Recollections of My Mother, Mrs. Anne Jean Lyman, of Northampton

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Lake."- Letters to Mrs. Greene, Catherine Rob-

bins, Mrs. Hentz, etc.- She reads Wordsworth's

"Excursion" with Delight.-"Woodstock" and

"Hope Leslie."— First Acquaintance with Mr.

Ralph Waldo Emerson.-Letter to Miss Forbes.

-Death of Judge Howe.-Extracts from Mr.

Rufus Ellis's Memoir of him.-Grief of my

Father and Mother.-Extracts from Aunt Howe's

Memoir of her Husband,

CHAPTER XIII.

Letters to my Mother after Uncle Howe's Death.-

Letter from R. W. Emerson.-To Emma Forbes.

- Marriage of my Sister Mary to Mr. Thomas

Jones.-Death of Annie Jean Greene.-Letter

from R. W. Emerson, introducing Mr. George P.

Bradford. Annie Jean goes to Mr. George B.

Emerson's School.-Mrs. Lyman writes to Annie

Jean on the Subject of her Dress.-To Mrs.

Barnard.- Her Father's Death.- Letter of Con-

dolence from R. W. Emerson.- Letter from G. B.

Emerson.-To Mrs. Greene.- News of Miss

Debby Barker, .

CHAPTER XIV.

Her Kindness to Young Men.-A Lonely Law Stu-
dent. Iler Habitual Beneficences.- To Miss
Forbes mentions Mrs. Hall.- Death of Elijah
Mills. Letter to John M. Forbes.- To Mrs.
Greene.-To Miss Forbes.-To C. Robbins.-
Describes her Sunday-school Class.- Revere
Twins.-The Cholera Year.- Sister Jane's En-
gagement.- "Ware on the Formation of the
Christian Character."- Sister Jane's Marriage.-
The Factory Village.-Anne Jean goes to Cin-
cinnati.- Her Consideration for her Father.-
Dramatic Entertainment, etc.-Edward leaves

214-239

240-259

Home.- Judge Lyman to Edward.- Birth of

Hannah E. Brewer.- Death of James Jackson.-

Mrs. Lyman to Edward,

CHAPTER XV.

ran.- -

Judge Lyman goes to Cincinnati for Anne Jean.—-
Birth of William Greene Jones.-- Deaths of Sister
Mary, Brother Dwight, Uncle Lyman.-Sally
Lyman.- Letter to Edward.-To Martha Coch-
On Bulwer's Novels. Letter to Catherine

Robbins." Recollections of a Housekeeper."–

"Silvio Pellico.”—To Edward.-Illness of Mrs.

Bliss.- Celebration at Bloody Brook.- Edward

Everett's Oration.- Miss Martineau.- Death of

Mrs. Bliss.-Anne Jean's Severe Illness.- To

Mrs. Greene. Mrs. Roger's Beauty.— Letters

to Dr. Austin Flint.- Daniel Webster's Visit.-

Death of Mrs. John Howard.- My Mother's

Power of Language.- Anecdote of Aunt Eliza.—

Miss Sedgwick.-Letters to Edward.- Her Suf-

ferings from Sciatica.- Death of Mrs. Barnard.—

Illness of Anne Jean.- Judge Lyman to Edward.

- Death of Anne Jean.- Wonderful Aurora.—

Mrs. Lyman to Dr. Flint.-R. W. Emerson to

Mrs. Lyman,

260-289

290-320

CHAPTER XVI.

Mourning for Anne Jean.- Letters to Edward and

Mrs. Greene.- To Dr. and Mrs. Flint.- To Mrs.

Greene." Letters from Palmyra.”—“Pickwick

Papers." Criticism of Novels.- To Edward.—

Marriage of H. Shepherd.-S. G. Bulfinch.- Dr.

Abbot.-Miss Hannah Stearns.- To Edward.-

Clay's Abolition Speech.-11er Views on Abo-

lition.- Betsey Wallace. Billah.- To Mrs.

Greene. Takes a Journey to Niagara.- To

Edward.- Death of Dr. Follen.-J. S. Dwight, 321-345

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CHAPTER XVII.

Her Relations to her Neighbors.- Absent-mindedness.

— Martha Cochran.— Dr. Willard.-- Visit to Mrs.

Howard with Dr. Willard.—Extract from Sophia

Howard's Letter.- Anecdote of Martha Cochran.

-Sewing Circle.- Mrs. Hall.— Gossip.— Plain

Speaking. Judge Huntington and the Melons.-

"Philothea."— Her Faith in Children.- Shades

in her Character.- Want of Order.- Contrast in

Household Arrangements of Forty Years ago to

those now. Judge Shaw's Visit.- Her Views

about Dirt.- Baron Ronné, ..

CHAPTER XVIII.

Letter to Catherine Robbins.- Death of Mrs. James

Fowler. To Edward.-John S. Dwight.- De

Wette's "Ethics." Theodore. Jouffroi and

Constant. Fichte's "Nature of a Scholar."-

Quotation from J. S. Dwight's Sermon.-Prof.

Henry B. Smith.-To Miss Robbins.- De-

scribes J. S. Dwight.- Death of Stephen Brewer

by Drowning.-Letters after his Death.-To

Mrs. Greene about Books.-To Miss Stearns.-

Rufus Ellis.-To Edward.— Catherine's Engage-

ment to Warren Delano.-Catherine's Marriage.

-Coming of the Railroad to Northampton.-

To Miss Stearns on the Death of Mrs. Joseph

Cabot.- To Miss Robbins.- Private Theatricals.

-The Rivals.- Lyceum Lecture from President

Hopkins.- To Mrs. Howe.- Death of Mrs. Hard-
ing. Her Severe Illness.- Edward's Engage-
ment. Letter to Mrs. Greene about Edward's
Marriage.-Catherine's Return from China.- To
Mr. Richard L. Allen on her Husband's Death.-
"Jane Eyre," and her Criticism on it. To Edward
on the Birth of his Child.-To C. Robbins.-
Mr. Simmons.- Mr. George Ellis.— To Sarah.—

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John Quincy Adams.-Theodore Parker's Eu-
logy. To Mrs. Greene.-To William Sydney
Thayer.- Mr. Theodore Lyman.- Cordial Men-
tion of Mr. Rufus Ellis.-To Edward, after Birth
of his Second Son,

CHAPTER XIX.

Reminiscences of my Father.- My Mother's Daily
Life.- Characteristic Anecdotes.- Her Embroid-
ery. Her Hospitality.-Style of Living. Read-
ing. Gladness in giving Pleasure to the Young.

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- Court Week.- The Judges.- Her Friendli-
ness.- Mrs. Bulfinch.- Shakspeare Readings.
Her Wit.- Anecdotes.- Views on the Educa-
tion of Children.- Their Dress.-"Blue Mortifi-
cation."- Story of the Garters.- Her Freedom
from Resentment.- Letter to Catherine on Moral
Teaching. The Marchioness.- Dislike of Affec-
tation. Her Small Interest in Externals.- Anec-
dotes,

CHAPTER XX.

My Father's Death.- Disparity of Years.- Her Lack
of Patience.- Ill Health and Overwork tell on
her.- Summer of 1848.- Memoir of Dr. Chan-
ning. Her Friendship for Mrs. Thayer and In-
terest in her Sons.- Note from John G. Whittier.
-Grave of William Sydney Thayer at Alexan-
dria.- Lady Duff Gordon.- Mrs. Ross.― Letter
from Prof. J. B. Thayer.-Chauncey Wright.—
"Goblin Tapestry."- Her Narrow Means and
Rich Heart." Cheeryble Sisters."- Anecdote
of Aunt Howe's Kindness.- Death of Little
Edward.― Marriage of Susan Inches. Mr.
R. W. Emerson lectures at Northampton.—
Her Loneliness.-She leaves Northampton.-

366-411

412-449

Spends a Winter in Cincinnati.- Death of Dr.
E. H. Robbins.- Returns to Milton for a Year.-
Visits Northampton.- Returns to Milton,