F R O M T H E
E A S Y C H A I R
BY
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
SECOND SERIES
NEW YORK
HARPER AND BROTHERS
MDCCCXCIV
Copyright, 1893, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
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Copyright, 1894, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
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All rights reserved.
CONTENTS
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| 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 | ...