| + | Ind. 59: 816. O. 5, ‘05. 170w. | |
| + + | Nation. 80: 10. Ja. 5, ‘05. 160w. |
“Not strongly bound. Far too many slips in proof-reading. These adventures among masterpieces are ... the adventures of a humorist. They would often seem inadequate to the Dryasdust, they would often baffle the literary mind. Like all strong men, Stephen had his blind spots and his hobbies; his criticism was ... by no means unbiased.” H. W. Boynton.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 33. Ja. 21, ‘05. 2490w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w. |
“One of the most satisfying and pleasing collections of literary essays.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 60w. |
Stephens, Kate. American thumb-prints; mettle of our men and women. [**]$1.50. Lippincott.
Eight essays entitled: Puritans of the West; The university of Hesperus; Two neighbors of St. Louis; The New England woman; A New England abode of the blessed; An up-to-date misogyny; “The gullet science”; Plagiarizing humors of Benjamin Franklin.
“Miss Stephens has wide reading, genuine erudition, humour, and pungent sarcasm all at her command, and she uses them very tellingly.”
| + + | Bookm. 22: 85. S. ‘05. 340w. |
“Instinct with the indescribable and unmistakable buoyancy and vitality of the great West, combined with something of the rich scholarship more often associated with the older East. Possessing as she does a command of excellent English, she does not need to write in polyglot.”