Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition

102 ART AND HANDICRAFT ladies, having been born in 1802; but her beautiful and helpful Ilie was a long one, closing only in 1880, so that we may think of lier as a link between the old time and the new. Her name is insepa- rably connected with the anti-slavery movement, and she was for many years editor of the National Anti-Slavery Standard. In other fields of literature, her “ History of Rome ” won her deserved renown, while t li e lovely r o - mance of “Philo- thea” is still read with pleasure by young and old. So far we have dealt only with those who have Avon their promo- tion and passed on from this field of work to anoth- er; but the next name on tlie roll of honor is that of one who is still living, the dean of American lit- erary w o m e 11, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. N early half a century li a s passed since the world was elec- tri fi. e d by the CARVED WOOD AND LEATHER CHAIR. publication of Made by H. R. H. the Princess of Wales. England. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” The quiet, hard-working wife of the country parson and professor found lierself suddenly famous—raised to a height of popularity which might well have turned a less strong and sensible head; but one does not learn that Mrs. Stowe was ever unduly- elated by her popularity, or that either hardship or prosperity could shake the serene composure of her mind. Of late years