THE SOUTH BOSTON HOME OF MR. AND MRS. HOWE 152 _From a painting in the possession of M. Anagnos._ WENDELL PHILLIPS, AT THE AGE OF 48 158 _From a photograph lent by Francis J. Garrison, Boston._ THEODORE PARKER 166 _From a photograph by J. J. Hawes._ JULIA WARD HOWE 176 _From a painting (1847) by Joseph Ames._ SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE, M. D. 230 _From a photograph by Black, about 1859._ JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE 246 _From a photograph by the Notman Photographic Company._ JOHN BROWN 254 _From a photograph (about 1857) lent by Francis J. Garrison, Boston._ JOHN A. ANDREW 262 _From a photograph by Black._ JULIA WARD HOWE 270 _From a photograph by J. J. Hawes, about 1861._ FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC 276 _From the original MS. in the possession of Mrs. E. P. Whipple, Boston._ RALPH WALDO EMERSON 292 _From a photograph by Black._ FREDERIC HENRY HEDGE, D. D. 302 _From a photograph lent by his daughter, Charlotte A. Hedge._ SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE, M. D. 328 _From a photograph by A. Marshall (1870), in the possession of the Massachusetts Club._ LUCY STONE 376 _From a photograph by the Notman Photographic Company._ MARIA MITCHELL 386 _From a photograph._ THE NEWPORT HOME OF MR. AND MRS. HOWE 406 _From a photograph by Briskham and Davidson._ THOMAS GOLD APPLETON 432 _From a photograph lent by Mrs. John Murray Forbes._ JULIA ROMANA ANAGNOS 440 _From a photograph._ REMINISCENCES CHAPTER I BIRTH, PARENTAGE, CHILDHOOD I have been urgently asked to put together my reminiscences. I could wish that I had begun to do so at an earlier period of my life, because at this time of writing the lines of the past are somewhat confused in my memory. Yet, with God's help, I shall endeavor to do justice to the individuals whom I have known, and to the events of which I have had some personal knowledge.