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justifies her action in Byron Controversy; her love and faith in Lady
Byron; reads Byron letters; counsels silence and patience to Lady
Byron; writes "True Story of Lady Byron's Life"; publishes "Lady Byron
Vindicated"; "History of the Byron Controversy"; her purity of motive
in this painful matter; George Eliot's sympathy with her in Byron
matter; her friendship, with George Eliot dates from letter shown by
Mrs. Follen; describes Florida life and peace to George Eliot; her
interest in Mr. Owen and spiritualism; love of Florida life and
nature; history of Florida home; impressions of "Middlemarch"; invites
George Eliot to come to America; words of sympathy on Beecher trial
from George Eliot, and Mrs. Stowe's reply; her defense of her
brother's purity of life; Beecher trial drawn on her heart's blood;
her mature views on spiritualism; her doubts of ordinary
manifestations; soul-cravings after dead friends satisfied by Christ's
promises; chronological list of her books; accepts offer from N. E.
Lecture Bureau to give readings from her works; gives readings in New
England; warm welcome in Maine; sympathetic audiences in
Massachusetts; fatigue of traveling and reading at New London; Western
reading tour; "fearful distances and wretched trains"; seventieth
anniversary of birthday celebrated by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.; H. 0.
Houghton's welcome; H. W. Beecher's reply and eulogy on sister;
Whittier's poem at seventieth birthday; Holmes' poem; other poems of
note written for the occasion; Mrs.
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