[Monmouth, Sarah Elizabeth]. The Adopted Daughter; or, the Trials of Sabra: A Tale of Real Life. Montreal: John Lovell, Printer, 1867. Third Edition - Revised and Amended. [9470]
Maroon cloth faded to brown, titles in gilt, blind decoration, faded spine. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, 196 pp., infrequent foxing, just a tad shaken. Good. Hardcover.
The story of an orphan girl, Sabra.
"The following Narrative is one of real life. The object of the Authoress in presenting it to the public is to encourage those to persevere who are left to depend upon their own exertions. She has endeavored to present it in language that will have a moral and religious influence upon the minds of those who may peruse it." - Preface.
Sarah Elizabeth (Harper) Monmouth (1829-1887), b. Canterbury, New Hampshire; d. Loudon, New Hampshire. She was briefly married to Jacques Eugene Monmouth who was killed while a soldier in the Confederate Army (Texas), and returned to the home of her parents in New Hampshire. Circumstances brought her to poverty, and she became an author, poet, lecturer, artist, and lay preacher, to overcome her financial straits. As a philanthropist she raised money for charities, victims of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, homeless families, &c. In 1880 she published a book on how she lived on half a dime a day.