"Has there ever been a child like little Eva?
Yes, but their names are always on grave-stones." --
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Chapter 22
The Dying Child
"The Angel's Visits (1843)
By Sarah J. Hale
The Sinless Child (1843)
By Elizabeth Oakes Smith
"Only a Year" (POEM &
MANUSCRIPT, c. 1850)
By Harriet Beecher Stowe