Nabby and Hiel Ride Home After Huckleberrying
Nabby and Hiel travel by stage to Poganuc after a day of huckleberrying. Nabby flirts and teases as Hiel admits she is the handsomest girl on his beat. The scene prompts discussion about Nabby and Dolly and reflects on Zeph Higgins and Mrs. Jones, while Mrs. Stowe’s observations frame village life and character.
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Nabby
Hiel
Poganuc
Dolly
Zeph
Tahiti and Society Islands Gain From Missionary Change
The Society and Georgian Islands lie about eighty miles apart. Major islands include Borabora Tahaha Raiates and Huahini with Pahiti the largest. Tahiti, famed for volcanic beauty and fertile valleys, saw idolatry vanish in eighty years as literacy spread. Estimates of population varied from 200000 by Cook to 8000 by Pritchard.
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Society
Polynesia
Borabora
Tahaha
Raiates
Huahini
Maiapita
Eimeo
Tahiti
Pahiti
Louis Napoleon
France
Paris
Captain Cook
Forster
Allo
Tahiti Protectorate and Queen Pomare in Mission Context
An analysis traces Tahiti’s seizure by France in 1843 amid broader Pacific moves. It highlights Pomare IV’s role, Protestant mission ties, and a covert British push to claim New Zealand, with Pomare’s defiance of Catholic pressure and later pensioner status under France.
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London Missionary Society
Tahiti
New Zealand
Antipodes
Lord Palmerston
Cape of Good Hope
Pomare IV
Pritch
Pomare
Mission Church
Papeeti
Mr Thomas Cooper on Evolution and Religion
A review of Thomas Cooper's volume arguing popular exposition of Darwinian ideas for working men. It notes Cooper adapts terms for lay audiences, discusses natural selection, common objections, and the link between science and religious belief, including man’s origins and morality.
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Thomas Cooper
England
Cooper
Darwin
Huxley
Herbert Spencer
Mr. Darwin
Mr. Cooper