F R O M T H E
E A S Y C H A I R

BY
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
THIRD SERIES

NEW YORK
HARPER AND BROTHERS
MDCCCXCIV

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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]

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