From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

by George William Curtis

26 chapters4h 21mEnglish1894

About this book

The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the 1880s over the choice of presidential candidate. He was an original member of the New York Board of Education. ( Lynne Thompson)

Chapters (26)

1Hawthorne and Brook Farm

1339

2Beecher in his Pulpit After the Death of Lincoln

519

3Killing Deer

777

4Autumn Days

540

5From Como to Milan During the War of 1848

883

6Herbert Spencer on the Yankee

544

7Honor

434

8Joseph Wesley Harper

364

9Review of Union Troops, 1865

600

10April 1865

423

11Washington in 1867

552

12Reception to the Japanese Ambassadors at the White House

688

13The Maid and the Wit

460

14The Departure of the Great Eastern

436

15Church Street

840

16Historic Buildings

763

17The Boston Music Hall

728

18Public Benefactors

439

19Mr. Tibbins's New-Year Call

554

20The New England Sabbath

466

21The Reunion of Anti-Slavery Veterans, 1884

492

22Reform Charity

709

23Bicycle Riding for Children

423

24The Dead Bird Upon Cyrilla's Hat an Encouragement of 'Slarter'

395

25Cheapening his Name

432

26Clergymen's Salaries

891

From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

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Chapters (26)

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