News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-29
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore's Famous
Book. "MY Story Of the War"

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In this new and superbly illustrated
work, the world famous Mary A. Liver
more narrates her personal work and eX-
periences as a hospital and field nurse
| during the war of the rebellion. We do
not know when 700 pages have given us
more genuine pleasure. Mrs. LivermOre
spent four years as a nurse in hospitals,
| camps, at the front, and on the battle
J field. and these four years, were packed Ks,
never paralleled in the life of any other
woman. Her narrative presents VlVld
inner picture of the wOmanly side OF the
war, more especially of her own work
and thrilling experiences, with many pa
thetic and humorous incidents portraylng
the lights and shadows of hospital life.
These are described as only an eye-wlt-
ness and tender hearted woman can de-
scribe them. What a wonderful work
she did. How heroic her labOrs, how
thrilling her experience in those dark
wears. It is a story never to be forgot
ten. When she first entered upon her
hospital career deathly taintness came
over her, but she nerved herself for the
work that had to be done and soon be-
came accustomed to it. We regard this
splendid book as a wholly unique work,
for it presents the 1gOmGRly, or what may
very appropriately be termed the heaven
| ~ side of the war, and this has never
| hitherto been written. 1t lifts the cur
| tam, and shows how heroic and devoted
and blessed her work was. 1t is full of
the deepest pathos, the richest humOr,
the most touching tales, the most STIR
ring anecdotes and incidents, and through
the whole runs the story of the adven-
lures and striking experiences of its illus
| triOus author. Stranger stories are here
| told than romance ever dreamed of
every one of them drawn from real life
| by a wOman's hand. In every chapter
she weaves in anecdote after anccdote,
| incident after incident, story after story,
and the readers attention is held breath
| less to the end of the volume. Should
every other book on the war be blOtted
out of existence, this one would COM
pletely reflect the spirit and work of the
women of the North. In reading it our
eyes were often filled with tears; at 9TH
er times we were convulsed with laugh
ter at its rich humOr. Such a work, by
so eminent an author, at whose feet hun
dreds of thousands have sat and listened
in admiration and wonder. whose power,
wisdom, influence aud fame are now
world wide, is the literary event of our
times.
But the illustrations! An able critic re-
Gently said, This is the most richly en-
bellisbed work ever published in Ameri-
ca" We endorse this opinion. There
are splendid steel plate portraits of IA
nous nurses of Union soldiers aud many
plates illustrating hospital scenes and
thrilling incidents in wOman's army
life. No newspaper description can do
these costly plates justice. They must
be seen to be appreciated. There are
also fac Sin1iLe plates of famous old bat
a II,
made from the original flags, printed in
sixteen colors from one hundred and
twenty eight engraved stones. They
show all the cOlOrs, tints, bloOd-stains,
rents, shot-holes, and splintered stats,
exactly as they appear in the original
flags. AS we look at them it is hard to
believe that the real flags are not before
us. Even the lettering and Inscriptions
are perfectly reproduced in gold. The
story of each flag is told, with pathetic
incidents attending the death of color
bearers who died under their folds.
This volume has no competitor and we
do not believe it can have Il rival. If we
speak warmly of the book, it is because
it richly deserves it. 1t is sold only by
agents and is meeting with an enormous
sale Agents who introduce work Of
such sterling merit ought to be cordially
welcomed. We believe that the best way
to keep our poor books is by introducing
good ones, and better and more alb
sorbingly interesting and thrilling work
than this has certainly never been brought
to our notice. 1t is rarely that one can
speak in terms of such unqualified praise
of any book. Put it into your homes. 1t
will be read over and over again by old
and young, with increasing pleasure and
lasting profit, and will be priced by all.
Il. bot of
ford to dispense with dozen other books
than not possess this. Every subscriber
will consider the price of it = a charity
to himself"