Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: George William Curtis] FROM THE EASY CHAIR BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS _THIRD SERIES_ [Illustration] NEW YORK HARPER AND BROTHERS MDCCCXCIV Copyright, 1894, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ CONTENTS PAGE HAWTHORNE AND BROOK FARM 1 BEECHER IN HIS PULPIT AFTER THE DEATH OF LINCOLN 20 KILLING DEER 28 AUTUMN DAYS 37 FROM COMO TO MILAN DURING THE WAR OF 1848 43 HERBERT SPENCER ON THE YANKEE 56 HONOR 65 JOSEPH WESLEY HARPER 72 REVIEW OF UNION TROOPS, 1865 78 APRIL, 1865 88 WASHINGTON IN 1867 94 RECEPTION TO THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS AT THE WHITE HOUSE 102 THE MAID AND THE WIT 112 THE DEPARTURE OF THE _GREAT EASTERN_ 120 CHURCH STREET 127 HISTORIC BUILDINGS 140 THE BOSTON MUSIC HALL 151 PUBLIC BENEFACTORS 162 MR. TIBBINS'S NEW-YEAR'S CALL 169 THE NEW ENGLAND SABBATH 178 THE REUNION OF ANTISLAVERY VETERANS, 1884 185 REFORM CHARITY 193 BICYCLE RIDING FOR CHILDREN 204 THE DEAD BIRD UPON CYRILLA'S HAT AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF "SLARTER" 210 CHEAPENING HIS NAME 214 CLERGYMEN'S SALARIES 221 HAWTHORNE AND BROOK FARM