From the Easy Chair Vol. 1
George William Curtis
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was 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. This anthology of essays is the first of a three volume work, showing his broad knowledge and interest. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (4 hr 9 min)
Chapitres
| Edward Everett in 1862 | 15:20 | Lu par Matthew Squaire |
| At the Opera in 1864 | 6:46 | Lu par Justin Bresson |
| Emerson Lecturing | 7:18 | Lu par BettyB |
| Shops and Shopping | 10:07 | Lu par BettyB |
| Mrs. Grundy and the Cosmopolitan | 8:20 | Lu par April6090 |
| Dickens Reading (1867) | 13:17 | Lu par April6090 |
| Phillis | 7:17 | Lu par Matthew Squaire |
| Thoreau and my Lady Cavaliere | 12:25 | Lu par DrPGould |
| Honestus at the Caucus | 12:48 | Lu par SK |
| Thalberg and Other Pianists (1871) | 11:37 | Lu par DrPGould |
| Urbs and Rus | 10:22 | Lu par aniroo |
| Rip Van Winkle | 6:49 | Lu par BettyB |
| A Chinese Critic | 9:22 | Lu par SK |
| Holiday Sauntering | 8:42 | Lu par BettyB |
| Wendell Phillips at Harvard (1881) | 10:56 | Lu par SK |
| Easter Bonnets | 6:13 | Lu par April6090 |
| Jenny Lind | 13:43 | Lu par Lynne T |
| The Town | 5:35 | Lu par April6090 |
| Sarah Shaw Russell | 6:47 | Lu par Diana Schmidt |
| Street Music | 7:59 | Lu par April6090 |
| A Little Dinner with Thackeray | 10:21 | Lu par John |
| Cecilia Playing | 10:08 | Lu par John |
| The Mannerless Sex | 8:51 | Lu par Availle |
| Robert Browning in Florence | 13:16 | Lu par DrPGould |
| Players | 9:23 | Lu par SK |
| Unmusical Boxes | 8:05 | Lu par Kathleen Moore |
| The Academy Dinner in Arcadia | 7:57 | Lu par BettyB |