Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-04-25
Mrs. Mary A Livermore's Famous Book
my STORY on THE WAR.

In this new and >upcrbly Illustrated work.
the wor!d-famou- Mary \. Livcrmore mar
rates her personal work and experiences a.
4 hospital and field nurse during the war
Of the rebellion We do not know when
700 pages have given u NOR genuine
pleasure Mrs Livermore spent four years
a. a nurse in hospitals camps. at the front.
and OF the battlefield. and these four years
were pacSed with patho>, glory. and sacri-
dee probably never paralleled in the life Of
any either women. Her narrative presents
vivid inner picture Of the t-pmfnly sfig
~ he '-Gr. more especially OF her own work
and thrilling experiences, with many pa
thetlC and humorous incidents portraying
the lights and shadows OF hospital life.
These are described as only an eyewitness
snl tender hearted woman could describe
them.
What wonderful work She did How
heroic her labOr>. how thrilling her ex-
perienCc in those dark wears. Il j. q story
never To be forgotten When She first en-.
tered upon her hospital career Il dealhly
faintness came over her, but She neryed
herself for the work that had to be done,
aud soon became accustomed 10 il. Never
again were her nerves disturbed by hospital
sights and scenes. Fol four wears she held
herself in iron control, and gave herself
mp to motherly min-trations to the sick
and wounded Of the rank and file.
We regard this splendid book a. a wholly
unique work. for it presents the 'rnmdHly,
or what may very appropriately be termed
the hs1reHiy side II The ,rGr. and this has
never hitherto been written 1t lift. the
curtain, and shows how heroic and devoted
and blessed her work was II i full Of
the deepest patho>. the richest humor,
the most touching tales. the most stirring
anecdotes and incidents. and through the
whole runs the story Of the adventures and
striking experiences of its illustrious
author. Stranger stories are here told than
romance ever dreamed Of every one of them
drawn from real life by woman's hand.
In every chapter she weaves in aneCdote
after anecdote. incident after incident,
story after story. and he readers attention
l. held breathles> 10 the end Of the volume.
Should every other book on the war be
blotted out Of existence, this one would
completely reflect the spirit and work of
the women of the North. In reading it
our eyes were often filed with tears; at
other times we were convulsed with laugh
tel at it, rich humor. Such q work, bv so
eminent an author, AT whose feet hundreds
of thousands have sat and listened in
ddiiiIailpl Auu HOuutfs "UO~c power,
wisdom, influence, and 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
embelli>hed work ever published in Amer
lea" We endorse this opinion. There
are splendid steel plate portraits of famous
nurses Of Union soldiers, and many plates
Illustrating hospital scenes and thrilling
incidents in womans army life No
newspaper description can do these costly
plates justice. They must be seen to be
appreciated. There are also splendid fac
stmile plates Of famous old battle flags
from photographs and paintings made
from the original flags, printed in sixteen
colors from one hundred and tneaty -eight
engraved stones. They show all the colors,
tints, blood-staiDs, 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 grand volume has no competitor
and we do not believe it can have a rival
II VIC sPtah VI tit ocOhs II 10 Dt-
cause it richly deserves it, 1t is sold only
by agents, and Is meeting with sn enormous
sale. Agents who introduce a work of
such sterling merit ought to be cordially
welcomed. We believe that the best way
to keep out poor books is by introducing
good ones. and better and more absorb
ingly 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. You can, in our
opinion, much better afford to dispense
with dozen other books than not possess
this. Every subscriber will consider the
prlce of tia charity to himself"