An Authorized Record

OF THE

LIVES AND DEEDS OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN
WOMEN OF OUR TIMES.

AN ENTIRELY NEW WORK, FULL OF

ROMANTIC STORY, LIVELY HUMOR, THRILLING EXPERIENCES, TENDER
PATHOS, AND BRILLIANT WIT, WITH NUMEROUS ANECDOTES,
INCIDENTS, AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.

BY THE FOLLOWING

TWENTY EMINENT AUTHORS:

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.

HARRIL BEECHER STOWE.

ROSE TERRY COOKE,

MARY A. LIVERMORE.

HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD.
MARION HARLAND.

MARY CLEMMER.

LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.

MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY.

LUCY LARCOM.

JULIA WARD HOWE.
SUSAN COOLIDGE.

KATE SANBORN.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
LUCIA GILBERT RUNKLE.
LAURA CURTIS BULLARD.

LILIAN WHITING.

ELIZABETH T. SPRING.

ELIZABETH BRYANT JOHNSTON.
MAUD HOWE.

Superbly Fllustrated

WITH FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS MAINLY FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN EXPRESSLY FOR
THIS WORK, AND FINE FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL
DESIGNS BY MR. T. W. WILLIAMS.

SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.

HARTFORD, CONN.:

A. D. WORTHINGTON & CO., PUBLISHERS.

ст 3260 .07 1885

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885.

BY A. D. WORTHINGTON AND COMPANY,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

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Men and Women

WHO HONOR MAN AND WOMAN,

AND SEE THE SPECIAL FITNESS OF

THIS BOOK, TO-DAY,

IT IS DEDICATED.