The Press., 1897-09-30

Mary A. LlVermOre'S- new DOOk, "Ihe Story of My Life or, the e*Sunshine and
 Shadow of Seventy Years, a new and superbly illustrated book is her crowning
 life work and, as she herself states, it is
 the last that will ever come from her pen.
 It is a thrilling narrative of herflif from | Infancy ito old age, portraying the sun- shine and shadow of seventy years of a
 most marvellous career, told in her own
 words.
 1t seems almost incredible that woman nd<r so famous made mud pies' in her
 childhood was often sent supperless to bed
 and was frequently bounced down in a
 kitchen chair with an emphasis that
 caused her to-" see stars" When a young
 girl, struggling to support herself, she took in "slop-work, made shirts, and sub- sequently learned trade of dressmaker
 at which she worked for twenty-five cents a day. At eighteen she Iran away from home like boy" and spent three years on Southern slave plant full of cOmedy:and tragedy, and packed
 with thrilling experiences.
 She tells of the eventful Christmas
 night when she wandered into the church
 of strange young preacher, who soon | afterwards became her husband. Their eOmical experiences in their first attempt
 at housekeeping the ignominious fate ludG l0I nuSuduO d"dIOoo IO uCI uESl | fish chowder The buried it after dark in
 the garden]; and the many trials and | tribulations that followed are marvellous ly entertaining. They were poor. She | tried her hand at tailoring, and with the
 money saved by secretly making a pair
 of trousers for her husband she paid for a years subscription to a weekly news paper.
 Mrs. Livermore threw her whole heart and soul into measures for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers, and spent four years as nurse in the Union army. Her
 intellectual greatness and nobility of character led her to rise from those thI il- | lin&exp peIfenees to become the best known
 woman of America, and opened the way
 to her phenomenal platform career, that
 has continued for more than thirty years. At her feet millions 9fL people, have sat
 and listened in admiration and wonder. The rich and poor, the high and low, the
 learned and unlearned have been alike thrilled aud moved by her burning words. | She has swayed bff11fant audience of fash
 lon; has spoken in state prison, jails, and penitentiaries to audiences com
 posed of oat9a astssand dfoaudienees number | ing thousands of6Mldren. In this auto
 biography She gives many "reminiscences 1 bf her platform experiences, with an-
 thing" '' SS, r | ] Many distinguished men and women have long urged Mrs. Liyermore to tell
 the marvellous story of her life. She has received letters from thousands of men and women, unknown to her,: expressing lhe hope that such a volume would be written.
 | This work is wholly and entirely new
 It contains nothing that aRpeareds'in her | f'Story of the WaraC 1S87J, Of which sixty thousand copies were sold.
 The book is splendidly illustrated by a
 beautiful and costly full-page photograph
 plates and portraNs and over one hundred
 fine text illustrations. Many of them are
 Intensely humorous, while others depict
 thrilling scenes full of pathos and tragic interest. n -+ ..,: We.do not khoM when .78O patg,es have
 givetfsus more genuine pleasure. If we speak warmly of the book, 1t is because
 5t richly deserves it. It'is sold only by agents, and is meeting with large sale. t:Agents who intraduna a arst-class work like this ought to be cordially welcomed. 1lWe believe that the best way to keep out I 1poor books is by introducing good ones, and better one than this has never been Brought to our notice. Put 1t into your 1:homes. It will be read over and over liagain by old and young, with pleasure 9d%lasting. profitf and may we'll be hand led down from father to son and mother
 to daughter, as priceless legacy. | The book is sold QplyshE agents, and is ltof A. D. Wefthiugton E Co., Hartford,
 Conn.,, whose imprint is sufficient guaran- | tee of the excellence of this first-class l volume.
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