| [REQUIRED READING] |
| History of Russia. |
| Chapter X.—Alexander Nevski—Mikhail of Tver | [427] |
| A Glance at the History and Literature of Scandinavia. |
| VII.—Esaias Tegnér: Johann Ludvig Runeberg | [429] |
| Pictures from English History. |
| VIII.—The Last Great Invader of France | [432] |
| Physiology | [434] |
| To the Nightingale | [436] |
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| [SUNDAY READINGS.] |
| [May 6th.] |
| Filthy Lucre | [436] |
| [May 13th.] |
| A Christian Described | [437] |
| [May 20th.] |
| The Unity of the Divine Being | [439] |
| [May 27th.] |
| Readings from Thomas À Kempis.—Of Bearing With the Defects of Others | [440] |
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| The Romance of Astronomy—Astrology | [441] |
| Amusements—Tennis | [441] |
| Celia Singing | [442] |
| German-American House-Keeping | [442] |
| Changes in Fashions | [446] |
| The History and Philosophy of Education |
| VI.—Greece and Its Relation to the East | [446] |
| Daffodils at Sea | [448] |
| The Worth of Fresh Air | [449] |
| Street Manners | [452] |
| Satisfied | [452] |
| Tales from Shakspere |
| As You Like It | [453] |
| Memorial Bell | [457] |
| C. L. S. C. Work | [457] |
| C. L. S. C. Song | [458] |
| Discrepancies in Astronomy | [458] |
| Longfellow’s Birthday | [459] |
| Local Circles | [459] |
| Outline of C. L. S. C. Studies—May | [463] |
| Questions and Answers |
| Fifty Questions and Answers on “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie.” | [463] |
| C. L. S. C. Round-Table | [464] |
| Edwin and Charles Landseer | [466] |
| The Sonnet | [466] |
| A Tour Round the World | [466] |
| Applications of Photography | [471] |
| Daniel Webster versus Stephen Girard | [472] |
| May | [473] |
| Talk from Headquarters |
| Concerning Chautauqua—1883 | [474] |
| The Chautauqua School of Languages | [475] |
| Editor’s Outlook |
| The C. L. S. C. on the Pacific Coast | [476] |
| Trial by Jury | [476] |
| Stevens’s Madame De Staël | [477] |
| The Educational Problem | [478] |
| Editor’s Note-Book | [479] |
| Editor’s Table | [481] |
| C. L. S. C. Notes on Required Readings For May |
| History of Russia | [482] |
| History and Literature of Scandinavia | [482] |
| Pictures from English History | [484] |
| Physiology | [484] |
| Sunday Readings | [484] |
| Evangeline | [485] |
| Pronouncing Vocabulary | [486] |
| Books Received | [486] |