The complete online text of Trumps by George William Curtis.

George William Curtis (24 February 1824-31 August 1892), critic and social commentator, was born at Providence, Rhode Island. After failing the entrance examination for Brown University in 1838, Curtis worked in a New York importing house but soon tired...

American writer, orator, and, especially, civil service reformer, George William Curtis (1824-1892) was a patrician whose ideals and causes are blurred in historical retrospect by a personal elitism that bordered on priggishness and was out of step even...

George William Curtis was celebrated in his day as a best-selling author, literary journalist, editor, critic, and popular public speaker. A representative of the genteel tradition, he worked diligently for the democratization of culture and learning. To...

LEADING ARTICLE LOCAL PLANNING It is a parable for our times. The preposterously-coiffed US property tycoon Donald Trump is locked in battle with a ruddy-faced and taciturn Scottish salmon farmer over the development of the "greatest golf course in the world" in...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-03-2006 Trumping Trump -- Incumbent McNerney plasters his name all over Date: 08-03-2006, Thursday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions WHEN it comes to plastering your name all over the place, Donald Trump can't touch Bergen County Executive...

To the Editor: One would hope that even public figures would be accorded fair and accurate treatment by The Observer. This is clearly not the case. Your Dec. 18, 2006, article entitled “The Trump Family,” by Tom Acitelli and John Koblin, paints a seriously inaccurate—indeed,...

I've interviewed all of Hollywood's A list but something about Donald Trump really impressed me. It wasn't money or power because most D-list actors could still buy and sell me. It's confidence. Actors are insecure, but not The Donald. He takes on the world...