*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 58171 *** 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 PAGE 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 PAGE 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. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George William Curtis, by George William Curtis *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 58171 ***