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 LITERARY AND SOCIAL ESSAYS By George William Curtis CONTENTS EMERSON HAWTHORNE THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE RACHEL THACKERAY IN AMERICA SIR PHILIP SIDNEY LONGFELLOW OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES WASHINGTON IRVING PRUE AND I By George William Curtis CONTENTS A WORD TO THE GENTLE READER. MY CHATEAUX. SEA FROM SHORE TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES. A CRUISE IN THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. FAMILY PORTRAITS. OUR COUSIN THE CURATE. TRUMPS A Novel By Geo. Wm. Curtis 1861 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. SCHOOL BEGINS. CHAPTER II. HOPE WAYNE. CHAPTER III. AVE MARIA! CHAPTER IV. NIGHT. CHAPTER V. PEEWEE PREACHING. CHAPTER VI. EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS. CHAPTER VII. CASTLE DANGEROUS. CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE. CHAPTER IX. NEWS FROM HOME. CHAPTER X. BEGINNING TO SKETCH. CHAPTER XI. A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE. CHAPTER XII. HELP, HO! CHAPTER XIII. SOCIETY. CHAPTER XIV. A NEW YORK MERCHANT. CHAPTER XV. A SCHOOL-BOY NO LONGER. CHAPTER XVI. PHILOSOPHY. CHAPTER XVII. OF GIRLS AND FLOWERS. CHAPTER XVIII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW. CHAPTER XIX. DOG-DAYS. CHAPTER XX. AUNT MARTHA. CHAPTER XXI. THE CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XXII. THE FINE ARTS. CHAPTER XXIII. BONIFACE NEWT, SON, AND CO., DRY GOODS ON COMMISSION. CHAPTER XXIV. “QUEEN AND HUNTRESS.” CHAPTER XXV. A STATESMAN—AND STATESWOMAN. CHAPTER XXVI. THE PORTRAIT AND THE MINIATURE. CHAPTER XXVII. GABRIEL AT HOME. CHAPTER XXVIII. BORN TO BE A BACHELOR. CHAPTER XXIX. MR. ABEL NEWT, GRAND STREET. CHAPTER XXX. CHECK. CHAPTER XXXI. AT DELMONICO’S. CHAPTER XXXII. MRS. THEODORE KINGFISHER AT HOME. On dansera. CHAPTER XXXIII. ANOTHER TURN IN THE WALTZ. CHAPTER XXXIV. HEAVEN’S LAST BEST GIFT. CHAPTER XXXV. MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BACK WINDOW. CHAPTER XXXVII. ABEL NEWT, vice SLIGO MOULTRIE REMOVED. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. CHAPTER XXXIX. A FIELD-DAY. CHAPTER XL. AT THE ROUND TABLE. CHAPTER XLI. A LITTLE DINNER. CHAPTER XLII. CLEARING AND CLOUDY. CHAPTER XLIII. WALKING HOME. CHAPTER XLIV. CHURCH GOING. CHAPTER XLV. IN CHURCH. CHAPTER XLVI. IN ANOTHER CHURCH. CHAPTER XLVII. DEATH. CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HEIRESS. CHAPTER XLIX. A SELECT PARTY.