The San Francisco call., 1898-12-04

The new work is a remarkable one, A and likely to create a sensation.
 There is no doubt but what it wIll cause the greatest comment and discus sion among everybody connected with the suffrage movement. The two ponderous volumes are by Ida Husted Harper, and published with the consent and approval of the veteran worker in the cause of womans rights. Miss Anthony has read every word in the book, and knows that all is correct.
 The book is merely true account of the life of one of the greatest women America has produced. From a literary point of view it amounts to nothing. In fact, large portions of the work are handled with a crudeness that is regretable. But it would appear as if the author knew this, for in the preface she says:
 There has not been the slightest at tempt at rhetorical display, but only an enueaVor to tell in plain, simple language the story of the life and work of one who was born into the simplicity and straight torWardneSS of the Society Of Friends and never departed from them. The intent of this work has been to trace briefly the evolution of a life and condition. The transition of the young Quaker girl afraid of the sound of her own voice, into the re- former, orator and statesman is no more wonderful than the change in the status of woman, effected so largely through her
 N'N-AS" have wrought thlS revolution just one woman in all the world has given every day of her time, every dollar of her money every power Of her being to secure this result. She was impelled to this work by no personal grievance, but solely through a deep sense of the injustice which on every side she saw perpetrated against her sex, and which she determined to combat. Never for one short hour has the cause of woman been forgotten or put aside for any other object Never single tie has been formed, either of affection or business, which would interfere with this supreme purpose. Never a speech has been given, trip taken, a visit made, a letter written in all this half-century that has not been done directly in the interest of this one object. There has been no thought of personal comfort, advancement or glory; the seIf-abnegauon, the self sacrifice have been absolute-they have been unparalleled"
 Whatever the readers ideas in regard to the woman question may be, the work cannot be read without gain. It contains several statements concerning important events in our country's history that are not generally known. Aside from its importance as a study of the woman suffrage movement the book throws side light upon certain behind the scenes phases of the political develop
 Miss Anthony was acquainted with and had the sympathy in her work Of some of our greatest men, such as Philips; Chan ming, Greeley and Beecher. She has re- ceived letters from all of our Presidents that have lived since she began her work The contents of some of these letters will be a surprise to people who knew the authors.
 The celebrated Beecher-TIton case is again unearthed. A whole chapter is de- voted to it. and here few facts not gen. orally known are brought out. Miss An thony was most intimately associated with the parties involved and knew a Tease" is handled delicatelv. almost too delicately it would seem judging by the light in which Miss Anthony places MT. Beecher This chapter will be a painful one to the men and women who have al- ways been convinced of MT Beecher's innocence
 The accounts of Miss Anthonys strug- gles for recognition before the great con- ventions are ably portrayed. Her suc- cess and failures are given in their true light and the causes for them shown book is a great work and one that will live as long as there is an interest in the struggle for 'woman's rights"
 "The Life and Work of Susan B. An thony," by Ida Husted Harper. The Bowen Merrill Company, publishers, h. dianapolis. Two. volumes; price s5 50. As Reviewed by:
 ELLEN c. SARGENT, Honorary President California State
 Woman Suffrage Association.
 MARY A. SWIFT,
 Acting President c. S. w. s. A .HE advance sheets of The Lire and
 Work of Susan B. Anthony" by
 Ida Husted Harper, in two vol
 umes, have just been received from 4 the publishers. For more than a
 year Mrs. Harper lived at Miss Anthony's house in Rochester, N. Y, where both of them worked all day and far into the night during that time look ing over letters and papers. the accumu- lations of fifty years, choosing what should be used in writing the biography; and many a reminiscence stored away in Miss Anthony'S memory and jotted down In her life long diary was taken note of by Mrs. Harper in this close daily inter rooms that had been lately finished of in the attic of the house. surrounded by stacks of letters and scrapbooks, to the noisy accompaniment of two typeWriterS in the next room, that were almost con- Btantly in use. The dedication of the book is very ap- propriate to the subject of the work, and Is as follows: "TO woman for whose freedom Susan B. Anthony has given fifty years of noble endeavor, this book is dedica ated." Susan BrownelI Anthony was born in South Adams, Mass. on February 15, 1 1920. Daniel Anthony, her father, was a liberal Quaker, who educated his daugh- ters with the idea of self-support, and employed skillful teachers in his own house. After completing her education at B Friends boarding school in Philadel- phia she taught in New York State from 1885 to 1850. She first spoke in public in lS47 at a teachers meeting. when she con- tended for the right of women teachers to take part in the proceedings. Through her exertions, and those of Mrs. Stanton. | women came in time to be admitted to and other conventions with