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It is the great happiness of Mrs. Stowe not only to have written many delightful books, but to have written one book which will be always famous not only as the most vivid picture of an extinct evil system, but as one of the most powerful influences in overthrowing it.... No book was ever more a historical event than Uncle Tom's Cabin. . . If all whom she has charmed and quickened should unite to sing her praises, the birds of summer would be outdone.--
George William Curtis.
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
A Story of American Slavery. 12mo,
$2.00. New
Popular Edition from new plates.
With account of the writing of this story by
Mrs. Stowe, and frontispiece. 16mo, $1.00.
Holiday Edition. With an Introduction of more than thirty pages by
Mrs. Stowe, describing the circumstances under which the story was written, and a Bibliography of the various editions and languages in which the work has appeared, by
George Bullen, of the British Museum.
With more than one hundred illustrations, and red-line border. 8vo, full gilt, $3.00; half calf, $5.00; morocco, or tree calf, $6.00.
The publication of this remarkable story was an event in American history as well as in American literature.
It fixed the eyes of the nation and of the civilized world on the evils of slavery, presenting these so vividly and powerfully that the heart and conscience of mankind were thenceforth enlisted against them.
But, aside from its graphic portrayal of slavery,
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a story of thrilling power, and abounds in humorous delineations of negro and Yankee character.
Its extraordinary annual sale of thousands of copies, and its translation into numerous foreign languages, attest its universal and permanent interest.
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Dred (Nina Gordon). A Story of Slavery.
New Edition from new plates. 12mo, $1.50.
This volume was originally published under the title “Dred.”
It has a close connection with
Uncle Tom's Cabin, the object of both being to picture life at the
South as it was under the regime of slavery.
Uncle Tom and
Dred will assure
Mrs. Stowe a place in that high rank of novelists who can give us a national life in all its phases, popular and aristocratic, humorous and tragic, political and religious.--
Westminster Review (
London).
Agnes of Sorrento. An Italian Romance. 12mo, $1.50.
In this story a plot of rare interest is wrought out, amid the glowing scenery of
Italy, with the author's well-known dramatic skill.
The Pearl of Orr's Island. 12mo, $1.50.
The scene of this charming tale is laid upon the coast of
Maine.
The author's familiar knowledge of
New England rural life renders the volume especially attractive.
A story of singular pathos and beauty.--
North American Review.
The minister's Wooing. 12mo, $1.50.
In this volume
Mrs. Stowe has reproduced the
New England of two generations ago. It deals with the noblest and most rugged traits of
New England character.
My wife and I; or,
Harry Henderson's History.
New Edition.
Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50.
This book first appeared as a serial in the
Christian Union, New York.
The author dedicates it to “the many dear, bright young girls whom she is so happy as to number among her choicest friends.”
We and our neighbors. New Edition.
Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50.
This is a sequel to
My wife and I.
Pogancuc people. Their loves and lives. New Edition.
Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50.
A story of a
New England town, its men and its manners.
Old town folks. 12mo, $ .50.
Full to repletion of delicate sketches of very original characters, and clever bits of dialogue, and vivid descriptions of natural scenery.--
The Spectator (
London).
Sam Lawson's oldtown fireside stories. Illustrated. New Edition, enlarged. 12mo, $1.50.
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Contents: The Ghost in the
Mill; The
Sullivan Looking-Glass; The Minister's Housekeeper; The
Widow's Bandbox;
Captain Kidd's Money; “Mis' Elderkin's pitcher” ; The Ghost in the
Cap'n Brown House;
Colonel Eph's Shoe-Buckles; The
Toothacre's-Fight; How to Fight the Devil; Laughina in Meetina; The
Toothacre's Ghost Story; The
Parson's Horse Race; Oldtown Fireside Talks of the Revolution; A Student's Sea Story.
These stories will prove a mine of genuine fun; pictures of a time, place, and state of society which are like nothing on this side of the world, and which, we suppose, are becoming rapidly erased.--
The Atheneum (
London).
The mayflower, and other sketches. 12mo, $1.50.
A series of
New England sketches, many of which have become household stories throughout the land.
The above eleven 12mo volumes, uniform, in box, $16.00.
Little pussy Willow, etc. Illustrated. Square 12mo,
$1.25.
A dog's mission, etc. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.25.
Queer little people. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.25.
These three Juvenile books, $3.75.
Three collections of delightful stories — the best of reading for young folks.
Palmetto leaves. Sketches of
Florida.
Illustrated. 16mo,
$1.50.
Any one who wishes a delightful excursion to the land of flowers has only to turn over these
Palmetto leaves and he has it.--
New York Observer.
House and home papers. 16mo, $1.50.
Contents: The Ravages of a Carpet; Home-Keeping
versus House-Keeping; What is a Home?
The Economy of the
Beautiful; Raking up the Fire; The Lady who does her own Work; What can be got in
America; Economy; Servants; Cookery; Our
House; Home Religion.
An invaluable volume, and one which should be owned and consulted by every one who has a house, or who wants a home.--
The Congregationalist (
Boston.)
Little foxes. Common Household Faults. 16mo, $1.50.
The foxes are,--Fault-Finding, Irritability, Repression, Persistence, Intolerance, Discourtesy, Exactingness.
Mrs. Stowe has made essays as entertaining as stories, enlivened with wit, seasoned with sense, glowing with the most kindly feeling.--
Hartford Press.
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The chimney corner. 16mo, $1.50.
A series of papers on Woman's Rights and Duties, Health, Amusements, Entertainment of Company, Dress, Fashion, Self-Discipline, etc. The genial, practical wisdom of these subjects gives this volume great value.
These three Household Books, uniform, in box, $4.50.
Religious poems. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.50.
All characterized by the genius of
Mrs. Stowe.... In all, there is a profound appreciation of the
inner life of religion,--a wrestling for nearness to God.--
American Christian Review.
Flowers and fruit, selected from the Writings of Harriet
Beecher Stowe. 16mo, $1.00.
A charming little book . . . full of sweet passages, and bright, discerning, wise, and in the best sense of the term, witty sayings of our greatest American novelist.--
Chicago Advance.
Dialogues and scenes from the writings of Mrs. Stowe. For use in School Entertainments.
Selected by
Emily Weaver.
In Riverside Literature Series, extra number
E. 16mo, paper, 15 cents,
net.
The selections are from some of
Mrs. Stowe's most true-to-life scenes,--full of pathos and mirth. ... Nine most charming dialogues.--
School Journal (New York).
***
For sale by all Booksellers.
Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers,
Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
4 Park Street,
Boston; 11 East 17th Street, New York.
