Mrs. Mary A. Livermore's Famous Book. "my Story Of The War."

In this liew and superbly illustrated vvork, the world-famous Mary A.Li vermore narrates her personal work and experiences as a hospital and field norse during the war of the rebellion. We do not know when 700 pages have given us more genuine pleasure. Mrs. Livermore spent four years as a nurse in hospitals, camps, at the front, and on the battle-field, and these four years were packed with pathos, glory, and sacrifico probably never paralleïed in the life of any other woman. Her narrative presents a vivid inner picture of the womanly side of the var, more especially of her own work and thrilling experiences, with many patheti and humorous incidents portraying the Hghts and shadows of hospital life. These are described as only au eyewitness and a tender-hearted woman could describe them. What a wonderfu] work slie lid. How heroic her labors, how thrilling her experience in those dark years. It is a story never to be forgotten. When she first entered upon lier hospital career a deadly faintness carne over her, but slie nerved herself for the work that luid to be done, and soon becane accustomed toit. Never again were her nerves disturbed by hospital sights and scènes. For four years she held herself in ron control, and gave herself up to mothorlv ministrationa to me Bick and wounded of the rank and lile. We regard thia splendid book as a liolly uuique work, í'or it presenta the wmaniïy, or what may very appropriately be termed the heavenly sUh of ' loor, and this has never hitherto been written. It lifts the eurtain, and shows how heroic and devoted and blessed her work was. It is full of the aeepest pathos, the richest humor, the most toucliiii tales, tlie most stirring anecdotes and incidents, and tlmiueh the wüole runs the story of the adventures and striking experienees of its ïllustnous author. itranger stories aic here told than romance ever (heamed of, every one of them drawn Irom real life by a woman's hand. In eyery chapter she weaves in anecdote after anecdote, incident after incident story after story, and the reader"s attention is held breathless U 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 women of the N,?rth-..in. reading it our eyes were orcen iilledwith tears; at other times we were convulsed wifch laugliter at ita nih humor. Sucli a work, by so emuient u author, at whose feet hundreds ot theusands kave sat and listenea ni adnuraiioii and wonder whose power, wisdom, influence, and lame are aow world wide, is the [iterarv event of our times. 15ut tlie ÍUuBtrations! An able critic recently said, "This la the most richly embelhshed work ever published in America. ■■ We endorse this opinión ihere are splendid steel-plate portraita ir famooa Burees of ünion soldiere and many plates UustratLng hospitai scènes and thrilling incidents m a wonians army life. No newspaper descnntion can do these costly plates justice. 1 he y must be seen to be appreciated. There are also splendid .tac stmile plates of famous oíd battlellags, from pkotogiaphs and paintings made from the original llags, printed m sixteeu colors from one hundred and twenty-eight engravecí stonts. Thev show all the colors, tints, blood-stains. rents, shot-holes. and splintcred staffs, exactly as they appear in the original flags. As we" look at theni it is hard to believe that the real flags are not before us. Even the lettering and inscriptions are perfectly reproduced in gold. The story of each tlag is told. with pathetic incidents attendingthe death of color-bearers who died under thcir folds. The grand volume has no competitor, and we do not believe it can have a rival. If we speak warmlyof the book, it is because it richly deserves it. It is sold only by agents, and is meeting with an enormous sale. Agents who introduce a work of such 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 igain by old and young, with increasing pleasure and lasting proiit, and will be prized by all. You can, in our opinión, inuch better aflord to dispense with a dozen other books than not possess this. Eveiy subscriber will consider the price of' it "a rharity to himself."