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From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

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The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the 1880s over the choice of presidential candidate. He was an original member of the New York Board of Education. ( Lynne Thompson) (4 hr 21 min)

Chapters

Hawthorne and Brook Farm

22:19

Read by Larry Wilson

Beecher in his Pulpit After the Death of Lincoln

8:39

Read by Larry Wilson

Killing Deer

12:57

Read by Nemo

Autumn Days

9:00

Read by Nemo

From Como to Milan During the War of 1848

14:43

Read by Cleon Cumberbatch

Herbert Spencer on the Yankee

9:04

Read by Cleon Cumberbatch

Honor

7:14

Read by DrPGould

Joseph Wesley Harper

6:04

Read by DL Archer

Review of Union Troops, 1865

10:00

Read by DrPGould

April 1865

7:03

Read by Ed Fenton

Washington in 1867

9:12

Read by DL Archer

Reception to the Japanese Ambassadors at the White House

11:28

Read by Availle

The Maid and the Wit

7:40

Read by DrPGould

The Departure of the Great Eastern

7:16

Read by DrPGould

Church Street

14:00

Read by DrPGould

Historic Buildings

12:43

Read by DL Archer

The Boston Music Hall

12:08

Read by DrPGould

Public Benefactors

7:19

Read by DrPGould

Mr. Tibbins's New-Year Call

9:14

Read by DrPGould

The New England Sabbath

7:46

Read by Larry Wilson

The Reunion of Anti-Slavery Veterans, 1884

8:12

Read by DL Archer

Reform Charity

11:49

Read by DrPGould

Bicycle Riding for Children

7:03

Read by aniroo

The Dead Bird Upon Cyrilla's Hat an Encouragement of 'Slarter'

6:35

Read by brianna

Cheapening his Name

7:12

Read by DrPGould

Clergymen's Salaries

14:51

Read by Larry Wilson