The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.


This world-famous story was written IN
1911 and appeared originally, from week
TO week as written, in the National Era.
an aDoiitlon paper published at Washing
ton brought out in book form. when
competed as serial, its popularity was
immediate and immense. It's influence
during the last decade of slavery was
great, and its part in the creation OF
antl-siaVery sentiment incalculable
II opens in Kentucky, and closes in
canada. The chapters between are
chiefly located in Ohio, in New Orleans,
and along the Red river. Their CHIEF mr.
pose is TO depict slavery, and the effects
OF It. by portraying the experience of
uncle Tom, and OF those with whom
he was more or less connected. throuail
Inc space of some FIVE years Their chief
persohaSes, rather in the order Of in
Uest than of introduction, are Uncle
rom, the pious and faithful slave, and
little Eva to whom he is devoted; Au-
gustne st. Clare, father of Eve, and
mas complaining wife; Mr.. and Mrs.
Shelby, from whose old Kentucky
Home" Uncle Tom is sold South; George
oheby, their son, who finally seelzs
MIN for repurchase, and finds him dying
OF brutality on a remote Red river plan
noh; Simon Legree, who bought
rom after st. Clare's death
NWhlch followed not long after
Lhat OF Eva, who owns him when
ne dleS, and who represents the brutal
Shareholders as st. Glare represents the
easy and good-humored one; Classy, once
Legrees 1aVorite, now q half-crossed
wreck of beauty; Emeline, bought to
succeed her, but who escapes with Cas-
BY at last; Eliza, who proves to be
Cessys daughter, and to whom she is
finally lcunited; George Harris, Eliza's
husband, who follows her along the
Ind PTgrnID1 roi owl II
ner wonderful escapade across the Ohio
river on the ice, carrying her boy Har-
~; Tom Locker, Haley and Marks (the
laWyers,) the slave-catchers,, who hunt
these runawayS and are overnatched;
Simon Halliday and Phineas Fletcher,
the Quakers, with their families; and
Senator and Mrs, Bird, and John Van
Irompe, all OF whom assist the fugi-
tiYes; Miss Ophelia, the precise New
England spinster cousin in St. Clare,a
nome; Topsy, the ebony limb of mis-
cher who never was born, but Just
SgroWed; and Aunt Chloe, Uncle Toms
wife, back in "old Kentuck," whose
EARNINGS were to assist in his return to
her, but TO whom he never returns.
Other, but incidental characters, field
and household servants, swell the num-
Ser to ffty-f1ve
In a Key to Uncle Toms Cabin" its
author gave matter to sustain both the
severe and mild pictures Of slavery which
her story had drawn. Being once in
PRODUCED as the writer of that story,
Mrs. Stowe disclaimed its authorship;
and to The question: WHO did write it.
then?' she answered. ,reYerently-"God."
Harriet Beecher Stowe, one of the most
distinguished of American authors, a
sister of the famous Beecher brothers
was born at Litchfield, Conn, June a.
1Sl2 She was the wife of DR.. Stowe,
5 also known as a writer. Her most no.
table OF a dozen or more books Is
Uncle Toms Cabin" It was origins
ally printed as a newspaper serial sto-
Ty, and created a wide interest. No
other book written in this country has
pad q larger sale. Tt has been trans
9ated IN more than thirty foreign Ian