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LEFT STOVALL 110 STOWE Representatives. From 1913 to 1920 he was United States minister to Switzer- land. He wrote "Life of Robert Toombs" (1891). STOW, JOHN, an English historian; born in London about 1525. He learned his father's business, tailoring, but his bent was toward antiquarian research. His chief publications were "A Sum- mary of Englische Chronicles" (1561) ; "Annales, or a Generale Chronicle of England from Brute until the present Yeare of Christe" (1580) ; and "A Sur- vey of London" (1598). He also printed the "Flores Historiarum of Matthew of Westminster" (1567), the "Chronicle of Matthew of Paris" (1571), and the "His- toria Brevis of Thomas Walsingham" (1574). He died in London April 6, 1605. STOWE, CALVIN ELLIS, an Ameri- can educator; born in Natick, Mass., April 6, 1802; was graduated at Bow- doin College in 1824, at Andover Sem- inary in 1828; and edited the Boston "Recorder" in 1829-1830. He y^as Pro- fessor of Greek at Dartmouth College in 1830-1832, and of Sacred Literature in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincin- nati, O., in 1833-1835. He married Har- riet Elizabeth Beecher in January, 1836, and went to Europe to examine the pub- lic school systems. He was professor at Bowdoin in 1850; and at Andover in 1852-1864. His publications include a translation of Jahn's "Hebrew Common- wealth" (1829) ; "Lectures on the Poetry of the Hebrews" (1829) ; "Report on Elementary Education in Europe"; "In- troduction to the Criticism and Inter- pretation of the Bible" (1835) ; and "Origin and History of the Books of the Bible" (1867) ; also addresses and pamphlets. He died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 22, 1886. STOWE, CHARLES EDWARD, an American lecturer and writer, born at Brunswick, Maine, in 1850. He was a son of Harriet Beecher Stowe (q. v.) and was educated at Harvard and the Uni- versities of Bonn, Berlin, and Heidel- berg. After following the sea for four years, he studied abroad and upon his return was ordained a Congregational minister. He devoted his time to lec- turing and wrote "Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe" (1889) ; "Lives of Dis- tinguished Americans" (1889) ; "Har- riet Beecher Stowe — The Story of Her Life" (with L. B. Stowe, 1912). STOWE, HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER, an American novelist, daugh- ter of Lyman Beecher and sister of Henry Ward Beecher; born in Litchfield, Conn., June 14, 1811; was educated at Litchfield Academy and at the school of her sister Catherine in Hartford; at the age of 14 she began teaching; in 1832 removed to Cincinnati, 0. In 1836 she was married to Prof. Calvin Ellis Stowe; in 1850 she removed to Brunswick, Me., and later to Andover, Mass. ; in 1864 she settled in Hartford, Conn., where she spent the remainder of her life. She published: "The Mayflower; or Sketches of Scenes and Characters among the Descendants of the Pilgrims" (1843) ; "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly" (1852); "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1853); "Uncle Tom's Emanci- pation" (1853) ; "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands" (1854); "The May- flower, and Miscellaneous Writings" (1855) ; "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dis- mal Swamp" (1856) ; "Our Charley and What to Do with Him" (1858); "The Minister's Wooing" (1859) ; "The Pearl of Orr's Island" (1862) ; "Agnes of Sor- rento" (1862) ; "House and Home Pa- pers" (1864) ; "Stories about our Boys'* (1865); "Religious Poems" (1867); "Queer Little People" (1867); "The Chimney Corner" (1868) ; "Oldtovm Folks" (1869) ; with Catherine E. Beech- er; "Lady Byron Vindicated" (1870); "Little Pussy Willow" (1870) ; "Pink and White Tyranny" (1871) ; "Sam Law- son's Fireside Stories" (1871); "My Wife and I" (1871) ; "Palmetto Leaves" (1873) ; "Woman in Sacred History" (1873) ; "We and our Neighbors" (1875) ; "Deacon Pitkin's Farm, and Christ's Christmas Presents" (1875) ; "Footsteps of the Master" (1876) ; "Cap- tain Kidd's Money, and Other Stories" (1876) ; "The Ghost in the Mill, and Other Stories" (1876) ; "Poganuc Peo- ple" (1878) ; "A Dog's Mission" (1881) ; etc. Her best known work, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (suggested by the life of Josiah Henson) has been translated into many languages, its sale exceeding that of any previous work of English fiction. She died in Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896. STOWE, LYMAN BEECHER. an American writer, born at Saco, Maine, in 1880. He was educated at Harvard. From 1909 to 1910 he was assistant ed- itor of the "Circle Magazine"; from 1910 to 1913 secretary and vice-chairman of the Public Service Commission of New York; from 1913 to 1915 secretary of the National Association of Junior Re- publics; from 1915 to 1918 secretary of the Department of Public Charities, New York City. Besides contributing articles to many magazines and lectur- ing on social, political, and educational subjects, he was the co-author of "Har-