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THE
CABIN AND PARLOR:
OR, SLAVES AND MASTERS.

Complete in One Duodecimo Volume of 336 pages.

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.

BY J. THORNTON RANDOLPH.

Read the following Notices of the Press in relation to it.

From the Saturday Courier of September 25th, 1852.

“The Cabin and the Parlor.” announced already in our advertising columns, by Mr.
T. B. Peterson, is altogether a different kind of work, from that which, some weeks since,
so seriously disappointed the public expectation. The work now announced will shortly
make its appearance, and the slight inkling which we have of its author, in spite of his
incog, satisfies us that we may anticipate a production worthy of the subject. That
subject, so intensely affecting all the vital relations of this great republic, the subject of
slavery, as it exists in reality, and not in fiction, will be presented in just such a light
as the honest and honorable American may view without a blush. While occupying a
high, national position, the work, or we mistake its author, apart from its enlarged
spirit of philanthropy, will possess an intense and thrilling interest. We impatiently
await its appearance, and are prepared to award it the hearty reception that we have in
times past, bestowed upon other productions of its presumed anthor. This volume, as
we learn from the publisher, is to be sold at the low price of fifty cents a copy, in paper
cover, or a finer edition, One Dollar, in cloth, gilt, a fact we note with the more satisfaction
as indicative of the rapid career it is destined to run in spreading its healthful
influence over the land.

From Scott's Weekly of September 25th, 1852.

A New Novel.—The “Cabin and Parlor,” is the title of a new novel, which will
appear shortly. It is from the pen of a gentleman of well known literary reputation
of this city, and as there is no city, perhaps, in the whole Union, where there is a more
healthy feeling with regard to non-interference with the designs of its brethren North
and South, it is but fair to conjecture that the author, like his fellow citizens, has infused
this spirit into his book. Those who have seen the proof-sheets assure us that the
“Cabin and Parlor” is certain of great success, on account of the wholesome truths
it disseminates. It is not an answer to, nor a companion of, any publication yet issued.
The author has traveled during the past year, through most of the states in the Union,
with the view of obtaining proper material, he having long since conceived the idea now
put into print. The book will be published and for sale by T. B. Peterson, Nos. 97 and
98 Chesnut Street.

From the Daily Sun of September 18th, 1852.

The Cabin and the Parlor.—This is the title of a new work, which Mr. T. B. Peterson
has in press, and which, following Mrs. Stowe's popular work of “Uncle Tom's
Cabin,” will create no little sensation in the public mind. It cannot be called a “Companion
to Uncle Tom's Cabin,” or to “Aunt Phillis' Cabin,” for we are told, it takes a
broader and higher ground than either of these admirable works of fiction and of fact.
The real name of the author does not appear, though we know that the work is the
production of a scholar, whose noble Essays on Colonization, and the relative position of
the North and South, in the Compromise on the Slavery question, have been quoted
with praise by the united press of the country. The book will contain over three
hundred pages, illustrated, and will be afforded at 50 cents per copy, in paper cover;
or a finer edition in cloth, gilt, for One Dollar. It can be sent by mail.

From the Evening Bulletin of September 4th, 1852.

The Cabin and the Parlor is a new work advertised in our columns, by T. B. Peterson,
which, we have reason to believe will create a sensation, second only to “Uncle
Tom's Cabin.” It is not strictly an answer to Mrs. Stowe's novel, though it is on the
same engrossing theme. It takes the broader and higher ground, avoids the sophisms
of that fascinating work, and is emphatically a book for the whole country, and for all
who love the Constitution and laws. We have been assured, by a gentleman who has
read the proof-sheets, that the story is of absorbing interest, and founded on fact.

Published and for Sale by T. B. PETERSON,
No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.