| Show MY STORY OF THE WAR mrs mary A famous book in this new and superbly illustrated work the world famous mary A livermore narrates her personal work and experiences as a hospital and field nurse during the late war of the rebellion we do not know when pages have given us more genuine pleasure plea sura mrs livermore spent four years as a nurse in hospitals camps at the front and on the battlefield battle field and theia a four years were packed with pathos glory and sacrifice probably never paralleled in the life of any other woman her narrative presents a vivid inner picture of the womanly side of the war more especially of her own work and thrilling experiences with many pathetic and humorous incidents portraying the lights and shadows of hospital life these are described as only an ey witness and a tender heart ed woman could describe them what a wonderful work she did how heroic her labors how thrilling her experience peri ence in those dark years it is a story never to be forgotten when she first entered her hospital career a deathly faintness came over her but she nerved herself for the work that bad to be done and soon became accustomed to it never again were her nerves disturbed by hospital sights and scenes for tour yeara she held herself in iron control and gave herself up to motherly ministrations to the sick and wounded of the rank and file we regard this splendid book as a wholly unique work for it presents the womanly or what may very appropriately be termed the heavenly side of the war and this has never hitherto been written it lifts the curtain and chews how heroic and doroted and blessed her work was it is full of the deepest pathos the richest humors the most touching tales the most stirring anecdotes and incidents and through the whole runs the story of the adventures and striking experiences of its illustrious author stranger stories are here told than romance ever dreamed of every one of them drawn from real life by a comans womans hand in every chapter she weaves in anecdote after anecdote incident after incident story after story and the readers attention i held breathless to the end of the volume should every other book on the war be blotted out of existence this one would completely reflect the spirit and work of the woman of the north in reading it our eyes were often filled with tears at other times we were convulsed with laughter at its rich humor such a work by so eminent an author at whose feet hundreds of thousands have sat and listened in admiration and wonder whose power wisdom influence and fame are now world wide is the literary event of our times but the illustrations I 1 an able critic recently eaid this is the most richly embellished work ever published in america we endorse this opinion there are splendid steel plate portraits of famous nurses of union soldiers and many plates illustrating hospital scenes and thrilling incidents in a comans womans army life no newspaper description can do these costly plates justice they musi be seen to be appreciated thera are also splendid fac simile plates of famous old battle flags from photographs and paintings made from the original flags printed in sixteen colors from one hundred and twenty eight engraved stones they show all the colors tints bloodstains blood stains rents shot holes and splintered staffs exactly as they appear in the original flags As we look at them it is hard to believe that the real flags arc not before us even the lettering and inscriptions are perfectly reproduced in gold the astery of each flag is told with pathetic incidents attending the death of color bearers who died under their folds this grand volume has no competitor and we do not believe it can have a rival if we speak warmly of the bock it is because it richly deserves it it is sold only by agents and is meeting with an enormous aale agents who introduce a work of such a sterling merit ought to be cordially welcomed we believe that the best way to keep out poor books is by introducing good ones and a better and more absorbingly interesting and thrilling work than this has certainly never been brought to our notice it is rarely that one can speak in terms of such unqualified praise of any book put it into your homes it will be read over and over again by old and young with increasing pleasure and lasting profit and will be prized by all yon can in our opinion much better afford to dispense with a dozen other books than not possess this every subscriber will consider tle price of it a charity to himself M N backley is agent for utah county |
