Arlington Edition Illustrations
Although there's no date on this text, it almost certainly was
one of the many new editions that began appearing as soon as Stowe's copyright
expired in 1892. Identified on the cover as the "Arlington Edition," this
inexpensive edition fit the whole novel
into 278 pages packed closely with small print. But Hurst & Company, which
specialized in reprinting classics, children's books and reference works,
apparently did commission four full-page illustrations for it. They're
inserted into the text without captions, and in one case without a clear
contextual clue to what's being illustrated -- I'm speculating that the
illustration we've labeled "In a Parlor" is intended to depict St. Clare talking
to Miss Ophelia. As with many 19th century novels, the volume closes with
several pages of illustrations (including three for other Hurst publications).
The only illustrated ad, for Mrs. Winslow's Syrup, is included here. You can see these illustrations by clicking on any of the icons
at left. They appear in this archive courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Tim
Duncan.
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life
Among the Lowly. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. (New York: Hurst & Co.,
Publishers, n.d.)