Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Life Among the Lowly; With an Introduction Setting Forth the History of the Novel and a Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

The omissions are marked in each case by asterisks.
In addition to the Introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin which Mrs. Stowe prepared for the edition issued in 1878 it has been thought advisable to prefix an essay written by Mr. C. D. Warner, since another than the author could more freely analyze the work and set forth its interest for the public nearly half a century after it first stirred the whole civilized world. Mr. Warner was asked when contributing his essay to The Atlantic Monthly to draw upon this Introduction for those facts which Mrs. Stowe could furnish. There is therefore a slight repetition which the editor has allowed to remain, rather than break into the logical order of the essay. The omissions are marked in each case by asterisks.
In addition to the Introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin which Mrs. Stowe prepared for the edition issued in 1878 it has been thought advisable to prefix an essay written by Mr. C. D. Warner, since another than the author could more freely analyze the work and set forth its interest for the public nearly half a century after it first stirred the whole civilized world. Mr. Warner was asked when contributing his essay to The Atlantic Monthly to draw upon this Introduction for those facts which Mrs. Stowe could furnish. There is therefore a slight repetition which the editor has allowed to remain, rather than break into the logical order of the essay.