From the Easy Chair Vol. 2

George William Curtis (1824 - 1892)

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

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The New Year Lynne T
00:10:03
Play 02 The Public Scold DrPGould
00:06:01
Play 03 National Nominating Convention DrPGould
00:07:05
Play 04 Bryant's Country Mike Pelton
00:09:24
Play 05 The Game of Newport Mike Pelton
00:09:34
Play 06 The Lecture Lyceum DrPGould
00:08:03
Play 07 Tweed John
00:16:53
Play 08 Commencement John
00:11:46
Play 09 The Streets of New York BettyB
00:08:20
Play 10 The Morality of Dancing DrPGould
00:05:11
Play 11 The Hog Family John
00:08:47
Play 12 The Enlightened Observer John
00:06:27
Play 13 Ralph Waldo Emerson DrPGould
00:17:02
Play 14 Henry Ward Beecher Larry Wilson
00:10:07
Play 15 The Golden Age BettyB
00:08:19
Play 16 Spring Pictures brianna
00:05:52
Play 17 Proper and Improper DrPGould
00:07:11
Play 18 Belinda and the Vulgar BettyB
00:06:12
Play 19 Decayed Gentility brianna
00:09:54
Play 20 The Pharisee brianna
00:08:52
Play 21 Lady Mavourneen and her Travels BettyB
00:07:32
Play 22 General Sherman brianna
00:05:51
Play 23 The American Girl Mike Pelton
00:10:43
Play 24 Annus Mirabilis DrPGould
00:12:23
Play 25 Stautues in Central Park BettyB
00:08:36
Play 26 The Grand Tour Lynne T
00:10:59
Play 27 'Easy Does It, Guvner' DrPGould
00:05:40
Play 28 Siste, Viator John
00:11:59
Play 29 Christendom vs Christianity Mike Pelton
00:08:07
Play 30 Francis George Shaw Mike Pelton
00:10:49