Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair"

George William Curtis

The art of right living, argued from an easy chair. Curtis, the famous Harper's essayist, takes on extravagance at college, hazing, theatre manners, secret societies, tobacco and health, and the soul of the gentleman. Urbane, witty magazine pieces that still land because bad manners never go out of style. Civilization defended one short essay at a time.