Evening journal., 1912-10-09
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A WOman'S Contribution tC
the Cause Of the Union
BY Holland.

In the early spring of 1861 m
father, who was a hook seller
Conecticutt received one day sever,N
calls for book whose title was "Tf
Uprising Of Great People" Thk
Following day other customers mad
inquiry for this book and so, for
week or more, the demand increase
and was not satisfied until my fathe
was able to obtain from the published
the late Charles Scribner, a supply d
this work.
This book created almst as gres
interest for a time as did the publicsr
ton three years earlier of booE
written by Hinton Rowan Helper.
citizen Of North Carolina. which wal
entitled "The Impending Crisis" Mi
Helpers book almost equals in thI
interest which il occasioned thai
which followed the publication o|
Harriet Beecher Stoves "Uncld
Toms Cabin" "The Impendinl
Crisis" predicted the attempt to orl
ganize a new nation made up of th|
Southern states, and then endeavor|
ed to demonstrate that the resource|
and strength of the North would
make that attempt unsuccessful.
THE Uprising of a Great People.
was written some months before th'
outbreak of the Civil War by note,
French author, de Gasparinus. It de
picted in very vivid an glowing Ian
guage the meaning of the uprising
of the people of the Northern Statel
at the time of the war, which thii
French author. with the eye of ;
prophet, foresSw. With the fervol
and enthusiasm of his race, the au
thor went on to show what the happ,
effect upon civilization the uprising o
the great body of American people
would be. since he was certain tina
in the end it would result in the elm
ination Of slavery in the republic.
Not many days after the outbreal
of the war there came one day 4
the publication Office of Charle
Scribner a young woman whose nam
was Mary Louise Booth. Mr.. Scrib
ner knew her slightly and had hear
Of her remarkable intellectual at
tainments. She spoke and wrot
French fluently and was also able I
converse, in the Latin tongue. He
knowledge of the great authors, bot
Of England, and of the Continen
was profound.
"Mr. Scribner," she said, Il hav
here a great book. which has bee
written by a distinguished Frenc
author Il is called The Uprising G
a Great People 1t is Of especial in
terest and value at this time. 1t vii
convey a great moral lesson and wi
prove to be an inspiration to tn
American people l. may great
strengthen President Lincoln and hi
administra' ion in their task of pre-
serving the Union
Well" said Mr.. Scribner, "wha
do you want to do with it?'
II want to translate II and hav
you publish it. / do not want
penny for my services. 1t is the on
way in which | can be of value, PEI
baps, TO my country, for my healt
does not permit me to enter any
the army hospitals as a nurse.
WELL" said Scribner Il haN
heard Of the book, but it would I
useless to attempt publication OF II
"Why so?" Miss Booth asked.
why, | have heard from GovernC
Seward, secretary of state, confidei
TALLY, that the war wiz only last
few weeks. II will all be ended witt
i'm sixty, or at most ninety days. "
couldn't get The book out, therefor
before the end OF the war"
Gould you get the hook out in tin
II ] translated it immediately Nil
Booth asked
IF you can translate II IN OF
weeks time and correct the pro-
sheets while you are translating,
will get It out said Mr. Scribner.
"IiI do It," Miss Booth replied.
For two days Miss Booth work'
with only about two hours sleep. III
rest OF the week she worked TWEEN
hours day. and at the end she hf
not only the complete translation
Mr.. Scribner's hands, but also Il
corrected proof sheets
The hook was published within L
days after that and it speedily b
cana one OF the great sensations
the first six months of the war. MI
Booth afterwards had the satlsfachS
of knowing that, although she cou
not serve as war nurse, neverth
less she had contributed most val
able service to the cause of the Unio
although the excessive and exhaus
ing labor which she did in translatil
and proof reading the book for TIN
seriously affected her health.
4 Copyright, 1912, by E. ]. Edwards
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