TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. One occurrence of the oe ligature has been replaced by oe, in the word 'pharmacopoeia'. One occurrence of the 'pointing hand' symbol has been replaced by ==>. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. POGANUC PEOPLE. MRS. STOWE'S RECENT BOOKS. _Among the writers of fiction there is no single name that stands higher than that of Mrs. Stowe, as one whose style is always fresh, attractive, and charming, whose wit and humor are genuine, whose depiction of human nature is apt and true, and the atmosphere of whose writings is invariably wholesome, clean, stimulating to the moral sense. The following books from her pen may be had of all booksellers; or, if not, will be mailed, postpaid, to any address on receipt of the price, by_ FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT, 27 Park Place, N.Y. MY WIFE AND I: or, Harry Henderson's History. A Novel. _Illustrated._ 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS: The Records of an Unfashionable Street. A Novel. _Illustrated._ 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. BETTY'S BRIGHT IDEA: and Other Tales. Comprising "Betty's Bright Idea," "Deacon Pitkin's Farm," and "The First Christmas in New England." _Illustrated._ 12mo. Cloth, 75 cts. POGANUC PEOPLE: Their Loves and Lives. A Novel. _Illustrated._ 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. (_Just out._) BIBLE HEROINES: Narrative Biographies of Prominent Hebrew Women in the Patriarchal, National and Christian Eras. Imperial Octavo. _Spirited colored frontispiece_, "Deborah the Prophetess." Elegantly bound, red burnished edges. $2. FOOTSTEPS OF THE MASTER: Studies in the Life of Christ. With Illustrations and Illuminated Titles. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. [Illustration: THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER. "_Oh, Nabby, Nabby! do tell me what they are doing up at your church. I've seen 'em all day carrying armfulls and armfulls--ever so much--of spruce and pine up that way._"--p. 8.] POGANUC PEOPLE: THEIR LOVES AND LIVES. BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. _Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "My Wife and I," "We and Our Neighbors," etc._ With Illustrations. [Illustration: (Publisher's colophon.)] NEW YORK: FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT. COPYRIGHT, 1878, A.D. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. DISSOLVING VIEWS, 7 II. DOLLY, 16 III. THE ILLUMINATION, 24 IV. DOLLY'S ADVENTURE, 39 V. DOLLY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY, 48 VI. VILLAGE POLITICIANS, 61 VII. THE DOCTOR'S SERMON, 68