WRITINGS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. Mrs. Stowe's romances are among the most thoughtful, picturesque, and popular works of modern fiction. Indeed, they should hardly be called fictitious; for they treat inimitably, and with unfailing freshness, some of the deepest themes that engage the attention of earnest minds. They paint marvellously truthful pictures of the times, countries, and people to which they relate, and are inspired by a nobility of purpose that lifts them infinitely above the ordinary novel. Yet they are so humorous, so exceedingly ingenious in depicting the ludicrous side of things, that they rank with the most charming stories in English Literature. Her essays, juvenile books, and poems are among the best of their kind, and bear ample proofs of Mrs. Stowe's genius. _AGNES OF SORRENTO. A Romance of Italy._ 12mo $2.00 _THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND. A Story of Maine._ 12mo 2.00 _UNCLE TOM'S CABIN._ 12mo 2.00 _THE MINISTER'S WOOING. 12mo_ 2.00 _THE MAY-FLOWER, and other Sketches._ 12mo 2.00 _NINA GORDON_ (formerly called "Dred"). 12mo 2.00 _OLDTOWN FOLKS._ 12mo 2.00 _SAM LAWSON'S FIRESIDE STORIES._ Illustrated. 12mo. Paper .75 _The same._ Boards 1.00 _HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS._ 16mo 1.75 _LITTLE FOXES._ 16mo 1.75 _THE CHIMNEY-CORNER._ 16mo 1.75 _RELIGIOUS POEMS._ Illustrated. Gilt edges. 16mo 2.00 _PALMETTO LEAVES._ A Volume of Sketches. Illustrated. 16mo 2.00 _LADY BYRON VINDICATED._ 16mo 1.50 _QUEER LITTLE PEOPLE._ Illustrated. Small 4to 1.50 _LITTLE PUSSY WILLOW._ Illustrated. Small 4to 1.50 For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Publishers, CATHEDRAL BUILDING, WINTHROP SQUARE, BOSTON. THE CHIMNEY-CORNER. BY CHRISTOPHER CROWFIELD, AUTHOR OF "HOUSE AND HOME PAPERS" AND "LITTLE FOXES." [Illustration: Logo] BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 1877. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. PAGE I. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH HER? OR, THE WOMAN QUESTION 1 II. WOMAN'S SPHERE 27 III. A FAMILY-TALK ON RECONSTRUCTION 63 IV. IS WOMAN A WORKER? 100 V. THE TRANSITION 123