ARS RECTE VIVENDI Being Essays Contributed To "The Easy Chair" By George William Curtis CONTENTS 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, Guvn…
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