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Title: We and Our Neighbors
or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Illustrator: Alfred Fredericks
Release Date: March 29, 2015 [EBook #48603]
Language: English
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We and Our Neighbors:
OR,
THE RECORDS OF AN UNFASHIONABLE STREET
NEW NEIGHBORS.
"Who can have taken the Ferguses' house, sister?" said a brisk little old lady, peeping through the window blinds.—p. 7.
"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,
THE RECORDS OF AN UNFASHIONABLE STREET.
(Sequel to "My Wife and I.")
A NOVEL.
By HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "My Wife and I," etc.
With Illustrations.
NEW YORK:
J. B. FORD & COMPANY.
COPYRIGHT A.D. 1875
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I.— | The Other Side of the Street | 7 |
| II.— | How WE Begin Life | 23 |
| III.— | The Family Dictator at Work | 30 |
| IV.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | 42 |
| V.— | Aunt Maria Rouses a Tempest in a Teapot | 52 |
| VI.— | The Settling of the Waters | 69 |
| VII.— | Letters and Air-Castles | 78 |
| VIII.— | The Vanderheyden Fortress Taken | 86 |
| IX.— | Jim and Alice | 95 |
| X.— | Mr. St. John | 103 |
| XI.— | Aunt Maria Clears her Conscience | 115 |
| XII.— | "Why Can't They Let Us Alone?" | 131 |
| XIII.— | Our "Evening" Projected | 144 |
| XIV.— | Mr. St. John is Outargued | 152 |
| XV.— | Getting Ready to Begin | 160 |
| XVI.— | The Minister's Visit | 173 |
| XVII.— | Our First Thursday | 178 |
| XVIII.— | Raking up the Fire | 192 |
| XIX.— | A Lost Sheep | 197 |
| XX.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | 201 |
| XXI.— | Bolton and St. John | 207 |
| XXII.— | Bolton to Caroline | 214 |
| XXIII.— | The Sisters of St. Barnabas | 221 |
| XXIV.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | 227 |
| XXV.— | Aunt Maria Endeavors to Set Matters Right | 232 |
| XXVI.— | She Stood Outside the Gate | 243 |
| XXVII.— | Rough Handling of Sore Nerves | 253 |
| XXVIII.— | Reason and Unreason | 262 |
| XXIX.— | Aunt Maria Frees her Mind | 270 |
| XXX.— | A Dinner on Washing Day | 274 |
| XXXI.— | What They Talked About | 285 |
| XXXII.— | A Mistress Without a Maid | 296 |
| XXXIII.— | A Four-footed Prodigal | 307 |
| XXXIV.— | Going to the Bad | 317 |
| XXXV.— | A Soul in Peril | 328 |
| XXXVI.— | Love in Christmas Greens | 339 |
| XXXVII.— | Thereafter? | 350 |
| XXXVIII.— | "We Must be Cautious" | 357 |
| XXXIX.— | Says She to her Neighbor—What? | 365 |
| XL.— | The Engagement Announced | 369 |
| XLI.— | Letter from Eva to Harry's Mother | 375 |
| XLII.— | Jim's Fortunes | 387 |
| XLIII.— | A Midnight Caucus over the Coals | 399 |
| XLIV.— | Fluctuations | 407 |
| XLV.— | The Valley of the Shadow | 414 |
| XLVI.— | What They all Said About It | 418 |
| XLVII.— | "In the Forgiveness of Sins" | 430 |
| XLVIII.— | The Pearl Cross | 439 |
| XLIX.— | The Unprotected Female | 448 |
| L.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | 461 |
| LI.— | The Hour and the Woman | 465 |
| LII.— | Eva's Consultations | 469 |
| LIII.— | Wedding Presents | 474 |
| LIV.— | Married and A' | 478 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| I.— | New Neighbors | Frontispiece. |
| "'Who can have taken the Ferguses' house, sister?' said a brisk little old lady, peeping through the window blinds." | ||
| PAGE | ||
| II.— | Talking it Over | 73 |
| "Come now, Puss, out with it. Why that anxious brow? What domestic catastrophe?" | ||
| III.— | The Domestic Artist | 131 |
| "A spray of ivy that was stretching towards the window had been drawn back and was forced to wreathe itself around a picture." | ||
| IV.— | Wickedness, or Misery? | 197 |
| "Bolton laid his hand on her shoulder, and, looking down on her, said: 'Poor child, have you no mother?'" | ||
| V.— | Confidences | 287 |
| "In due course followed an introduction to 'my wife,' whose photograph Mr. Selby wore dutifully in his coat-pocket." | ||
| VI.— | Going to the Bad | 327 |
| "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?" | ||
| VII.— | Skirmishing | 341 |
| "'I like your work,' he said, 'better than you do mine.' 'I didn't say that I didn't like yours,' said Angie, coloring." | ||
| VIII.— | A Midnight Caucus | 400 |
| "'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." | ||
WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS.