Show mrs and amaryll Ara ryll A friend who has just come from the house of harriet beecher stowe tells me that the authoress still retains her physical strength each morning she leads the devotions at the breakfast table praying reading the scriptures and singing a hymn the only time she takes up her pen is to write to some member of the family but one day in each month is set aside for a letter to the duke of argyll the two writing to each other in alternate months mrs stowe s letters to the duke are said to be vigorous and from them her correspondent gets no idea of her mental health the two discuss international affairs of all kinds and even mrs groweg daughters are surprised to see how thorough is their mothers knowledge of every day affairs as she lewns of them through such newspapers aa she carea to read ohp author of uncle toms cabin is now nearly seventy nine years old newyork New york letter |