Household Papers and Stories

A collection of stories and essays published by Houghton, Mifflin in 1896 as part of their 16-volume series of "The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe."Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, one of nine children of the distinguished Congregational minister and stern Calvinist, Lyman Beecher. Of her six brothers, five became ministers, one of whom, Henry Ward Beecher, was considered the finest pulpit orator of his day. In 1832 Harriet Beecher went with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio. There she taught in her sisters school and began publishing sketches and stories.