Morris tribune., 1898-08-17
Book NoTRs.
.rIARY A. LIvERMoRE's BOOK.

cOue from n0r pen. IL ID GlflIIlnG
narrative of her life from infancy tc
old age, portraYing the sunshine and
shadow of seventy years of a most
marvellous career, told in her own
words.
1t seems almost incredible that q
woman now so famous made "mud
pies" in her childhood, was often sent
supperless to bed, and was frequent
ly bounced down into kitchen chair
with an emphasis that caused her to
"see stars" When ayoung girl strug-
Cling to support herself, she took in
shop work" made shirts, and subse-
quently learned the trade of a dress
maker, at which she worked for TWEEN
ty cents a day. At eighteen she "ran
away from home like a boy" and
spent three eventful years on a South
EN- slave plantation Years full of
comedy and tragedy, and packed
with thrilling experiences.
She tells of the eventful Christmas
night when she wandered into the
church of a strange young preacher
who soon afterward became her hus-
'rand. Their comical experiences in
their first attempt at housekeeping,
the ignominous fate that her husband
awarded to her first fish chowder Che
buried it after dark in the garden) i;
and the many trials and tribulations
that followed are marvelously enter
tanning. They we're 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
weekly newspaper.
Mrs. Livermore threw her whole
heart and soul into measures for the
relief of sick and wounded soldiers,
and spent four yeas as a nurse in
the Union army. Her intellectual
greatness and nobility of character
led her to rise from those thrilling
to become the best known
woman of America, and opened the
way to her phenomenal platform ca
reer, that has continued for more than
thirty years. At her feet millions Of
people have sat and listened in ad-
and wonder. The rich and
poor, the high and low, the learned
and unlearned have been alike thrill
led and moved by her burning words.
She has swaYed brilliant audiences of
fashion; has spoken in state prisons,
jails, and penitentiaries; to audiences
composed of outcasts and to audien-
ces numbering thousands Of children.
In this autobiography she gives many
"reminiscences of her platform expert
ences, with anecdotes and incidents
too funny for anything"
Many distinguished men and wo-
men have long urged Mrs. Livermore
to tell the marvellous story of her life.
She has received letters from thous-
ands of men and women, unknown to
her, expressing the hope that such a
volume would be written.
This work is wholly and entirely
new. 1t contains nothing that ap-
peared in her "Story of the War"
1857, of which sixty thousand copies
were sold.
The book is splendidly illustrated
by beautiful and costly full-page
photo ~ravure plates and portraits,
and over one hundred fine text illus
trations. Many of them are intensely
humorous while others depict thrill
ing scenes full of pathos and tragic
interest.
We do not know when 730 pages
nave given us more genuine pleasure.
If we speak warmly of the book. it is
because it richly deserves it. 1t is
s sold only by agents, and is meeting
With large sale. Agents who intro
luce irst-class work like this ought |
o be cordially welcomed. We believe
hat the best way to keep out poor
looks is by introducing good ones,
md better one than this has never
,een brought to our notice. Put it
nto your homes. twill be read over
md over again by old and young,
With pleasure and lasting profit, and
nay well b handed down from faith
r to son and mother to daughter as
priceless legacy.
The book is sold only by agents,
nd is published by the old and we'll
nown firm of A. D. Worthington &
To-, Hartford, Conn, whose imprint