| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Early Home of Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1 |
| II. | Work and Play in the Beecher Parsonage | 16 |
| III. | Harriet Beecher’s Schooling | 32 |
| IV. | Education in the Home | 51 |
| V. | The Books She Read | 70 |
| VI. | Dramatic Ventures | 83 |
| VII. | Studies and Teachers | 96 |
| VIII. | Some Steps Forward | 110 |
| IX. | A Pilgrimage | 122 |
| X. | The Western Home | 133 |
| XI. | The Founders of a School | 146 |
| XII. | The Semi-Colons | 158 |
| XIII. | Mrs. Stowe the Home-Maker | 171 |
| XIV. | Unconscious Preparation for a Work | 188 |
| XV. | The Great Inspiration | 204 |
| XVI. | “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and Its Influence | 215 |
| XVII. | Wandering in Foreign Lands | 223 |
| XVIII. | A Unique Jubilee | 243 |
| XIX. | A Visit to Abraham Lincoln | 258 |
| XX. | Writing Stories of Old New England Life | 274 |
| XXI. | A Serene Old Age | 294 |