Julia Ward Howe.
From her last photograph, taken at Smith College a fortnight before her death

THE STORY OF
THE BATTLE HYMN
OF THE REPUBLIC

BY
FLORENCE HOWE HALL
DAUGHTER OF JULIA WARD HOWE

HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published October, 1916

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author wishes to express her cordial thanks to Messrs. Houghton & Mifflin for their courtesy in allowing her to quote a number of passages from the Reminiscences of Julia Ward Howe (published by them in 1899) and several from Julia Ward Howe (published by them in 1916).