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A few questions propounded to Mrs. Stanford.
In asking Mrs. Stanford to answer these questions, we desire to
suggest that there is no other way in which we can so enrich
the work that we trust will live as long as the literature of
the world exists, than to seek it at the fountain.

Mr. Bancroft is making a character study of the builders.
In the large history it is ot[not] possible to give the lives
and characters of the builders with as much detail as their
work would not only justify, but really demand; hence, he conceived
the idea of a work which would bring the builders to the
front, permitting them to carry in their lives the history of
the country, which would be a more condensed and interesting
work.

The life of Governor Stanford has two positive
sides - both of them of the greatest importance to the world.
His great executive ability, and his immense capacity and power
as an organizer and developer, has for years been known ^stamped all
over the face of the country ^coast. Now, we find him, while possessing
all the strength and power of earlier years, and a more matured
judgment, giving much of his time to the wants of others, putting
out his great energies and abilities for the elevation of the
masses; hence, we desire to gather information from one who has
gone with him, hand in hand, for the better part of a life time,
aiding in only such a way as a wife can aid, in all his enterprises;
and who can tell how much of the success of our great
men is attributable to the comfort and inspiration, the
intuition - to say nothing of the judgment, ^{of a} pure-hearted, noble-minded
cultivated wife. Having given you in a crude manner, the
reason for asking it, we would be pleased to have you give us
the date and place of your birth and tell as much as possible
about your early home life; any incidents of your childhood -