The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-06-21
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Or the sunshine and Shadow OF seventy
Years.


Or the sunshine and shadow of seventy
Years. $
This new and superb1y illustrated
book is the browning 1ife-work of the
famous Mary A. Livermore, and. as
she herself states, it is the last that
willsever come from her pen. It is
thrilling narrative of her life from in
fancy to old age, portraying the sum
shine and shadow of seventy years of
most marvellous careers told in her
own words.
1t seems almost incredible that a
woman now, so famous made s'r1ud
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 young girl, strug-
Cling to support herself, she took in
'slop work'', made shirts and subse-
qnently learned the trade of a. dress.
maker, at which she worked for twenty
FIVE cents day. At eighteen she ran
away from home like boy, and spent
three eventfu1 years on a southern
slave plantation-years full of comedy
and tragedy 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 a nurse in the
Union army. Her intellectual great
ness and nobility of character led her
20 rise from those thrilling experiences
to become the best known woman 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 learned and unlearned have been
alike thrilled and moved bv her burn
| ing words. She has swaved bri11iant
audiences of fashion; has spoken in
state PRISONS jails and penitentiaries;
to audiences composed of outcasts and
to audiences numbering thousands of
children. In this autobiography she
gives many "reminiscences of her plat
form experiences, with anecdotes and
incidents ''too funny forsanything''.
| She tells OF the eventfu1 Christmas
night when she. wandered into the
church of strange young preacher,
who soon afterwards became her hus-
band. Their comical experiences IN
their first attempt at housekeeping;
the ignominious fate that her patient
| husband awarded'to her first fish chow
der Che buried it after dark in the gar
DEM; and the many sore trials and
tribulations that followed are marvel
ous1y entertaining. They'were so poor
that she tried her hand'sat tailoring,
and with the money saved by making
pair of trousers for her husband she
| paid for years subscription 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 thous-
ands of men and women, unknown to
her, expressing the hope that such
volume would be wri item.
| The book is sp1endid1y illustrated by
beautiful and costly ful1-page photo
gravure plates and portraits, and over
one hundred fine text i11ustra tions.
| Many of them are intensely humor-
Gus, while others depict thrilling
scenes full of pathos and. tragic inter
est.
We do not know when 73O pages have
given us more genuine pleasure. If
we speak warmly of the book, it is be-
cause it richly deserves it. It is sold
only by agents, and as might be ex-
| pected, it is meeting with a large sale.
| Agents who introduce a first-class
work like this ought to be cordially
welcomed. We believe that the lest
way to keep out poor books is by IN
Producing good ones, and a better one
than this has never been brought to
our notice. Put it into your homes.
It will be read over andsover again by
old and young, with pleasure and last
ing profit, and may we'll be handed
down from father to son and mother
to daughter as priceless legacy
The book is published by the old and
wel1-known firm of A. d. Worthing-
ton & Co., Hartford, Conn, whose
imprint is sufficient guarantee of the
great excellence of this frst-c1ass vol
ume. They want more agents for it.
An agency for book so good and
popular as this offers to worthy men
and women an unusually good oppor-
tunity to earn for themselves, while
selling a book that will reflect the
utmost credit upon them as agents. DIV
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