Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

METCALF AND COMPANY,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

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Parentage.-Character of the Mother. - First Training of

Mary Pickard. Early Visit to England. - Friends there.-

Voyage Home. Extracts from Letters. Residence in

Boston.-Pearl Street. - First Friendships. — Nature and

Education. - A Friend's Description of Mary.

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MENTAL AND MORAL CULTURE

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School at Hingham. - A Teacher's Reminiscence.- Sick-

ness and Death of Mrs. Pickard. — Mary's Position. — Her

Father's Circumstances. Dr. Park's School. Earliest

Letters. Thoughts and Themes. - Chosen Friend. - Pe-

culiar Confidence. - Return to Hingham.-Teacher's Ac-

- Moral Decision and Declaration.

Joining the Church. - Henry Ware.

count.

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- Letters.

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IV.

DISCIPLINE AND CHARACTER

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Mr. Pickard's Embarrassments. — His Correspondence

with Mary. Her Sympathy and Faith. Her Teacher's

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Testimony to her Piety. She leaves Hingham. — Her
Grandfather's Death. Devotion to her Grandmother. —
Visit to Northampton. - Her Self-distrust. Interest in Dr.

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Channing. Letters on his Preaching, and Interview with

him. - Correspondence with Miss Cushing. — Death of her

Grandmother.

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CHANGES AT HOME

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Leaving Pearl Street. - Fears for the Future. - Pecuniary
Means. Business and Travel. - New York and Baltimore.
- Mr. Pickard's Displeasure. Return to Boston. - Let-
ters on Providence and Bereavement. - Death of J. E.
Abbot. Living in Dorchester.- Morbid Feelings.

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riage of her Friend.

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Her own Trials. Influence upon

others. Interesting Case. - Dr. Channing's Absence and

Return. Death of her Father.

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VI.

VISIT ABROAD

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Loneliness. Invitation to go Abroad. - Letters relating

to it. A Friend's Admiration. - Arrival in England. —

Mrs. Freme.-Letters from London and Broadwater. - Isle

of Wight. Paris. - Her Friends' Return to America. - She

remains with Relatives in England. Chatham. Bur-

combe House. Many Letters.— Arrival of E. P. F. from

America. Letters from Sydenham. Tour to Scotland.

-Description of the Country.

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SCENES OF SUFFERING

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The Poor Aunt. - Osmotherly. - Sickness and Sorrow
among Kindred.-Mary the Chief Nurse and Devoted La-
borer. Details in Successive Letters. She goes to Pen-
rith. Recalled to Osmotherly. Further Changes. Her
own Sickness.-Anxiety of Friends in England and Amer-
ica. Joy at her Escape.

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Return from England. - Welcome Home. Labors of
Love. Henry Ware's Preaching.-Interest and Engage-
ment.Their Letters to Friends.-Views of the Relation
of Stepmother.-Parish Relations and Duties. Sense of
Responsibility. - Desire of Usefulness. Visit to North-
ampton. - Disappointments. - Husband's Illness at Ware.
-She goes to him. Thence to Worcester. - Birth of her
First Child. — Husband's Journey for Health. - Poetical
Epistle to his Wife. Newton. - Return to Sheafe Street.
- Attachment and Removal. Brookline. Plan for
Cambridge. Thoughts of Europe. - End of Parish Life.

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EUROPEAN TOUR

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Sailing for England with her Husband. - Her Feelings at
leaving the Children. — Difference between this and her
former Visit. - Her Husband's Sickness and Depression.
The Great Trial.-Their Route.-England and Scotland. —
The Continent.-Geneva and Letters. The Treatise on
Christian Character. — Italy. - Naples and Rome. — An-
nual to Mrs. Paine. - Birth of a Daughter. - Mr. Ware's
Discouragement. - Mrs. Ware's Anxiety. - Her Account of
Sufferings and Exertions. Their Return to France and
England. His Excursion alone.-Her Provision for her
Aunt.-Letter to her Children.- Passage Home. - Hus-
band's Illness. - Arduous Offices. - Her View of her own
Constitution.

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LIFE IN CAMBRIDGE

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Final Leave of the Parish in Boston.-Removal to Cam-
bridge - New Position. - Chief Anxieties. Pecuniary
Straits. Mrs. Ware's Sickness, long and serious. - Hus-
band's Feelings. — Emma's Visit. — Letters to Mrs. Paine
and Emma. - Mrs. Ware's Recovery and Summons to Con-

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