- From the Easy Chair Vol. 2
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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.
- 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