New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-08

always located Most Of the people of the place
would be terrible vulgarism 10 these gentlemen;
it must be the majority If the residents IN the 10
eahty.' Then no one lives in rooms, but always in
apartments. Good lodgings would be far too
meager; so We have 'eligiJie opsytmeAts.' No man
ever shors any feeling, but always 'eriaces il.
This 'erince by the way, is one of the mos, odious
words in all this catalogue of vugaries, for such
they really are. Everybody esinces' everything.
No one asks, but 'srtHces desre' No one is hurt,
but epinces sense NJ Hg,rng.' No one thanks an
other, but 'ertnces grat,tude.' l remember, when
the French band of the Guides were in this coun-
try, to have read in The Illustrated Ncrs, that as
they proceeded, Of course, along the streets of the
metropolis 1--WE never read Of London in polite jour
nalsl, they were rehementy Everybody does every
thing vehemently) cheered by the assembled popu-
lace THAT is the gentee name for the people,. And
what do You suppose the Frenchmen did in return ,
or course, something very different from what En-
glishmen would have done under similar circum-
stances. But did they toss up their caps, and cry,
Vure PAngitterrei The illustrated Ners did not
condescend TO enter into such deais; all il told
was that they 'eriaeed a reciprocity" Again We
mover begin anything in the newspapers now, but
always commence. l read lately in a Taunton pa
per, that o horse commenced kicking And the
printers TO think it quite wrong to violate this
rule Repeatedly, in drawing mp handbills for char
ity sermons, have written, as always do, Divine
service will Iegia at so and so; but almost always
il has been altered 10 commence; : and once re.
member the bill being sent back after proof, with
query, eOmm'nceF written against the word. But
even is not so bad "a take tic inaiottre,
which is the newspaper phrase for the other more
active meaning Of the verb to btgin. Another hor-
rible word, which is fast getting into our language
through the provincial press is TO 'ereHtHote. If
they want to say that man spent his money ill he
VAS ruined, they tell us that kis unprecedented
aragdnce ereHtsated in the total dispersion Of his
'Arocat,oa is another monster patron
lied by these writers. Now arocot0n, which OF
itsefis an innocent word enough, means the being
called array from something We might say, He
could not do it, having avocations elsewhere But
in our newspapers arocdtioH means a mans calling
in life. If shoemaker a, his work is struck by
lightning, We read, that whRc pursuing has aroca.
ttOa, he olectrie fluid penetrated De uHhaPpy mans
person."
The author conducts his racy criticisms with Ger
tain admirable directions which the best writers
would do well TO take TO heart and from which the
worst may derive great benefit. and the public
thereby gain unspeakable relief. The amount Of
these rules Is not 10 part with your common sense
when you come TO write You need not make an
idiot Of yourself, because you have pen in your
hand. BE simple, be honest, be unaffected in your
speaking and writing. Never use long word
where a short one will do. Call things by their
right names; never smother your thought with
cloud Of phrases; let spade be spade, lot TeH-
kHotcn ojioHg instrument If manual industry let
home be home, nc, resideRce place place, not
a iocaiiy. Write much as you would speak; speak
as you think. With your interiors, speak no eoarser
than usual; with your supcnors, no finer. BE what
You say, and say what you are. AVOID all oddly Of
expression. The wise man will 30 speak that no
Oh, may observe hoNs he speaks. Above oil, do not
bore your company with an aiiccta,on of precision
and accuracy. Ore Of the worst nuisances Is the
iakcr who is always setting you right. Ii one says
that 10 900 men were killed in some battle, do not
tell him that il was only 800. Allow for little
latitude of statement in the freedom Of easy talk
and be not shocked with certain degree Of HARM
less establishment, when no false impression is
either given or intended. Talk TO please not your
self, but your neighbor; give him the refrcshment
Of sitting by q cheerful, modest, sensible talker;
one who is equally ready TO give or take; ard who
leaves his facts and his opinions on your memory;
not the words in which they were uttered BE
gentleman in opcnncss of dcmeanor, in simplicity of
language, in freedom from singularity, If not by
birth. Show your good taste and good breeding in
your speech and style if not in the fashion Of your
dress or your knowledge Of etiquette. This is truly
an cdifying exposition of the "whole duty Of man,
in the use Of language, and We recommend the
author 20 4" rcck his own redc" when be Is again
tempted 10 bring Wholesale railing accusation
against kindred foreign nation.
MRS. sIGOURNEY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
LETTERS OF LIFE. BY Mrs. l.. II. sIGouRsrr Emo
Up. a. ID. Appleton L Co.
The place of Mrs. Sigonrney in American l,crs-
turc is decided by tho number and the variety Of
her productions, rather than by any tokens of re-
markabe yieor or originality. She was certainly
one of the most fertile OF our native writers both
in prose and verse She began her literary career
in early youth, and continued il to extreme old age
Her pcn was scarcely ever idle. She had natural
instinct for composition which rarely permitted her
10 rest. She was never at loss for o subject nor
lacked materials for its illustration. Her style in
dictates an almost incredible facility in writing.
90 hor puhls shed works amounts 10