE IN ROME AND GENEVA47. XLV SUNNYBANK—A NEW ENGLAND PARISH—“MY BOYS”—TWO “STARRED” NAMES48. XLVI RETURN TO MIDDLE STATES—THE HOLY LAND—MY FRIENDS THE MISSIONARIES—TWO CONSULS IN JERUSALEM49. XLVII LUCERNE—GOOD SAMARITANS AND AN ENGLISHMAN—A LECTURE TOUR—OHIOAN HOSPITALITY—MR. AND MRS. McKINLEY50. XLVIII THE CLOUDS RETURN AFTER THE RAIN—ABROAD AGAIN—HEALING AND HEALTH—IDYLLIC WINTER IN FLORENCE51. XLIX THE GOING-OUT OF A YOUNG LIFE—PRESENT ACTIVITIES—“LITERARY HEARTHSTONES”—GRATEFUL REMINISCENCES52. APPENDIX