Excerpt from Some Reminiscences of a Long Life: With a Few Articles on Moral and Social Subjects of Present Interest Edward Beecher Hooker and Alice, wife of John C. Day, are living. Of the others, one, Thomas, died soon after birth, and Mary, afterwards Mrs. Henry E. Burton, died in 1886, aged 40. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.