. The great American book of biography . HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, ALJTHOR OK THE Is/IOST POPUIvA-R ANIERICAN EW names are more indelibly written upon our countrys history than that of Harriet Beecher Stowe. No book, ; says George William Curtis, was ever more a historical event than Uncle Toms Cabin. ... It is the great happiness of Mrs. Stowe not only to have written many delightful books, but to have written one book which will always be famous not only as the most vivid picture of an extinct evil system, but as one of the most powerful influences in overthrowing it. . If all whom she
. The great American book of biography . HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, ALJTHOR OK THE Is/IOST POPUIvA-R ANIERICAN EW names are more indelibly written upon our countrys history than that of Harriet Beecher Stowe. No book, ; says George William Curtis, was ever more a historical event than Uncle Toms Cabin. ... It is the great happiness of Mrs. Stowe not only to have written many delightful books, but to have written one book which will always be famous not only as the most vivid picture of an extinct evil system, but as one of the most powerful influences in overthrowing it. . If all whom she has charmed and quickened should unite to sing her praises, the birds of summer would be outdone. Harriet Beecher Stowe was the sixth child of ReverendLyman Beecher,—the great head of that great family which hasleft so deep an impress upon the heart and mind of the American people. Shewas born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in June, 1811,—just two years before hernext younger brother, Henry Ward Beecher. Her father was pastor of theCongregational Church in Litchfield, and her girlhood was passed there an
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