From The Easy Chair Vol. 2

From the Easy Chair Vol. 2

by George William Curtis

The second 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. Curtis 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.

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George William Curtis was an American writer and public speaker born in Providence, Rhode Island on February 24, 1824. He was a leading figure in the American Renaissance, a literary and intellectual...

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