In the quarter century remaining to her after the writing of "Oldtown Folks," Mrs. Stowe's life was a quiet fulfillment of her earlier career. From a Florida plantation on which she spent her winters she worked for the welfare of the negro and the upbuilding of the South. She labored as before in coöperation with the church, but her repugnance for the grimness of Calvinism had led her to become an Episcopalian. As a novelist she kept on in the exposition of New England and Northern life to the mild gratification of the reading public which she had already won--a reading public who enjoyed what Lowell almost too cleverly called "water gruel of fiction, thinned with sentiment and thickened with morality." Her enduring fame will doubtless rest on the fact that she was a story-writer of moderate talent who in one memorable instance devoted her gift to the making of American history. BOOK LIST HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. Works. The writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, with biographical introductions. 1899. 16 vols. These appeared in book form originally as follows: Mayflower, 1843; Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852; A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1853; Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, 1854; Dred, 1856; The Minister's Wooing, 1859; The Pearl of Orr's Island, 1862; Agnes of Sorrento, 1862; House and Home Papers, 1864; Little Foxes, 1865; Religious Poems, 1867; Queer Little People, 1867; The Chimney Corner, 1868; Oldtown Folks, 1869; Pink and White Tyranny, 1871; Oldtown Fireside Stories, 1871; My Wife and I, 1871; We and Our Neighbors, 1875; Poganuc People, 1878; A Dog's Mission, 1881. =Biography and Criticism= The standard life is by Charles E. Stowe. 1890. The biographical introductions in the standard set are valuable. CROWE, MARTHA FOOTE. Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1913. ERSKINE, JOHN. Leading American Novelists. 1910. FIELDS, MRS. ANNIE. Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1897. STOWE, C. E. and L. B. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1911. The following are among the more important of the many magazine articles that appeared in the months just after the death of Mrs. Stowe: BURTON, RICHARD. _Century_, Vol. XXX, p. 690. COOKE, G. W. _New England Magazine_ (N. S.), Vol. XV, p. 3. FIELDS, MRS. ANNIE. _Atlantic_, Vol. LXXVIII, p. 15. HIGGINSON, T. W. _Nation_, Vol. LXIII, p. 24. LEE, G. S. _Critic_, Vol. XXX, p. 281. PHELPS (WARD), E. S. _McClure's_, Vol. VII, p. 3. WARD, W. H. _Forum_, Vol. XXI, p. 727. TOPICS AND PROBLEMS Contrast the conditions of authorship and the circumstances of publication for Jane Austen and Mrs. Stowe. Compare those of George Eliot and Mrs. Stowe. With reference to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" read Agnes Repplier's essay "Books that have Hindered Me" in "Points of View."