The Press., 1897-09-30

Mary A. L1VermOre'S- new book, "The Story of My Life or, the2Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years", new and Isuperbly 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 8 thrilling narrative of hertlife from | infancy ito old age, portraying the sum- shine and shadow of seventy years of a
 most marvellous career, told. in her own l words.
 Itseems almost incredible that a woman
 ndw 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 a dressmaker,
 at which she worked for twenty-five cents
 d day. At eighteen she "ran away from
 home like boy" and spent three years
 on a Southern slave plantation-ye full of comedy and tragedy, and packed
 with thrilling experiences.
 She tells of the eventful Christmas
 night when she wandered into the church
 of 8 strange young preacher, who soon afterwards became her husband. Their Gomical experiences in their first attempt
 at housekeeping; the ignominious fate
 that her husband awarded to her first 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 pair l of trousers for her husband she paid for a years subscription to 8 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 a nurse in the Union army. Her
 intellectual greatness and nobility of character led her to rise from those thrill linglaxp pelfen@es 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 .ifeetlnillfons of pesR1Hr have sat
 and listened in admiration and wonder The rich and poor, the high and low, the learned and unlearned have been alike thrillled. and, moved by her burning words. She has sway6d Brilliant audience of fash
 lon has spoken in state prison, iails,
 and penitentiaries to audiences con-
 posed of odt0a sts7an dfo audiences number ing thousands ofclIldren. In this auto
 biography she gives many "reminiscences pf her platform experiences, with an-
 f,cdSote@g @ Rnd q 9lcisaeats too funnyefor any lining" 's@ @@ . / 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
 ihe hope that such volume would be
 written.
 This work Is wholly and entirely new.
 1t contains nothing that appearedssin her Story of the War'C1887J, Of which sixty
 thOusand copies were sold.
 The book is splendidly illustrated by a
 beautiful and costly full-page photograph
 plates and portnaiSs, and over one hundred
 fine text illustrations. Many of them are
 Intensely humorous, while others depict thrilling scenes full of pathos and tragic interest. , lz .4 S...> li Wa;do not know when .730 Ilages have give1fSds more genuine pleasure. If we speak warmly of the book, it is because ft richly deserves it. It is sold only by i agents, and is meeting with a large, sale. Agents who introdaea a arst-class work like this ought to be cordially welcomed. 14We believe that the best way to keep out poor books is by introducing good ones, and better one than this has never been Brought to our notice Put it into your lshomes. It will be read over and over again by old and young, with pleasure l@a4d lasting; profits and may well be hand He'd down from father to son and mother
 to daughter, as a priceless legacy. |: The book is sold QnlyEb2g agents, and is lipublishedFby the old &ad Nell-known firm .of A D.. Wofthiugton &s Co., Hartford,
 Conn.,, whose imprint is sufficient guaran-
 tee of the excellence of this first-class volume.
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