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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.

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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 sketches. There is old Jonas, my "fish father," a sturdy, independent fisherman farmer, who in his youth sailed all over the world and made up his mind about everything. In his old age he attends