Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
By George William Curtis
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE POTIPHAR PAPERS
## ARS RECTE VIVENDE
## FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES. 1
## FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES 2
## FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES 3
## LITERARY AND SOCIAL ESSAYS
EARLY LETTERS OF GEORGE WM. CURTIS
## PRUE AND I
## TRUMPS
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE POTIPHAR PAPERS
By George William Curtis
CONTENTS
PREFATORY LETTER TO REV. CREAM CHEESE.
I. “OUR BEST SOCIETY.”
II. OUR NEW LIVERY, AND OTHER THINGS.
III. A MEDITATION BY PAUL POTIPHAR, ESQ.
IV. FROM THE SUMMER DIARY OF MINERVA
V. THE POTIPHARS IN PARIS.
VI. KURZ PACHA TO THE KING OF SENNAAR,
VII. FROM THE REV. HENRY DOVE TO MRS. POTIPHAR.
ARS RECTE VIVENDI
Being Essays Contributed To "The Easy Chair"
By George William Curtis
CONTENTS
PREFACE
EXTRAVAGANCE AT COLLEGE
BRAINS AND BRAWN
HAZING
THE SOUL OF THE GENTLEMAN
THEATRE MANNERS
WOMAN'S DRESS
SECRET SOCIETIES
TOBACCO AND HEALTH
TOBACCO AND MANNERS
DUELLING
NEWSPAPER ETHICS
FROM THE EASY CHAIR
By George William Curtis
CONTENTS
EDWARD EVERETT IN 1862
AT THE OPERA IN 1864
EMERSON LECTURING
SHOPS AND SHOPPING
MRS. GRUNDY AND THE COSMOPOLITAN
DICKENS READING [1867]
PHILLIS
THOREAU AND MY LADY CAVALIERE
HONESTUS AT THE CAUCUS
THALBERG AND OTHER PIANISTS [1871]
URBS AND RUS
RIP VAN WINKLE
A CHINESE CRITIC
HOLIDAY SAUNTERING
WENDELL PHILLIPS AT HARVARD [1881]
EASTER BONNETS
JENNY LIND
THE TOWN
SARAH SHAW RUSSELL
STREET MUSIC
A LITTLE DINNER WITH THACKERAY
CECILIA PLAYING
THE MANNERLESS SEX
ROBERT BROWNING IN FLORENCE
PLAYERS
UNMUSICAL BOXES
THE ACADEMY DINNER IN ARCADIA
FROM THE EASY CHAIR
By George William Curtis
MDCCCXCIV
CONTENTS
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The New Year 1
The Public Scold 10
National Nominating Convention 16
Bryant's Country 23
The Game of Newport 31
The Lecture Lyceum 39
Tweed 47
Commencement 60
The Streets of New York 69
The Morality of Dancing 76
The Hog Family 81
The Enlightened Observer 88
Ralph Waldo Emerson 94
Henry Ward Beecher 110
The Golden Age 119
Spring Pictures 126
Proper and Improper 130
Belinda and the Vulgar 137
Decayed Gentility 142
The Pharisee 149
Lady Mavourneen on Her Travels 155
General Sherman 162
The American Girl 166
Annus Mirabilis 174
Statues in Central Park 186
The Grand Tour 193
"Easy Does It, Guvner" 203
Siste, Viator 208
Christendom vs. Christianity 216
Francis George Shaw 222
FROM THE EASY CHAIR
By George William Curtis
MDCCCXCIV
CONTENTS
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HAWTHORNE AND BROOK FARM 1
BEECHER IN HIS PULPIT AFTER THE DEATH OF LINCOLN 20
KILLING DEER 28
AUTUMN DAYS 37
FROM COMO TO MILAN DURING THE WAR OF 1848 43
HERBERT SPENCER ON THE YANKEE 56
HONOR 65
JOSEPH WESLEY HARPER 72
REVIEW OF UNION TROOPS, 1865 78
APRIL, 1865 88
WASHINGTON IN 1867 94
RECEPTION TO THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS AT THE WHITE HOUSE 102
THE MAID AND THE WIT 112
THE DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT EASTERN 120
CHURCH STREET 127
HISTORIC BUILDINGS 140
THE BOSTON MUSIC HALL 151
PUBLIC BENEFACTORS 162
MR. TIBBINS'S NEW-YEAR'S CALL 169
THE NEW ENGLAND SABBATH 178
THE REUNION OF ANTISLAVERY VETERANS, 1884 185
REFORM CHARITY 193
BICYCLE RIDING FOR CHILDREN 204
THE DEAD BIRD UPON CYRILLA'S HAT AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF "SLARTER" 210
CHEAPENING HIS NAME 214
CLERGYMEN'S SALARIES 221
LITERARY AND SOCIAL ESSAYS
By George William Curtis
CONTENTS
EMERSON
HAWTHORNE
THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
RACHEL
THACKERAY IN AMERICA
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
LONGFELLOW
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
WASHINGTON IRVING
PRUE AND I
By George William Curtis
CONTENTS
A WORD TO THE GENTLE READER.
MY CHATEAUX.
SEA FROM SHORE
TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES.
A CRUISE IN THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.
FAMILY PORTRAITS.
OUR COUSIN THE CURATE.
TRUMPS
A Novel
By Geo. Wm. Curtis
1861
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. SCHOOL BEGINS.
CHAPTER II. HOPE WAYNE.
CHAPTER III. AVE MARIA!
CHAPTER IV. NIGHT.
CHAPTER V. PEEWEE PREACHING.
CHAPTER VI. EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS.
CHAPTER VII. CASTLE DANGEROUS.
CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE.
CHAPTER IX. NEWS FROM HOME.
CHAPTER X. BEGINNING TO SKETCH.
CHAPTER XI. A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE.
CHAPTER XII. HELP, HO!
CHAPTER XIII. SOCIETY.
CHAPTER XIV. A NEW YORK MERCHANT.
CHAPTER XV. A SCHOOL-BOY NO LONGER.
CHAPTER XVI. PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER XVII. OF GIRLS AND FLOWERS.
CHAPTER XVIII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
CHAPTER XIX. DOG-DAYS.
CHAPTER XX. AUNT MARTHA.
CHAPTER XXI. THE CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XXII. THE FINE ARTS.
CHAPTER XXIII. BONIFACE NEWT, SON, AND CO., DRY GOODS ON COMMISSION.
CHAPTER XXIV. “QUEEN AND HUNTRESS.”
CHAPTER XXV. A STATESMAN—AND STATESWOMAN.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE PORTRAIT AND THE MINIATURE.
CHAPTER XXVII. GABRIEL AT HOME.
CHAPTER XXVIII. BORN TO BE A BACHELOR.
CHAPTER XXIX. MR. ABEL NEWT, GRAND STREET.
CHAPTER XXX. CHECK.
CHAPTER XXXI. AT DELMONICO’S.
CHAPTER XXXII. MRS. THEODORE KINGFISHER AT HOME. On dansera.
CHAPTER XXXIII. ANOTHER TURN IN THE WALTZ.
CHAPTER XXXIV. HEAVEN’S LAST BEST GIFT.
CHAPTER XXXV. MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BACK WINDOW.
CHAPTER XXXVII. ABEL NEWT, vice SLIGO MOULTRIE REMOVED.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.
CHAPTER XXXIX. A FIELD-DAY.
CHAPTER XL. AT THE ROUND TABLE.
CHAPTER XLI. A LITTLE DINNER.
CHAPTER XLII. CLEARING AND CLOUDY.
CHAPTER XLIII. WALKING HOME.
CHAPTER XLIV. CHURCH GOING.
CHAPTER XLV. IN CHURCH.
CHAPTER XLVI. IN ANOTHER CHURCH.
CHAPTER XLVII. DEATH.
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HEIRESS.
CHAPTER XLIX. A SELECT PARTY.
CHAPTER L. WINE AND TRUTH.
CHAPTER LI. A WARNING.
CHAPTER LII. BREAKERS.
CHAPTER LIII. SLIGO MOULTRIE vice ABEL NEWT.
CHAPTER LIV. CLOUDS AND DARKNESS.
CHAPTER LV. ARTHUR MERLIN’S GREAT PICTURE.
CHAPTER LVI. REDIVIVUS.
CHAPTER LVII. DINING WITH LAWRENCE NEWT.
CHAPTER LVIII. THE HEALTH OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER.
CHAPTER LIX. MRS. ALFRED DINKS.
CHAPTER LX. POLITICS.
CHAPTER LXI. GONE TO PROTEST.
CHAPTER LXII. THE CRASH, UP TOWN.
CHAPTER LXIII. ENDYMION.
CHAPTER LXIV. DIANA.
CHAPTER LXV. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER LXVI. MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS.
CHAPTER LXVII. WIRES.
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE.
CHAPTER LXIX. IN AND OUT.
CHAPTER LXX. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER LXXI. RICHES HAVE WINGS.
CHAPTER LXXII. GOOD-BY.
CHAPTER LXXIII. THE BELCH PLATFORM.
CHAPTER LXXIV. MIDNIGHT.
CHAPTER LXXV. REMINISCENCE.
CHAPTER LXXVI. A SOCIAL GLASS.
CHAPTER LXXVII. FACE TO FACE.
CHAPTER LXXVIII. FINISHING PICTURES.
CHAPTER LXXIX. THE LAST THROW.
CHAPTER LXXX. CLOUDS BREAKING.
CHAPTER LXXXI. MRS. ALFRED DINKS AT HOME.
CHAPTER LXXXII. THE LOST IS FOUND.
CHAPTER LXXXIII. MRS. DELILAH JONES.
CHAPTER LXXXIV. PROSPECTS OF HAPPINESS.
CHAPTER LXXXV. GETTING READY.
CHAPTER LXXXVI. IN THE CITY.
CHAPTER LXXXVII. A LONG JOURNEY.
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. WAITING.
CHAPTER LXXXIX. DUST TO DUST.
CHAPTER XC.
