Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-06
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Or the Sunshine aud Shadow Of Sev.
enty Years.-aIary A. LlvermOre's
New Hook,

Or the Sunshine aud Shadow Of Sew
enty Years.-Mary A. Llvernore's
New hook.
This now aud superbly illustrated book
is the crowning life work OF the famous
Mary A. Livermore, and, as she herself
states. II is tho last that will ever come
from her pen. 1t is a thrilling narrative
OF her life from infancy to old age. por.
traying the sunshine and shadow OF sew.
onty years of most marvellous career.
told in her own words.
It seene almost incredible that
woman now 80 famous made mud pics In
her childhood, WINS often sent supperless
TO bed, and was frequently bounced down
into kitchen chair with IN emphasis
that caused her to soc stars. When .
young girl, struggling to support herself:
she took in "slop-work," made shirts and
subsequently, learned the trade OF .
dressmaker Ut which she worked for %
cents a day. At eighteen she ran away
from home like q boy, and spent three
eventful years on southern slnve plan
tation-years full OF comedy and tragedy
and packed with thrilling experiences.
She tells OF the eventful Christmas
night when sho wandered into the church
Of q strange young preacher who soon af.
terward became her husband. Their
comical experiences In their first attempt
ut housekeeping, the ignominious fate
her husband awarded to her first fish
chowder The buried it after dark in the
gardenI; and the many trials and tribula-
tions that followed are marvelously enter
timing. They were poor. She tried her
hand ut tailoring, and with tho money
saved by secretly making her husband o
pair OF trousers she paid for years SUBJ
scription to weekly newspaper.
Mrs. Livermoro threw her whole heart
and soul into measures for the relief OF
sick and wounded soldiers, and spent
four years as q nurse in the Union army.
Her intellectual greatness and nobility
OF character led her to rise from those
thrilling experiences to become the best
known woman Of America and opened
the way to her phenomenal platform ca
reer that Inns continued for more than
thirty years. At her feet millions Of peo-
and wonder. The rich and poor, the
high and low. the learned and unlearned
have been alike thrilled and moved by
her burning words. She Inns swayed
brilliant audiences OF fashion; has spok-
On in state prisons; jails; penitentiaries;
to audiences composed Of outcasts, and
to audiences numbering thousands oil
children. In this autobiography she
gives many "reminiscences Of her platform
experiences, with anecdotes and Incl.
dents ''too funny for anything"
Many distinguished mon and women
have long urged Mrs. Livermore to tell
the marvellous story Of her life. She has
received letters from thousands OF men
and women, unknown to her, expressing
the hope that such q volume would be
written.
This work il wholly and entirely new
It contains nothing that appeared in hel
"Story OF the War" assn, Of which sixty
thousand copies were sold.
The book is splendidly illustrated by
beautiful and costly full-page photograv-
ure plates and portraits, and over ons
hundred fine text illustrations. Many ol
them are intensely humorous, while 9th.
ers depict thrilling scenes full OF patlioe
and tragic interest.
We do not know when 780 pages have
given us more genuine pleasure. II We
speak warmly Of the book, it is because il
richly deserves it. It is sold only BY
agents, and is meeting with large sale
Agents who Introduce first-class worl
like this ought to be cordially welcomed.
| we UelleSc tuut tue Deot way W hoep ou'
poor books is by introducing good ones
and q better one than this has never
come to our notice. Put it into your
homes. It will be read over and ovel
again by old md young, with pleasur,
and lasting profit, and may we'll be hand
ed down from father to son, and mother
to daughter as priceless legacy.
The book is published by the old anf
well-known firm Of A. d. Worthington
Co., Hartford, Conn.,, and Mrs. Lulr
Hyde is agent for Rocky Ford.
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