From the Easy Chair Vol. 1

George William Curtis (1824 - 1892)

George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was 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. This anthology of essays is the first of a three volume work, showing his broad knowledge and interest. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Edward Everett in 1862 Matthew Squaire
00:15:20
Play 02 At the Opera in 1864 Justin Bresson
00:06:46
Play 03 Emerson Lecturing BettyB
00:07:18
Play 04 Shops and Shopping BettyB
00:10:07
Play 05 Mrs. Grundy and the Cosmopolitan April6090
00:08:20
Play 06 Dickens Reading (1867) April6090
00:13:17
Play 07 Phillis Matthew Squaire
00:07:17
Play 08 Thoreau and my Lady Cavaliere DrPGould
00:12:25
Play 09 Honestus at the Caucus SK
00:12:48
Play 10 Thalberg and Other Pianists (1871) DrPGould
00:11:37
Play 11 Urbs and Rus aniroo
00:00:00
Play 12 Rip Van Winkle BettyB
00:06:49
Play 13 A Chinese Critic SK
00:09:22
Play 14 Holiday Sauntering BettyB
00:08:42
Play 15 Wendell Phillips at Harvard (1881) SK
00:10:56
Play 16 Easter Bonnets April6090
00:06:13
Play 17 Jenny Lind Lynne T
00:13:43
Play 18 The Town April6090
00:05:35
Play 19 Sarah Shaw Russell Diana Schmidt
00:06:47
Play 20 Street Music April6090
00:07:59
Play 21 A Little Dinner with Thackeray John
00:10:21
Play 22 Cecilia Playing John
00:10:08
Play 23 The Mannerless Sex Availle
00:08:51
Play 24 Robert Browning in Florence DrPGould
00:13:16
Play 25 Players SK
00:09:23
Play 26 Unmusical Boxes Kathleen Moore
00:08:05
Play 27 The Academy Dinner in Arcadia BettyB
00:07:57