From the Easy Chair, vol. 1
George William Curtis From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 Table of Contents
From the Easy Chair, vol. 1...... 1 George William Curtis...... 1 EDWARD EVERETT IN 1862...... 2 AT THE OPERA IN 1864...... 5 EMERSON LECTURING...... 6 SHOPS AND SHOPPING...... 8 MRS. GRUNDY AND THE COSMOPOLITAN...... 9 DICKENS READING. [1867.]...... 11 PHILLIS...... 14 THOREAU AND MY LADY CAVALIERE...... 15 HONESTUS AT THE CAUCUS...... 18 THALBERG AND OTHER PIANISTS, 1871...... 20 URBS AND RUS...... 23 RIP VAN WINKLE...... 25 A CHINESE CRITIC...... 26 HOLIDAY SAUNTERING...... 28 WENDELL PHILLIPS AT HARVARD. 1881...... 30 EASTER BONNETS...... 32 JENNY LIND...... 33 THE TOWN...... 35 SARAH SHAW RUSSELL...... 37 STREET MUSIC...... 38 A LITTLE DINNER WITH THACKERAY...... 39 CECILIA PLAYING...... 41 THE MANNERLESS SEX...... 43 ROBERT BROWNING IN FLORENCE...... 44 PLAYERS...... 48 UNMUSICAL BOXES...... 50 THE DINNER IN ARCADIA...... 51
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• 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 DINNER IN ARCADIA.
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FROM THE EASY CHAIR
BY
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
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