Project Gutenberg 2011-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 96 Curtis, George William 1824 1892 From the Easy Chair, Volume 2 The new year -- The public scold -- National nominating convention -- Byrant's country -- The game of Newport -- The lecture Lyceum -- Tweed -- Commencment -- 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 on her travels -- General Sherman -- The American girl -- Annus mirabilis -- Statues in Central Park -- The grand tour -- "Easy does it, guvner" -- Siste, viator -- Christendom vs. Christianity -- Francis George Shaw. Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "From the Easy Chair, Volume 2" by George William Curtis is a collection of essays and reflections written in the late 19th century. Through a series of thoughtful and poignant pieces, Curtis explores a variety of topics such as societal norms, public manners, the significance of the New Year, and notable figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson. The writing captures the intellectual spirit of the time while engaging with moral considerations and insights into American life. The opening of the book elaborates on themes of time, renewal, and the human condition, particularly through the celebration of the New Year. Curtis poetically reflects on the joy and melancholy associated with the passage of time, comparing New Year’s Eve to a requiem for the past year and the dawn of the new year as a symbol of hope and fresh beginnings. He contemplates the universal experience of aging, the meaning of time, and the deep-seated traditions that accompany changing years, setting a contemplative tone for the essays that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American essays PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 269737 269747 2024-09-15T09:24:31.335565 2023-09-15T14:36:28.318280 text/html text/html 268829 2011-04-27T09:55:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 592095 2011-04-29T17:38:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 665251 2024-09-15T09:24:37.468530 application/epub+zip 665777 2024-09-15T09:24:33.176573 application/epub+zip 163558 2024-09-15T09:24:31.964578 application/epub+zip 745894 2024-09-15T09:24:40.555547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725841 2024-09-15T09:24:36.494555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287769 2022-09-16T12:44:43.899777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244884 2024-09-15T09:24:30.683578 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 244821 2011-04-27T09:55:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 97346 2011-04-29T17:38:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 244809 2011-04-27T09:55:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97311 2011-04-29T17:38:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 244802 2011-04-27T09:55:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97269 2011-04-29T17:38:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21901 2024-09-15T09:24:40.700514 application/rdf+xml 14723 2024-09-15T09:24:32.318573 image/jpeg 3644 2024-09-15T09:24:32.139809 image/jpeg 662809 2024-09-15T09:24:31.390571 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia