By Lilian Whiting. Author of "The World Beautiful," "A Study of Elizabeth Barrett Browning," etc. With several portraits of Miss Field, including one by Elihu Vedder. 12mo. Cloth, extra. $2.00. CONTENTSCHILDHOOD AND CIRCUMSTANCE. An Interesting Heredity; Family Letters; Mr. and Mrs. Field's Stage Life; Death of Joseph M. Field; The Mother and Daughter. EARLY YOUTH. Aspirations and Studies; Interest in Art and Literature; Ardent Devotion to Music. FLORENTINE DAYS. At Villa Bellosguardi; Enthusiasm for Italy; George Eliot and the Trollopes; Walter Savage Landor; At Casa Guidi with the Brownings. LECTURING AND WRITING. Intense Energy of Purpose; John Brown's Grave; Ristori, Fechter, and the Drama; Planchette's Diary; Death of Eliza Riddle Field. EUROPE REVISITED. Among London Celebrities; In Spain with Castelar; Music and Drama; Professor Bell and the Telephone; The Shakespeare Memorial. A SIGNIFICANT DECADE. Return to America; Failures and Renewed Effort; The Mormon Problem; Alaska and the Golden Gate; Fame and Friends. "KATE FIELD'S WASHINGTON." A Unique Enterprise; Miss Gilder's Friendship; Charming Life in the Capitol; The Columbian Exposition; France decorated Kate Field. CROSSING THE BAR. A Journey of Destiny; Life and Studies in Hawaii; Noble and Generous Work; The Angel of Death. IN RETROSPECT. Universal Appreciation and Love; The Strange Ordering of Circumstance; A Sculptured Cross in Mount Auburn; Death only an Event in Life. |