THE LIFE OF CLARA BARTON IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II [Illustration: CLARA BARTON AT EIGHTY] THE LIFE OF CLARA BARTON FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BY WILLIAM E. BARTON AUTHOR OF “THE SOUL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN” “THE PATERNITY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,” ETC. _With Illustrations_ VOLUME II [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1922 COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY WILLIAM E. BARTON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. CONTENTS VOLUME II I. FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THE RED CROSS 1 II. THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR 10 III. HER ILLNESS FOLLOWING THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR 55 IV. RETURNING HOME 77 V. THE YEARS OF SICKNESS AND RECOVERY 88 VI. THE FORERUNNERS OF THE RED CROSS 115 VII. THE YEARS OF LONELY STRUGGLE 120 VIII. THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 144 IX. THE TRIALS OF A TREATY 161 X. THE PERILS OF SUCCESS 172 XI. CLARA BARTON AT SHERBORN 199 XII. THE RED CROSS IN PEACE 215 XIII. CLARA BARTON AT HOME AND ABROAD 259 XIV. CLARA BARTON IN CUBA 280 XV. CLARA BARTON’S RETIREMENT FROM THE RED CROSS 294 XVI. CLARA BARTON AT HOME 307 XVII. CLARA BARTON’S RELIGION 317 XVIII. THE PERSONALITY OF CLARA BARTON 326 XIX. CLARA BARTON’S LAST YEARS 361 XX. CLARA BARTON’S DEATH AND RESURRECTION 369 INDEX 381 ILLUSTRATIONS CLARA BARTON AT EIGHTY _Frontispiece_ Photograph by Clara Barton Drew FACSIMILE OF PRINCE BISMARCK’S LETTER 32 FACSIMILE OF STRASSBURG DIPLOMA OF HONOR 40 DECORATIONS OF CLARA BARTON 256 CLARA BARTON’S SUMMER HOUSE AT OXFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 308 IN THE CEMETERY AT OXFORD: GRAVE AND RED CROSS MONUMENT 376 THE LIFE OF CLARA BARTON CHAPTER I HER FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THE RED CROSS