Litchfield enquirer., 1868-11-26

Is not dlfncu1t to conceive the tenderness
 with which the early efforts in print of those brave boys would be handled by the wise and good, especially if put forth in
 behalf of a despised cause.
 5. The fact is entirely overlooked or ig-
 nored that great good may be accomplished
 Tn the world through very imperfect and 1 faulty mediums, and that great deal of ! good that is sadly needed must be left un-
 done If such mediums be not employed |" novel without plot, without goodness
 of style, without interest (that is, interest i to the ccritic), Is going to put off the time when We shall all think with clearness. D
 etc.; when, in spite of all its defects land no one regrets these more keenly, doubt less, than the author) 1t is the most en-
 phatic protest against the spirit of caste that ias appeared in American literature
 and those two ladies, who, having given the
 best part of their lives to the cause of free dom, knew well its present needs, and were r generously moved to welcome publicly this Jealous young ally. are treated with a spe-
 cles of mid contempt such as seem to your
 critic best adapted to their superficial and inartistlc attempts at criticism
 1 Lest 1t shoulc seem to your readers that there really has been, according to the ap-
 prehenslon of your critic, convocatioa of ladies for the simple purpose of upholding
 Miss Dickinson in her apparently harmless
 desire to do little good and make little more money, allow me to state that Mrs. Stowe happened to be at my house just af ter Ni Niss Dickinson had left 1t on a certain Monday morning, and being full of genu- inc sympathy with the book, which she had read the evening before at one sitting, and much drawn to the writer, whom she de- clared herself anxious to meet, "now that
 she knew her heart,' I begged her to write
 to the young lady word of . : kind
 ment: since sbe Accordingly sens ned dnother I ;, 4he sood ol cause, bidding her be ot
 nood cheer and not mind what the papers
 S5o;obt say of her book; and then she vol
 nnteered for one of our local papers tue
 nnoffending little notice which seems 1o
 bara drawn down on Der the ire of your
 nr;+ic in preceding Nati0n, and to nave
 brought to her young friend more uom Il, ~ioht condemnation than might otheIwise 4S' hsva heen measured out to her. hau tls ,Iaasnre of inclosing the letter anu tn' f printed paragraph to Miss Dlchlnsoh' ans ' received in reply modest iltsle noIe .aan aa, l. which make an extract, begging, r" NT' q of all concerned, for do assure yoS a4' e Editor, that no human oe1hS Knows 'ne'o ao, a1ano an, responsible for the breach ot cor f e,1o s5anoe.-.s o.. Dear Mrs. Stowe-how good an ,. Li-,I and generous of her to write that n' ,e +;na-it has done and will do me so muc n rnod. with myself as much, Ii not nor 10 fhan with other people; 1t makes me ie m more earnest, unseitish, better Ill eve ty wav to have the appreciation oi 50, gre in and heroic a soul. People say great III or nv kind things about the book; lndeeo' tB} aa gmaag qt tAe Raf1lgg gres 1s ,es ny reasons-that it will be widely read ,e- And, to widen the breach of conhdenc to little. let me quote, in reply to the ass on lions that "there is not character in. i ire that cit is not true, as some have affirm ter that there is any thing approaching stl ed adherence to truth i'll the facts ot the S re- rv." q following paragraph which re' ate thns. "S-- did not know at all tha ary put her into the book, and when she tou er- herself there she said 1t struck her Ill s' ing a strange, almost, awful fashion, that ,ne had to put 1t down and lie all lght, rit- hook in her hand, but not reading It. 'rd said. sYon have put nae, the internal one into that book so completely, that fee .ge, though had parted with myself-in SC uch moods as though had died and come ung life again Well, God speed it.
 cad have spoken, Mir. Editor, mainly :ati- Miss Dickinson's book; your crltlc ghts dems alike her book and her speeches. able the latter 1t is sufficient to say that no
 the lie speaker draws large audiences, o l of more in demand in all parts Of the c the try, and not least in our centres of ed tion ton and intelligence. He aliudes als men the fictitious aids Of brass Dands anu osed clubs as one secret of her success.
 say such help ceased more than two years
 not with the excitement of the war, and ends her success has continued u ldlminishe
 one the present time.
 ,ague i am respectfully yours, l. B.
 was Hartford, Nov. 2, 1868. ..-t.