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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George William Curtis
Author: Curtis, George William
Language: English
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By George William Curtis


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. \x97 \x93OUR BEST SOCIETY.\x94

II. \x97 OUR NEW LIVERY, AND OTHER THINGS.

III. \x97 A MEDITATION BY PAUL POTIPHAR, ESQ.

IV. \x97 FROM THE SUMMER DIARY OF MINERVA

V. \x97 THE POTIPHARS IN PARIS.

VI. \x97 KURZ PACHA TO THE KING OF SENNAAR,

VII. \x97 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\x92S SPECTACLES.

A CRUISE IN THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.

FAMILY PORTRAITS.

OUR COUSIN THE CURATE.



TRUMPS
A Novel
By Geo. Wm. Curtis
1861



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. \x97 SCHOOL BEGINS.

CHAPTER II. \x97 HOPE WAYNE.

CHAPTER III. \x97 AVE MARIA!

CHAPTER IV. \x97 NIGHT.

CHAPTER V. \x97 PEEWEE PREACHING.

CHAPTER VI. \x97 EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS.

CHAPTER VII. \x97 CASTLE DANGEROUS.

CHAPTER VIII. \x97 AFTER THE BATTLE.

CHAPTER IX. \x97 NEWS FROM HOME.

CHAPTER X. \x97 BEGINNING TO SKETCH.

CHAPTER XI. \x97 A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE.

CHAPTER XII. \x97 HELP, HO!

CHAPTER XIII. \x97 SOCIETY.

CHAPTER XIV. \x97 A NEW YORK MERCHANT.

CHAPTER XV. \x97 A SCHOOL-BOY NO LONGER.

CHAPTER XVI. \x97 PHILOSOPHY.

CHAPTER XVII. \x97 OF GIRLS AND FLOWERS.

CHAPTER XVIII. \x97 OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.

CHAPTER XIX. \x97 DOG-DAYS.

CHAPTER XX. \x97 AUNT MARTHA.

CHAPTER XXI. \x97 THE CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER XXII. \x97 THE FINE ARTS.

CHAPTER XXIII. \x97 BONIFACE NEWT, SON, AND CO., DRY GOODS ON COMMISSION.

CHAPTER XXIV. \x97 \x93QUEEN AND HUNTRESS.\x94

CHAPTER XXV. \x97 A STATESMAN\x97AND STATESWOMAN.

CHAPTER XXVI. \x97 THE PORTRAIT AND THE MINIATURE.

CHAPTER XXVII. \x97 GABRIEL AT HOME.

CHAPTER XXVIII. \x97 BORN TO BE A BACHELOR.

CHAPTER XXIX. \x97 MR. ABEL NEWT, GRAND STREET.

CHAPTER XXX. \x97 CHECK.

CHAPTER XXXI. \x97 AT DELMONICO\x92S.

CHAPTER XXXII. \x97 MRS. THEODORE KINGFISHER AT HOME. On dansera.

CHAPTER XXXIII. \x97 ANOTHER TURN IN THE WALTZ.

CHAPTER XXXIV. \x97 HEAVEN\x92S LAST BEST GIFT.

CHAPTER XXXV. \x97 MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.

CHAPTER XXXVI. \x97 THE BACK WINDOW.

CHAPTER XXXVII. \x97 ABEL NEWT, vice SLIGO MOULTRIE REMOVED.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. \x97 THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.

CHAPTER XXXIX. \x97 A FIELD-DAY.

CHAPTER XL. \x97 AT THE ROUND TABLE.

CHAPTER XLI. \x97 A LITTLE DINNER.

CHAPTER XLII. \x97 CLEARING AND CLOUDY.

CHAPTER XLIII. \x97 WALKING HOME.

CHAPTER XLIV. \x97 CHURCH GOING.

CHAPTER XLV. \x97 IN CHURCH.

CHAPTER XLVI. \x97 IN ANOTHER CHURCH.

CHAPTER XLVII. \x97 DEATH.

CHAPTER XLVIII. \x97 THE HEIRESS.

CHAPTER XLIX. \x97 A SELECT PARTY.

CHAPTER L. \x97 WINE AND TRUTH.

CHAPTER LI. \x97 A WARNING.

CHAPTER LII. \x97 BREAKERS.

CHAPTER LIII. \x97 SLIGO MOULTRIE vice ABEL NEWT.

CHAPTER LIV. \x97 CLOUDS AND DARKNESS.

CHAPTER LV. \x97 ARTHUR MERLIN\x92S GREAT PICTURE.

CHAPTER LVI. \x97 REDIVIVUS.

CHAPTER LVII. \x97 DINING WITH LAWRENCE NEWT.

CHAPTER LVIII. \x97 THE HEALTH OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER.

CHAPTER LIX. \x97 MRS. ALFRED DINKS.

CHAPTER LX. \x97 POLITICS.

CHAPTER LXI. \x97 GONE TO PROTEST.

CHAPTER LXII. \x97 THE CRASH, UP TOWN.

CHAPTER LXIII. \x97 ENDYMION.

CHAPTER LXIV. \x97 DIANA.

CHAPTER LXV. \x97 THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

CHAPTER LXVI. \x97 MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS.

CHAPTER LXVII. \x97 WIRES.

CHAPTER LXVIII. \x97 THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE.

CHAPTER LXIX. \x97 IN AND OUT.

CHAPTER LXX. \x97 THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE.

CHAPTER LXXI. \x97 RICHES HAVE WINGS.

CHAPTER LXXII. \x97 GOOD-BY.

CHAPTER LXXIII. \x97 THE BELCH PLATFORM.

CHAPTER LXXIV. \x97 MIDNIGHT.

CHAPTER LXXV. \x97 REMINISCENCE.

CHAPTER LXXVI. \x97 A SOCIAL GLASS.

CHAPTER LXXVII. \x97 FACE TO FACE.

CHAPTER LXXVIII. \x97 FINISHING PICTURES.

CHAPTER LXXIX. \x97 THE LAST THROW.

CHAPTER LXXX. \x97 CLOUDS BREAKING.

CHAPTER LXXXI. \x97 MRS. ALFRED DINKS AT HOME.

CHAPTER LXXXII. \x97 THE LOST IS FOUND.

CHAPTER LXXXIII. \x97 MRS. DELILAH JONES.

CHAPTER LXXXIV. \x97 PROSPECTS OF HAPPINESS.

CHAPTER LXXXV. \x97 GETTING READY.

CHAPTER LXXXVI. \x97 IN THE CITY.

CHAPTER LXXXVII. \x97 A LONG JOURNEY.

CHAPTER LXXXVIII. \x97 WAITING.

CHAPTER LXXXIX. \x97 DUST TO DUST.

CHAPTER XC.





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