Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George William Curtis
Author: George William Curtis
Editor: David Widger
Release date: October 26, 2018 [eBook #58171]
Most recently updated: April 4, 2023
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
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. |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
EMERSON |
HAWTHORNE |
THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE |
RACHEL |
THACKERAY IN AMERICA |
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY |
LONGFELLOW |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
WASHINGTON IRVING |
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. |
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. |
CHAPTER L. | WINE AND TRUTH. |
CHAPTER LI. | A WARNING. |
CHAPTER LII. | BREAKERS. |
CHAPTER LIII. | SLIGO MOULTRIE vice ABEL NEWT. |
CHAPTER LIV. | CLOUDS AND DARKNESS. |
CHAPTER LV. | ARTHUR MERLIN’S GREAT PICTURE. |
CHAPTER LVI. | REDIVIVUS. |
CHAPTER LVII. | DINING WITH LAWRENCE NEWT. |
CHAPTER LVIII. | THE HEALTH OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER. |
CHAPTER LIX. | MRS. ALFRED DINKS. |
CHAPTER LX. | POLITICS. |
CHAPTER LXI. | GONE TO PROTEST. |
CHAPTER LXII. | THE CRASH, UP TOWN. |
CHAPTER LXIII. | ENDYMION. |
CHAPTER LXIV. | DIANA. |
CHAPTER LXV. | THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. |
CHAPTER LXVI. | MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS. |
CHAPTER LXVII. | WIRES. |
CHAPTER LXVIII. | THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE. |
CHAPTER LXIX. | IN AND OUT. |
CHAPTER LXX. | THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE. |
CHAPTER LXXI. | RICHES HAVE WINGS. |
CHAPTER LXXII. | GOOD-BY. |
CHAPTER LXXIII. | THE BELCH PLATFORM. |
CHAPTER LXXIV. | MIDNIGHT. |
CHAPTER LXXV. | REMINISCENCE. |
CHAPTER LXXVI. | A SOCIAL GLASS. |
CHAPTER LXXVII. | FACE TO FACE. |
CHAPTER LXXVIII. | FINISHING PICTURES. |
CHAPTER LXXIX. | THE LAST THROW. |
CHAPTER LXXX. | CLOUDS BREAKING. |
CHAPTER LXXXI. | MRS. ALFRED DINKS AT HOME. |
CHAPTER LXXXII. | THE LOST IS FOUND. |
CHAPTER LXXXIII. | MRS. DELILAH JONES. |
CHAPTER LXXXIV. | PROSPECTS OF HAPPINESS. |
CHAPTER LXXXV. | GETTING READY. |
CHAPTER LXXXVI. | IN THE CITY. |
CHAPTER LXXXVII. | A LONG JOURNEY. |
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. | WAITING. |
CHAPTER LXXXIX. | DUST TO DUST. |
CHAPTER XC. |