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From the Easy Chair Vol. 2

The second 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. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (4 hr 33 min)

Chapters

The New Year

The Public Scold

National Nominating Convention

Bryant's Country

The Game of Newport

The Lecture Lyceum

Tweed

Commencement

The Streets of New York

The Morality of Dancing

The Hog Family

The Enlightened Observer

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry Ward Beecher

The Golden Age

Spring Pictures

Proper and Improper

Belinda and the Vulgar

Decayed Gentility

The Pharisee

Lady Mavourneen and her Travels

General Sherman

The American Girl

Annus Mirabilis

Stautues in Central Park

The Grand Tour

'Easy Does It, Guvner'

Siste, Viator

Christendom vs Christianity

Francis George Shaw