The sun., 1873-11-04
sOmB NEW BOoKs.
Mise kats Field nd her style Of uthor

c4Ouiary that more aptiy cJndcnses into itsolf
the characteristics of her thought an OF her
style of expressing n. y ier, are some persons
who seem ~ have fIiiy male ~ thoir minds on
every subject IN the world AMI VINO derl lirn
themselves with yuluble audacity that leaves
nothing - be said There is no balancing ~
opinions with them. no suspense of Judgment.
Everything H. disposed OF with readiness al
eisy seli-nsserii,n that by some arc esteemed
smartnsss; bv othcri, shallow hiprln'y. 1t Is
unfortunate that 'hc New En.ian IN 'ntd fore
Ing process should sometimes pr ,duce this vcrv
dis1greeable result, while at o'hcrs II gives us
women who are the pride AMI honor ~ I'll ctr
when ithors ofthis cla proclaim their Views
upon all things G; rtnlV and heavenly with -lil-
Dash rccllc ssntse that knows no shadow uf tcar
or hesitancv, aiming only and always at edect
even at the exnon4c OF truth. writing undersuch
cntchpenny titles a. "Heat and Impudcncc,"
"sour Grapes and snobbery." "The Glorious
Fourth and 30 tor h." ana pcrvadng the whole
contents of tho book with had puns and an
omniprcsont egutism from which there l. not
even moment iry escape and which even sup
pu-cs the reader to nc Interested IN the pftrc of
the authors undtrx irmenis We may wcll agrc'
that tho result l. ntiy cla--.d un1cr The titlc
C "Hnp Hazrrd.'
There IA no writer Tor the pretq whom we can
now rcc,il WI, has built ~ a literary notorl,ty
ou such frnn support n4 Miss Kate Field. Vow
that sic hns hr, l:lt all her faults together be
tween tho c1v'rs ~ n snss wi umc thi4 be-
q mes the mora applrent. Flr the .otisn that
We hcarihls Wutn connned to the limits of a
brief lecture, H. iufpiertble whHn dwclt upon t.
the cyt"ut " "a dt,'s reading; AMI tho ytyacity
that cVcitcd sn.jc g. the foreign letter ~" "our
own correep epondr't" appear ~ imper'iucnco ol
avery We lrl.Imo and aggrayatin, kinl when
stretched ont over two hundred aud more pages.
Certain manners ms and verbal tricks become
pec.ii' iry tryiur when they rccur a. oftup as
Two, dn in Mi. llrirs book. On. such trick.
th.' is quito cpr-r nous In this laly's it,le. i
ndi.no,ifipn t. clcl away In the m II frivo-
lnus fashion 10y So mrrc Jingle of words. The
beading ~ on 4 IA, chapters we have In
star 'od is m cvt-iulo Of this; "Thc Glorious
Fourth and An fnr h." Speohin OF audience, and
the tcrrDrs they nave In their collective form
f1r lcctlr sho says" T-nit,l thcy brand, ~.
vided they pail" Such Is wit 40 cheap ~ to be
dear 4 any price. Concerning the habits OF to-
harro chcwcrs ehe asks
stheg gr'd as nccr-saD 70 man ~ 'hc eaito h"rncd
~ d..suatns ,bt2 How aucn NOR, ~ ncast hc
J. hi. !r'- o. tls1 hf'l Il rt-l' 40 thf l'A . ~
.ene t,ak fora ira, .il'ns neihi. nan sraat kinc
trlor. l.umna' ug lnin- hove - c.b,a To q cui.
%. .hcrr p.ntln; ther f,et on the stow. th'y
p, Noct Ia car. ar u lturc To Nv the ~
Jcnaiu,ct iiAc 'hc c gr.o Of empire, 'c-''r4rl
It' '.lftt.i0t siA,s o.. fy.'
We do not give these extracts TO show What
co1r'e writing tiis gentle lady can do. for the
suhlcr, being cptrse one, l. properlS treated
with lndicnTt Nigor; but II illustrates that
tires 'me fuhit Of haroing on old and familiar
expressions twisted litil from their original
form. n In III" words we nave Italicized. In
stances ot thi frSollty ~ style are Of constant