The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
MARY A. LIvERMoRE's NEW BOOK,
The Story of MY Life
Sunshine and Shadow Of Seventy Years.

sunshine and Shadow OF Seventy Years.
This new and superbly illustrated book
is the browning life-work of the famous
MARY A. LIvERMoRE, and, as she herself
stated, it is the 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
enty years of a most marvellous career,
told in her own words.
| 1t seems almost incredible that woman
now so famous made mud pies" in her
childhood, was often sent supperless to
bed, and was frequently bounced down
into 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
subsequently learned the trade of dress
maker, at which she worked for twenty
five cents a day At eighteen she ran
away from home like a boy" and spent
three eventful years on Southern slave
plantation-years full of comedy and trag-
edy, and packed with thrilling experiences.
Mrs. Livermore threw her whole heart
and soul into measures for the relief of
sick and wounded soldiers, and spent four
| years as nurse in the Union army. Her
| intellectual Greatness and nobility of char
acter led her to rise from those thrilling
experiences to become the best known wo-
man of America, and opened the way to
| her phenomenal platform career, that has
continued for more than thirty years. AT
her feet millions of people have sat and
listened in admiration and wonder. The
rich and poor, the high and low, the learn
ed and unlearned have been alike thrilled
and moved by her burning words. She
has swayed brilliant audiences of fashion;
has spoken in state prisons, jails, and pen
ltentiaries to audiences composed of out
casts and to audiences numbering thous-
ands of children. In this autobiography
she gives many "reminiscences of her plat
form experiences, with anecdotes and in
cldents too funny for anything"
She tells of the eventful Christmas
night when she wandered into the church
OF strange young preacher who after
wards became her husband. Their conf
cal experiences in their first attempt at
housekeeping; the ignominious fate that
her patient husband awarded to her first
fish chowder he buried it after dark in
the gardenl; and the many sore trials and
tribulations that followed are marvelously
entertaining. They were so poor that she
tried her hand at tailoring, and with the
AASASJ o&NSo Ny d pan VI OlOQoClo
for her husband she paid for years sub
scription to the first weekly newspaper
they ever had
Many distinguished men 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 a volume would be
written.
The book is splendidly illustrated by
beautiful and costly full page photograv-
ure plates and portraits, and over one
hundred fine text illustrations. Many of
them are intensely humorous, while others
depict thrilling scenes full of pathos and
tragic interest
We do not know when 730 pages have
given us more genuine pleasure. If we
speak warmly of the book, it is because it
richly deserves it. 1t is sold only by
agents, and as might be expected, it is
meeting with large sale. Agents who
introduce first work like this ought
to be cordially welcomed. We belive that
the best way to keep out poor books is by
introducing good ones, and a better one
than this has never been brought to our
notice Put it into your homes. 1t will
be read over and over again by old and
young, with pleasure and lasting profit,
and may well be handed down from father
to son and mother to daughter as price
less legacy.
The book is published by the old and
well-known firm of A. E. Worthington &
Co., Hartford, Conn, whose imprint is
sufficient guarantee of the great excellence
of this first-class volume. They want
more agents for it. An agency for book
so good and popular as this offers to wor-
thy men and women an unusually good
opportunity to earn for themselves, while
selling book that will reflect the utmost
credit upon them as agents.
The agent will canvass Mount Holly
next week