Experiences of a correspondent of the "New York Tribune" within the Confederate lines in 1861, and later with the Union armies and in southern prisons.
The issue of women's education was a controversial one in the second half of the 19th century. By discussing her own educational training, Beecher presents her views in support of higher education for women.
"This major work on the early history of the American theater chronicles more than a century of the plays presented at the various New York houses and the performers who appeared in them.