Life and Work of Henry Ward Beecher: An Authentic, Impartial and Complete History of His Public Career and Private Life from the Cradle to the Grave. Replete with Anecdotes, Incidents, Personal Reminiscences and Character Sketches. Descriptive of the man…

xix, 544 pp. Gilt titles on spine, gilt decoration on front board. CONTENTS: The Beecher Family; His Birth and Boyhood; His Youth and College Career; His Marriage and Life in the West; He Becomes Pastor of Plymouth Church; In the Anti-Slavery Crusade; In the War for the Union; His Visit to England in 1863; His Career in Politics; His Literary Life; He Writes for the Ledger; His First and Only Novel; His Art as an Orator; Gems From Pulpit Utterances; Incidents of His Lecturing Tours; Horticulture and Farmer; Yale Lectures on Preaching; The Life of Christ; The Great Scandal; Home-Life; Personal Recollections of His Friends; Reminiscences and Anecdotes; His Illness and Death; Estimates of His Character.