It was read by all classes North and South.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin as it is" was called forth from the South as a reply to Mrs.Stowe's book, and there ensued a general discussion of the subject which was on the whole enlightening.

Yet the immediate political effect of the publication was less than might have been expected from a book so widely read and discussed.

Its appearance early in the decade did not prevent the apparent pro-slavery reaction already described.

But Mr.Rhodes calls attention to the different impression which the book made upon adults and boys.