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We and our neighbors, or, The records of an unfashionable street

(Sequel to 'My wife and I.") : a novel
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
  
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CONTENTS.
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. HOW WE BEGIN LIFE.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. THE FAMILY DICTATOR AT WORK.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. EVA HENDERSON TO HARRY'S MOTHER.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. THE SETTLING OF THE WATERS.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. LETTERS AND AIR-CASTLES.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. THE VANDERHEYDEN FORTRESS TAKEN.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. JIM AND ALICE.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. MR. ST. JOHN.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. AUNT MARIA CLEARS HER CONSCIENCE.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. WHY CAN'T THEY LET US ALONE?
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. OUR “EVENING” PROJECTED.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. MR. ST. JOHN IS OUT-ARGUED.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. GETTING READY TO BEGIN.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. THE MINISTER'S VISIT.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. OUR FIRST THURSDAY.
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. RAKING UP THE FIRE.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. A LOST SHEEP.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. BOLTON AND ST. JOHN.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. BOLTON TO CAROLINE.
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SISTERS OF ST. BARNABAS.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. AUNT MARIA ENDEAVORS TO SET MATTERS RIGHT.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. SHE STOOD OUTSIDE THE GATE.
 27. 
CHAPTER XXVII. ROUGH HANDLING OF SORE NERVES.
 28. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. REASON AND UNREASON.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. AUNT MARIA FREES HER MIND.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. A DINNER ON WASHING DAY.
 31. 
CHAPTER XXXI. WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT.
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. A MISTRESS WITHOUT A MAID.
 33. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. A FOUR-FOOTED PRODIGAL.
 34. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. GOING TO THE BAD.
 35. 
CHAPTER XXXV. A SOUL IN PERIL.
 36. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. LOVE IN CHRISTMAS GREENS.
 37. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. THEREAFTER?
 38. 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. “WE MUST BE CAUTIOUS.”
 39. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. SAYS SHE TO HER NEIGHBOR—WHAT?
 40. 
CHAPTER XL. THE ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
 41. 
CHAPTER XLI. LETTER FROM EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER.
 42. 
CHAPTER XLII. JIM'S FORTUNES.
 43. 
CHAPTER XLIII. A MIDNIGHT CAUCUS OVER THE COALS.
 44. 
CHAPTER XLIV. FLUCTUATIONS.
 45. 
CHAPTER XLV. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.
 46. 
CHAPTER XLVI. WHAT THEY ALL SAID ABOUT IT.
 47. 
CHAPTER XLVII. “IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.”
 48. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE PEARL CROSS.
 49. 
CHAPTER XLIX. THE UNPROTECTED FEMALE.
 50. 
CHAPTER L. EVA TO HARRY'S MOTHER.
 51. 
CHAPTER LI. THE HOUR AND THE WOMAN.
 52. 
CHAPTER LII. EVA'S CONSULTATIONS.
 53. 
CHAPTER LIII. WEDDING PRESENTS.
 54. 
CHAPTER LIV. MARRIED AND A'.

  
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CONTENTS.

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  • 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

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    Page iv

  • 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

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  • 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

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