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open to the objection which lies against all memoirs of

living persons as any that could be imagined. Practically all the' material that would be available at Mrs. Stowe's death is available now. If the absolute truth is to be spoken of any one, a bio- grapher must wait for the death, not only of his subject, but of his subject's contemporaries. And then how few would there be to read I Doubtless this volume will serve a good purpose.