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From the many favorable notices of the Press which this volume has received the following have been selected:

"It will be difficult for any reader, however suspicious of narratives of this kind, to resist the conviction which the simplicity, candor and good feeling of this work produces, of its entire truthfulness. And if true, what, a history it depicts! Such oppression, fear, and suffering: such courage and energy; such meek endurance and perseverance, could only be exemplified by one whose nature was taxed to the uttermost. The hardest task the reader will find is to suppress his indignation, and to keep the balance of his judgment in reference to a system which can possibly lead to such monstrous results. We wish the book might obtain a universal perusal. It is adapted to produce the right kind of feeling—a feeling of deep and abiding sympathy for the oppressed. We are all too indifferent to the wrongs of the slave. We do not make his case our own. We do not feel for those in bonds as bound with them. There is a lamentable lack of proper Christian sympathy; and it is one of the best results of a book like this, that it quickens the flow of feeling, and touches the heart. Mr. Bibb has manifested by a blameless life, and by extraordinary talents, a character which not only corroborates the truth of his history, but powerfully illustrates the terrible nature of the system whose oppressions he here records. For his sake, as well as for the sake of humanity and freedom, we hope an extensive sale awaits the little volume. It is small, neatly printed, and sold at a low price—from fifty cents to seventy-five cents per copy. Let there be a little Christian generosity exhibited in the sale of the work."

"Henry Bibb, the well known fugitive slave, has just published, in elegant style and with sundry pictorial illustrations, a Narrative of his Lite and Adventures, written by himself, and remarkably well-written too: with an Introduction by Lucius C Matlack. Of all the narratives that have been published, no