Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-18
MARY A. INVENTORIES NEW BOOK.
"Ths Story Of NY Life or the Sunshine
and SHADOW Of Seveniy Years"

This new aLd superbly illustrated book
IL the erOwuiug life work OF the famous
Mary A. LivermOfe, aud, as she herself
states, II Is the last that will syer come
from her pen II lisa thrilling narrative
Of her life from infancy TO Oid age, pOr-
traying the sunshine and shadow Of
seventy years Of a most marvellous career
told In her own words.
Ii seems most i%ncTedulOus that a
woman now 80 famous made mud pies"
in her childhood, and was often sent
snpperless to bed, aud Was frequt ntly
bounced down into q kitchen chair with
an emphasis that caused her to see stars.
when a young girl, struggling to sup
port herself, she took In ''slOp work.
made shirts, and subsequently learned
the trade Of a dressmaker, at which she
worked for 20 cents a day. AZ IL she
ran away from home like a boy and
spent three years on a southern slave
plantation years full Of comedy and
tragedy and packed with thrilling exper.
fences.
Size tells Of the eventful Christmas
night when she wandered into the church
of a strange young preacher, who after
wards became her husband. Their conf
cal experiences In their first attempt al
housekeeping, the ignominious fate that
her husband awarded to her first 1sl
chowder The buried IL after dark In tn,
gardenl, and the many trials and tribu'
lstiOns that followed are m~aryelOusly en-
pertaining. They were poor. She tried
her hand at tailoring, and with the
money saved by secretly making a pail
OF trousers for her husband she paid FOL
/ 4. ...eNa aVAaaNtnNtnn 10 a tuaaElN nAWa.
paper.
Mrs. Liyermore threw her whole hear
and soul into measures for the relief o.
/ sick aud wounded soldiers. and spenI
four years AZ a nurse in the Union army
Her Intellectual greatness and nobtl
ity OF character led her 20 risI
from those thrilling experiences TO be
come the best known woman IN
America, and opened the way to he
phenomenal platform career, that ha
continued for more than thirty years. A
her feet millions OF people have sat an'
listened In admiration and wonder. Tn
rich and poor, the high aud low, tn
learned and u~nlearned have been allkl
thrilled and moved by her burning words
She has swayed brilliant audiences o
fashion; has spoken In state prisons, jails
hlu ItulNtnNihi lfbi W ouuiohNoo eVha
posed OF O~utcasts, and TO audiences mum
bering thousands OF children. In thi
autobiography she gives many reminis
ceDces OF her platform experiences, will
anecdotes and incidents too funny 10
anything"
Many distinguished men aud w0mel
have long urged Mrs. Ltyermore to tel
the marvellous story OF her life. She ha
....sa.A I.NN.aa NW.s. ehnnaanAa RH maj
aud women, unknown TO her, expressing
the hope that such a volume would b
written.
This work Ia wholly and entirely new
II contains nothing that appeared in he
STORY Of the War" uSS7), OF which sixt
thousand copies were sold.
The book IL splendidly illustrated b
beautiful and costly full-page phOtogrt
yure plates and portraits, and over on
hundred lne text illustrations. Many I
them are intensely humorous, while ott
ers depict thrilling scenes full OF pathc
and tragic interest,
We do not know when 1870 pages hav
given us more genuine pleasure. IL "
speak warmly OF the book II Ia because
richly deserves II. II IL sold only b
agents, and il meeting with a large tai,
agents who introduce a first class wor
like this ought TO be cordial
welcomed We believe that the best wa
to keep out poor books Is by i%ntroducin
good ones, and a better n than this hf
never been brought TO our notice Put
into our homes. II will be read over an
over again, by old and young, with plea
ure aud lasting profit, and may well
handed down from father to son an
mother to daughter a a priceless legac
The book In sold only by agents, and
published by the old and we'll know
arm Of A. ID. Worthington II Co, Har
/ ford. Conn, whose imprint Is sutiicieI
guarantee OF the excellence Of this hrs
class volume.
Mrs. Rutherford. residing on the Higl
lands, has secured the local agency 4
the hook.