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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |