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NEW NEIGHBORS. "Who can have taken the Ferguses' house, sister?" said a brisk little old lady, peeping through the window blinds.—p.7.
WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS: OR, RECORDS OF AN UNFASHIONABLE STREET.
BYHARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "Poganuc People," "My Wife and I," etc.With Illustrations.NEW YORK: FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT.
COPYRIGHT A.D. 1875.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.—THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. 7
- CHAPTER II.—HOW WE BEGIN LIFE. 23
- CHAPTER III.—THE FAMILY DICTATOR AT WORK. 30
- CHAPTER IV.—EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER. 42
- CHAPTER V.—AUNT MARIA ROUSES A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. 52
- CHAPTER VI.—THE SETTLING OF THE WATERS. 69
- CHAPTER VII.—LETTERS AND AIR-CASTLES. 78
- CHAPTER VIII.—THE VANDERHEYDEN FORTRESS TAKEN. 86
- CHAPTER IX.—JIM AND ALICE. 95
- CHAPTER X.—MR. ST. JOHN. 103
- CHAPTER XI.—AUNT MARIA CLEARS HER CONSCIENCE. 115
- CHAPTER XII.—"WHY CAN'T THEY LET US ALONE?" 131
- CHAPTER XIII.—OUR "EVENING" PROJECTED. 144
- CHAPTER XIV.—MR. ST. JOHN IS OUTARGUED. 152
- CHAPTER XV.—GETTING READY TO BEGIN. 160
- CHAPTER XVI.—THE MINISTER'S VISIT. 173
- CHAPTER XVII.—OUR FIRST THURSDAY. 178
- CHAPTER XVIII.—RAKING UP THE FIRE. 192
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- CHAPTER XIX.—A LOST SHEEP. 197
- CHAPTER XX.—EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER. 201
- CHAPTER XXI.—BOLTON AND ST. JOHN. 207
- CHAPTER XXII.—BOLTON TO CAROLINE. 214
- CHAPTER XXIII.—THE SISTERS OF ST. BARNABAS. 221
- CHAPTER XXIV.—EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER. 227
- CHAPTER XXV.—AUNT MARIA ENDEAVORS TO SET MATTERS RIGHT. 232
- CHAPTER XXVI.—SHE STOOD OUTSIDE THE GATE. 243
- CHAPTER XXVII.—ROUGH HANDLING OF SORE NERVES. 253
- CHAPTER XXVIII.—REASON AND UNREASON. 262
- CHAPTER XXIX.—AUNT MARIA FREES HER MIND. 270
- CHAPTER XXX.—A DINNER ON WASHING DAY. 274
- CHAPTER XXXI.—WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT. 285
- CHAPTER XXXII.—A MISTRESS WITHOUT A MAID. 296
- CHAPTER XXXIII.—A FOUR-FOOTED PRODIGAL. 307
- CHAPTER XXXIV.—GOING TO THE BAD. 317
- CHAPTER XXXV.—A SOUL IN PERIL. 328
- CHAPTER XXXVI.—LOVE IN CHRISTMAS GREENS. 339
- CHAPTER XXXVII.—THEREAFTER? 350
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.—"WE MUST BE CAUTIOUS." 357
- CHAPTER XXXIX.—SAYS SHE TO HER NEIGHBOR—WHAT? 365
- CHAPTER XL.—THE ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. 369
- CHAPTER XLI.—LETTER FROM EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER. 375
- CHAPTER XLII.—JIM'S FORTUNES. 387
- CHAPTER XLIII.—A MIDNIGHT CAUCUS OVER THE COALS. 399
- CHAPTER XLIV.—FLUCTUATIONS. 407
- CHAPTER XLV.—THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. 414
- CHAPTER XLVI.—WHAT THEY ALL SAID ABOUT IT. 418
- CHAPTER XLVII.—"IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS." 430
- CHAPTER XLVIII.—THE PEARL CROSS. 439
- CHAPTER XLIX.—THE UNPROTECTED FEMALE. 448
- CHAPTER L.—EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER. 461
- CHAPTER LI.—THE HOUR AND THE WOMAN. 465
- CHAPTER LII.—EVA'S CONSULTATIONS. 469
- CHAPTER LIII.—WEDDING PRESENTS. 474
- CHAPTER LIV.—MARRIED AND A'. 478
ILLUSTRATIONS.
- —NEW NEIGHBORS. "'Who can have taken the Ferguses' house, sister?' said a brisk little old lady, peeping through the window blinds." Frontispiece.
- —THE DOMESTIC ARTIST. "'A spray of ivy that was stretching towards the window had been drawn back and was forced to wreathe itself around a picture." 131
- —GOING TO THE BAD. "The sweet-faced woman calls the attention of her husband. He frowns, whips up the horse, and is gone. Bitterness possesses Maggie's soul. Why not go to the bad?" 327
- —A MIDNIGHT CAUCUS. "'There, now he's off,' said Eva, . . then, leaning back, she began taking out hair-pins and shaking down curls and untying ribbons as a preface to a wholly free conversation." 400