Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS By George William Curtis Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS ## THE POTIPHAR PAPERS ## ARS RECTE VIVENDE ## FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES. 1 ## FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES 2 ## FROM THE EASY CHAIR, SERIES 3 ## LITERARY AND SOCIAL ESSAYS EARLY LETTERS OF GEORGE WM. CURTIS ## PRUE AND I ## TRUMPS TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES THE POTIPHAR PAPERS By George William Curtis CONTENTS PREFATORY LETTER TO REV. CREAM CHEESE. I. “OUR BEST SOCIETY.” II. OUR NEW LIVERY, AND OTHER THINGS. III. A MEDITATION BY PAUL POTIPHAR, ESQ. IV. FROM THE SUMMER DIARY OF MINERVA V. THE POTIPHARS IN PARIS. VI. KURZ PACHA TO THE KING OF SENNAAR, VII. FROM THE REV. HENRY DOVE TO MRS. POTIPHAR. ARS RECTE VIVENDI Being Essays Contributed To "The Easy Chair" By George William Curtis CONTENTS PREFACE EXTRAVAGANCE AT COLLEGE BRAINS AND BRAWN HAZING THE SOUL OF THE GENTLEMAN THEATRE MANNERS WOMAN'S DRESS SECRET SOCIETIES TOBACCO AND HEALTH TOBACCO AND MANNERS DUELLING NEWSPAPER ETHICS FROM THE EASY CHAIR By George William Curtis CONTENTS EDWARD EVERETT IN 1862 AT THE OPERA IN 1864 EMERSON LECTURING SHOPS AND SHOPPING MRS. GRUNDY AND THE COSMOPOLITAN DICKENS READING [1867] PHILLIS THOREAU AND MY LADY CAVALIERE HONESTUS AT THE CAUCUS THALBERG AND OTHER PIANISTS [1871] URBS AND RUS RIP VAN WINKLE A CHINESE CRITIC HOLIDAY SAUNTERING WENDELL PHILLIPS AT HARVARD [1881] EASTER BONNETS JENNY LIND THE TOWN SARAH SHAW RUSSELL STREET MUSIC A LITTLE DINNER WITH THACKERAY CECILIA PLAYING THE MANNERLESS SEX ROBERT BROWNING IN FLORENCE PLAYERS UNMUSICAL BOXES THE ACADEMY DINNER IN ARCADIA FROM THE EASY CHAIR By George William Curtis MDCCCXCIV CONTENTS PAGE The New Year 1 The Public Scold 10 National Nominating Convention 16 Bryant's Country 23 The Game of Newport 31 The Lecture Lyceum 39 Tweed 47 Commencement 60 The Streets of New York 69 The Morality of Dancing 76 The Hog Family 81 The Enlightened Observer 88 Ralph Waldo Emerson 94 Henry Ward Beecher 110 The Golden Age 119 Spring Pictures 126 Proper and Improper 130 Belinda and the Vulgar 137 Decayed Gentility 142 The Pharisee 149 Lady Mavourneen on Her Travels 155 General Sherman 162 The American Girl 166 Annus Mirabilis 174 Statues in Central Park 186 The Grand Tour 193 "Easy Does It, Guvner" 203 Siste, Viator 208 Christendom vs. Christianity 216 Francis George Shaw 222 FROM THE EASY CHAIR By George William Curtis MDCCCXCIV