Prue and I, And, Lotus Eating (Classic Reprint)

By George William Curtis

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World way made them the, happy hunting-grounds Of the satirical and cynical. Mr. Curtis was too wholesome and kindly for cynicism, but he had a quick eye for pretension and sham, and a happy gift for social satire, as The Potiphar Papers, published a year later, showed. The habit Of writing was already established, and a record Of these short journeys took the form Of a series Of letters to the New York Tribune, and, later, of lotus-eating; with little illustrative notes by Kensett, one of the most popular painters of the day, which contributed to the charm Of a volume Of scenic and social observation, necessarily ephemeral in form, but which has the qualities of Mr. Curtis's nature: his kindly temper, his humorous mood, his easy and opulent style. The comparison Of the Hudson and the Rhine in the Opening ch'apter assumes a general unfamiliarity with the two rivers which ceased long ago, and is written with a certain simplicity and youthful pleasure which the more Sophisticated temper Of to-day is likely to regard as signs Of an immaturity happily outgrown. There is, however, no pleasanter report of the comfortable, easy, and Optimistic social life Of the middle Of the last century than lotus-eating; nor is there a more refreshing contrast with the subtle, elaborate, highly sophistic ated studies Of places and people which have taken the place Of these simple, Old-fashioned impressions of a quieter, less troubled age than ours.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0484906348
• ISBN13: 9780484906340
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"