Glimpse of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman
By Francis E.Willard
Women's Temperance Publication Association, Chicago, Ill
c 1889

The author devoted her life to the women’s organization that worked to prohibit alcoholic beverages.  She was also active in other causes, in particular, women’s suffrage. She inscribed this book with a dedication that reads, "Clara Barton, The story of one whose pure and active life honored her sex and benefited the world."
Paper, fabric. H 24.0, W 17.0, D 5.1 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 85

A Synopsis of the Butchery of the Late Sir Washington Irving Bishop
By Eleanor Fletcher Bishop
Seldon & Marion, Philadelphia
c 1889

The story concerns Washington Irving Bishop, a mentalist who was subject to fits of catalepsy during which his body became rigid and his breathing seemed to stop. He collapsed after a strenuous New York performance and a doctor and a shoemaker did an autopsy on him.  The author, the subject’s mother, believed her son had been cut up while still alive, murdered by the doctor's curiosity about his brain.  The author inscribed the following words, “To my beloved friend Miss Clara Barton with love the Author, December 25, 1890.”
Paper, fabric.
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 176

Echoes from Cape Ann
By Maria J. Dodge
Cupples & Hurd Publishing
c 1889

Miss Barton love to read and often wrote poetry.  The book carries this inscription, “Miss Clara Barton. Mrs. M. Abby Rust, Gloucester, Mass. Sept. 26, 1890.  A reminder of the drive around Cape Ann.”

Paper, fabric. H 18.7, W 13.3, D 3.5 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 114

Adjutant Stearns
By William A. Sterns
Sabbath School Society
c 1862

The author published this book in memory of his son. Frazer Augustus Stearns, Massachusetts soldier died in the Battle of New Bern during the Civil War.  Clara Barton was also from Massachusetts, considered the soldiers “my boys”.  Her great affection for “her boys” was one of the reasoned that she was compelled to help on the battlefields.
Paper, fabric. H 18.4, W 12.4, D 1.7 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 120

Brief Biographies: English Radical Leaders
By R.J. Hinton.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
 c 1875

The author dedicated this book with the inscription,, “To Clara Barton- An American Woman of Whom we are all proud, from her friend the author, Richard J. Hinton, December 17th 1875.”  “Over Seas and Here”
Paper, Fabric. H 18.0, W 13.6, D 2.3 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 116

The Knightly Soldier: A Biography of Henry Ward Camp, Tenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
By Chaplain H. Clay
Trumbell, Nichols and Noyes
1865

The subject, Henry Ward Camp Major, U.S. Army, 10th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was captured on July 19, 1863, near Morris Island, South Carolina. He was confined to the Richland Jail in South Carolina.  The book is inscribed, “Miss Clara Barton with regards of E.D.S.”
Paper, fabric. H 18.3, W 12.9, D 3.4 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 115

Claire: A Romance of American Nursehood
By Edwin Kirkman
c 1905

The book carries this  inscription, “Miss Clara Barton with best wishes of the author Edwin K. Hart.”
Paper, Fabric. H 18.3, W 13.0, D 2.4 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 112

A Congregational Manual
By Rev. William Eleazar Barton
The Puritan Press
c 1910

The Rev. Barton, (1861-1930) was one of the early 2oth century's prominent writers and lecturers on Abraham Lincoln.  He inscribed the text with,  “To my cousin Clara Barton this advance copy of my book is given with the love of the author.” 
Paper, Fabric. H 17.0, W 10.8, D 1.3 cm
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 124

The Queen of the Air
By Henry Attemus
c 1899

Author John Rushkin was from London and is best remembered for his essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Inscribed:  “To Clara Barton with more love in my heart then my purse can express.”
Paper, Fabric.
Clara Barton National Historic Site, CLBA 122