Official Catalogue of the Illinois Woman's Exposition Board
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di m to i Ssfl Hi Hi ffiflcuifx) in HI mm Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois http://www.archive.org/details/officialcataloguOOilli \d--J' FICIAL CATALOGUE OF THE WOMAN'S XPOSITION Mrs. Marcia Louise Gould, President. Mrs. Robert H. Wiles. Miss Callahan. Mrs. Oglesby. Mrs. Gilbert. Fraxcixe E. Pattox. Mrs. Caxdee. Fraxces Welles Shepard. OFFICIAL CATALOGUE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL OF THI LIBRARY. ILLINOIS Woman's Exposition Board. CHICAGO: W. B. Conkey Company, Official Publishers to the Columbian Exposition, 1893. PRESIDENT, Mrs. MARCIA LOUISE GOULD, Moline. VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. ROBERT H. WILES, Freeport. SECRETARY, Miss MARY CALLAHAN, Robinson. Mrs. RICHARD J. OGLESBY, Elkhart. Mrs. FRANCES L. GILBERT, Chicago Mrs. FRANCINE E. PATTON, Springfield. Mrs. ISABELLA LANING CANDEE, Cairo. Mrs. FRANCES WELLES SHEPARD, Chicago. V-7 LITERATURE. MRS. FRANCES L. GILBERT, CHICAGO, Chairman. At the first executive session of the Illinois Woman's Exposi- tion Board, held in September, 1891, suggestions for an exhibit were made by each member of the board. One of the many ideas advanced was a proposition to collect a copy of every book writ- ten by women of Illinois for display at the Columbian Fair, thus informing the interested as to the intellectual development of the women of the state in the year 1893. In Illinois the committee on literature was not appointed until August of 1892, and in the meanwhile Columbian County Clubs had been organized through the efforts of the board in every county in the state, Cook County alone excepted, where the or- ganizations of women were already so numerous that it was thought the work could be more effectually carried on through them. The chairman of the committee on literature appealed to these clubs to secure the publications of their authors and they re- sponded helpfully to the request for assistance. It soon became apparent that all intellectual endeavor had not been made in the large cities. Country, villages and towns con- tributed to the library of nearly five hundred volumes contained in this list. The first book written by an Illinois — the veteran of — woman the collection, " Early Engagements " bears date of 1854. Its nearest of kin, " Wau-Bun," was written in 1856; the last " Old " Kaskaskia in 1892. Forty years, hardly middle aged, is the in- tellectual life of woman in this state. 61273 4 ILLINOIS WOMAN'S EXPOSITION BOARD. During this brief life almost every department of human interest has been touched upon. Many of our authors have achieved distinction, some for originality, some for their great moral or religious influence, others for fine writing and still others for scholarly research. Of this number one is a member of the Philosophical Society of London and of the International Con- gress of Orientalists and another of the National Society of America. Illinois is particularly fortunate in artistic accomplishment, having several illustrators of books whose fame is national and even international; one having secured the medal at Vienna as an amateur photographer. Since then, her art has been applied to the embellishment of books. All of these are a delight to lovers of the esthetic in literature. Education, not in the narrow " What is an island " manner of the past, but upon the broad plan of freedom and liberty for every talent of mind and grace of body, has a most desirable place in the literature of to-day in Illinois. Medicine, science, law and art have been written upon wisely and helpfully although not voluminously by our women. Domestic science and physical culture are now receiving such attention that the celebrators of the fifth Columbian centennial should rival the models now seen only in classic art and whose perfections seem unattainable to the present generation. Perhaps the bravest, worthiest work done by women is the manna gathered for the newspapers which nourishes and en- riches all the days of our lives but is seldom crystallized into form and therefore not forming a part of permanent literature. Of these industrious writers, Illinois has an army, camped in many fields through the state, helping to keep life pure and worthy. Twenty-seven papers in the state are edited and published by women, and no large daily is now complete without woman's work. The magazine holds a place in the hearts of all its readers that ILLINOIS WOMAN'S EXPOSITION BOARD. 5 fears no competition. Its arrival in the family is awaited with impatience and hailed with enthusiasm. To this valuable de- partment of the reading world, the women of Illinois have added thirteen, not an unlucky number since the Declaration of Inde- pendence. For twenty years a woman in Illinois has held with dignity and marked ability the position of editor and proprietor of the official court journal of the state, The Chicago Legal News, which she founded. In this achievement, all womankind has been encouraged in strong, earnest endeavor in fields long har- vested by men. In presenting this list of the books, magazines and papers of the women of Illinois, two systems have been adopted, one alphabetical and one classified. This double method it is hoped will assist those desiring information to secure it with the least possible effort. Abbott, Mary, Chicago. The Beverlys. Abbott, Mary, Chicago. Alexia. Allison, Frances Ekin, Chicago. Men, Women and Money. Altgelt, Emma F., Chicago. The Nortons. Abbott, Alice Asbury, Chicago. Ground Arms (translation). Ashton, Carrie May, Chicago. Glimpses of Sunshine in Woman's Century (compilation). Anonymous, Chicago. How to Acquire Personal Beauty. Babcock, Mrs. M. B., Springfield. Poems. Bancroft, Emily Adams, Morgan County. Memorial and Letters of Rev. John R. Adams. Bates, Clara Doty, Chicago. From Heart's Content. Bates, Mrs. Lindon W., Chicago. Armais. Bayley, Mrs. Mary Laning, Chicago. At the Foot of the Cross. Beckwith, Anna, Chicago. Constance Winter's Choice. Belle, Lillian, Chicago. The Love Affairs of an old Maid. Bittinger, Mrs. J. C, Chicago. Silver Threads. Blanchard, Leon, Stark County. Tried in the Fire. Blinn, Frances Gray, Jo Daviess County. Eyes and Ears. Bosworth, Bessie Bryant, Chicago. Dramatic Studies. 6 ILLINOIS WOMAN'S EXPOSITION BOARD. Bouvet, Marguerite Knox County. Prince Tip Top; Sweet William and Lit- tle Majorie's Love Story. Boyd, Jean Hughes, Carroll County. Carroll County Mirror. Boyden, Helen W. Editor and compiler of Boyden's Speaker; Boyden's ( Reader -First and Second. Bradshaw, Amy M., Chicago. Poem. Brainerd, Mary, Winnebago County. Book of Poems. Bramhall, Mae St. John, Chicago. Japanese Jingles. Brotherson, Frances B. M., Peoria County. The Centennial Year, Poems. Brury, B. Paxson, Morgan County. A Fruitful Life; a Narrative of Stephen Paxton. Buckner, Mrs. M. C, Peoria County. Silk Culture. Burgess, Caroline H., Peoria County. Savanarola. Burnham, Clara Root, Chicago. Miss Bagg's Secretary; Young Maids and Old; Next Door; Dearly Bought; No Gentleman; A Sane Lunatic; The Mistress of Beech Knoll; Dr. Latimer. Burt, Mary E., Chicago. The World's Literature (two vols.); Literary Land- marks; Browning's Women; Seed Thoughts from Robert Browning; The Story of the German Iliad Birds; and Bees (introduction). Campbell, Mary McPherson, Chicago. Madagascar. Candee, Isabella Laning, Cairo. Amateur Entertainments. Cain, Bertha Clay, Fulton County. Andromasche. Carew, Rachael. Tangled. Carman, Nellie M., Chicago. Children's Meetings. Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, Vermillion County. The Romance of Dollard; Story of Tontt-; The Lady of Fort St. John; Old Kaskaskia. Chandler, Lucinda B., Chicago. Non-Flesh Eating; The Moral Education of Labor; Subsistence and Justice; The Divineness of Marriage; What is Social Purity? Cheney, Mrs. Emma C, Chicago. History of the Civil War. Clark, Mary J., La Salle County. The Record of a Ministering Angel. Clemens, Mrs. E. J. M., Massac County. The Religion of South America. Clemens, Mrs. E. J. M., Mrs. J. Willing. Rosario; La Plata Countries of South America. Coffey, Annis Baldwin, Peoria County. The Shakespeare Class of '92, Cooke, Maud C, Chicago. The Table and the Kitchen. Cooke, Maud C, Chicago. Three Meals a Day. ILLINOIS WOMAN'S EXPOSITION BOARD. 7 Corbin, Caroline Fairfield, Chicago. Letters from a Chimney Corner; His Marriage Vow; Our Bible Class; Rebecca, or a Woman's Secret; Belle and the Boys; A Woman's Philosophy of Love, Cornwell, Elmira, Chicago. Columbian Sewing Book. Crow, Emma A., Pike County. History of Pike County. Currier, Mrs. S., DeKalb County. Through the Wilderness; The Trapper's Niece; By the Sea. Curtiss, Anstiss W., DuPage County. One Question. Dayre, Sydney. The Queer Little Wooden Captain. Dean, Teresa H., Chicago. How to be Beautiful. Deane, Mrs. M. A., Shelby County. Out of Darkness into Light. Dean, C, Chicago. The World's Fair City. DeKoven, Anna Farwell, Chicago. An Iceland Fisherman (translation). Dennison, E. W. Lucy's Way out of the Dark. Dewey, J. Compilation. Doggett, Kate Newell, Chicago. The Grammar of Painting and Engrav- ing. Donelson, Catherine, Chicago. Roger Latimer's Mistake. Doyle, Mrs. C. W., Sangamon County. Edna Carlisle. Edwards, Mrs. Sarah, LaSalle County. Our Branch and its Tributaries. T "Eleve," Chicago. Spiritual Law in the Natural W orld. Elliott, Lucern, Morgan County. Camaille and Other Poems. Engleman, Emma, Chicago. Compilation of Lists of Public Charitable Insti- tutions and Societies of Chicago. Engle, Alice B., Chicago. A Story of Four Acorns. Elgin Woman's Club, Kane County. Our Best Recipes. Farnham, Eliza W., Kane County. Life in Prairie Land. Farrand, Harriet A., Chicago. The Moravian Indian Boy; The Berry Pickers of Wise; Little Hands and other Stories. Farro, Sarah E., Chicago. True Love. Farwell, Mary E., Chicago. Life of William Carey. Fay, Amy, Chicago. Music Study in Germany. Fearing, Blanche, Chicago. In the City by the Lake; The Sleeping World and Other Poems. Fessenden, Laura Dayton, Chicago.