, 1869-05-30
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! oldtoKu Fosks, r VITA tho expectation Of read
ng an ayttstIcaly constructed novel viii be ctsaQ-
so!utcd. In reality, the preface warnS the fosdct
hat 1t VIA not the Intention OF The writer nmpv
. tell 4 S:oEJ which should interest BY tae pro-
;feasion and deaexrn<eat OF plot The outline OF
his stosJ u made 6nbscryteni TO another oo1eef,
=hlch the preface thul e1rlstn1: ~ have an oo-
ect IN thls book, morc than Ihe mere
citing CT . story, md yoa can always
udcc Of = took better u you compace
with the a1lhors object Ny object l. to In
e.uret TO the world the New England Life and I
.hs,9r4et IN that particular u1ns OF ia history |
6ttcn may be called the seminal period would 4
20 show you New England IN its Aei-btd,
tie hot suns Of modern progress h1d devel-
opcd It's spruotnR germs into the great trees Of TO-
lay" 10 lhls end. ArA Stove has constituted 4
herself, as II wcrc, reporter 10 observe The pco-
a.e OF those times, 70 tesr them talk, and some
unes to explain why they talked and lived Al they
lid, Necessarily, In painting New England Lie OF
hat daJ, Theological questions and differences out
crup In ail directions, Is theology WAS the DOM
!nxut roxer In shaping society ne.
and the minister occupied the place
II influence and rowsI, from which
;se King Lad Tut recently been depesci by rcTo!r-
llonA,y force. 'tThoEgh 'Calv1nlst, A1ml1ian
High Church Episcoralinn, seepttc and simple
elieyc- All SPEAK IN their turn, merely listen.
and cndc4vnr to understand aud faithfully repre-
s.eni 1he inner life Of each myself an but the
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Imaginative or curious reader Will Be At all Inter-
tcsestcd In the progression Of the story OF "Od-
town Folks "lor s substance is 30 Transparent that
any ohc can Fec the ieto.6m<Ht before he eas fesd
half a dozen chnptcrA Eut It Is equally tue Thai
even tic dul1est reaIeE, although hn may SKIP
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early New England llfc- They form q sesifs o.
taheAux IN which ercsy figure Is true 10 Mc, md
every ncceseorJ, nlthoash 1t maJ be aat1rally
rigid and conventional Is fascinating froD it, ycIJ
truth.
Aas New England res4,er will recognize the
truthfutncss Of her t!ciineauous at glance, and
viii ind In her memory the nS1ng counterpart o.
the Characters she draws, toE, villa Tho exception
OF the c1poncntk Of theological tenets, which dMt
has either k':oothed down or altogether erased
the characters arc Just o. trre Of New England
Lie to-day Is taeJ were sixty years ago. ano fna!
ALL be found III the rcmo;e villages, dressing, car
lns, talking. thinking anH living as they dM then
hlnny OF the seeds Of which she speaks tn Inc pre-
lace hare nescf been exposed 10 tac not SUNS
1EoGycss, end have lain 1oE years without ger
tainasinG, rs the kcsnels Of wheat lie In the Ezyr
tim MUMMY cascs 'lay s bta.st-Tide away iron
the telegraph and rai'roah, md the uasellet
taoroRS11aseA Of men, anH lfon Tue influences o
she cities, VIII nr1Es YOU 10 the Vcr5 seeac
and people Mrs- stowe describes. io'
may cot find that theological antocae
uhirh ruled society VITA sach absolute 6"ay an
gave such DECIDED color 10 lis actlonf hnt III
same physical characteristics form ol speech
huCschold pccullarttles, local pride and conserSa
uze feeling. exist NOW Us existed IN the dk!s c
Uldtown, sixty yeats ago. II IL confined 10 ii
older generation; 10 the old men who h2v
neyer moved away from the homesteadA Whic
haze cone down 10 them; to the Old wouc
wbo SILL Wcar The gold beada anu TIC whaIebou
stays and arc lrun-clAd mothers In I6rskl: I
the old maids, Who have been stranded upo
the barren beach Of life, by the misfortune
numerical dlzl1opossion winch oh.aln& In Ne
EnelxnL The present generation Is mIgrsIor
and scesa new homes in. the pound1css wea
mtns1ing a healthy conservatism with the u
pulsve tadlcaAsm OF the new country.
Ne cslaot give 3 better iIeA Of MrA Stowe
took than bJ skei ching anYoutlne Of the stol
and, IN far u our trnce permits, the pec1lianu
OF character exhibited hy the acton. In this Ut
local druMA The sceue opena In Oldtoxn, and
laid u nite railroad tlmes, ta yea5e ago. Thcu II
counts3 hai Just shaken Oh nonnrchtcai rule IL
New England mad exchanged tho shsouttAn
The Iius te1 that Of the Church. Judging from
st.,e1ncut thai uiitown was " originally an
atan tovn." and that !" the great apostle Of I
tntnars established bis tyt. missionary enterpsi
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