Henry Ward Beecher: a sketch of his career: with analyses of his power as a preacher, lecturer, orator and journalist, and incidents and reminiscences of his life . write sit-ting upon my feet, with my paper on the seat of achair, while Henry is hanging round my neck andclimbing on my back, and Harriet is begging me toplease make her a baby. Miss Catherine Beecher, inwriting of the children to an aunt, says : Henry isa very good boy, and we think him a remarkably in-teresting child, and he grows dearer to us every is very affectionate and seems to love his fatherwith all his heart. His
Henry Ward Beecher: a sketch of his career: with analyses of his power as a preacher, lecturer, orator and journalist, and incidents and reminiscences of his life . write sit-ting upon my feet, with my paper on the seat of achair, while Henry is hanging round my neck andclimbing on my back, and Harriet is begging me toplease make her a baby. Miss Catherine Beecher, inwriting of the children to an aunt, says : Henry isa very good boy, and we think him a remarkably in-teresting child, and he grows dearer to us every is very affectionate and seems to love his fatherwith all his heart. His constant prattle is a greatamusement to us all. He often speaks of his sisterHarriet, and wishes spring to come, so that she mightcome home and go to school with him. Mrs. Beecher, the second wife, soon after arriving inLitchfield, in 1817, writes home of the family: Itseems the highest happiness of the children (thelarger ones especially) to have a reading circle. Theyhave ajl, I think, fine capacities, and good taste forlearning. Edward probably will be a great is a fine-looking girl, and in her mind I find H (t Io o 23 a. n o o (XIn o 3.
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