IX. EIGHTEEN 179

XX. REBELLION 186

XXI. THE TEMPTER 198

XXII. A FRIEND IN NEED 208

XXIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY 218

XXIV. DESIRES AND DREAMS 229

XXV. MISS EMILY 235

XXVI. DOLORES 245

XXVII. HIDDEN THINGS 258

XXVIII. A COQUETTE 270

XXIX. NIGHT TALKS 279

XXX. THE LAUNCH OF THE ARIEL 290

XXXI. GREEK MEETS GREEK 303

XXXII. THE BETROTHAL 315

XXXIII. AT A QUILTING 323

XXXIV. FRIENDS 329

XXXV. THE TOOTHACRE COTTAGE 335

XXXVI. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 339

XXXVII. THE VICTORY 351

XXXVIII. OPEN VISION 358

XXXIX. THE LAND OF BEULAH 368

XL. THE MEETING 376

XLI. CONSOLATION 380

XLII. LAST WORDS 387

XLIII. THE PEARL 393

XLIV. FOUR YEARS AFTER 398

The frontispiece (Mara, page 376) was drawn by W.L. Taylor. The vignette
was etched by Charles H. Woodbury.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

The publication of _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, though much more than an
incident in an author's career, seems to have determined Mrs. Stowe more
surely in her purpose to devote herself to literature. During the summer
following its appearance, she was in Andover, making over the house
which she and her husband were to occupy upon leaving Brunswick; and
yet, busy as she was, she was writing articles for _The Independent_ and
_The National Era_. The following extract from a letter written at that
time, July 29, 1852, intimates that she already was sketching the
outline of the story which later grew into _The Pearl of Orr's
Island_:--

"I seem to have so much to fill my time, and yet there is my Maine story
waiting. However, I am composing it every day, only I greatly need
living studies for the filling in of my sket