Contents

[REQUIRED READING]
German History	[189]
Extracts from German Literature	[193]
Readings in Physical Science
IV.—The Sea	[196]
[SUNDAY READINGS]
[January 6]—On Spiritual Christianity	[198]
[January 13]	[199]
[January 20]	[200]
[January 27]	[200]

Political Economy
IV. Distribution	[202]
Readings in Art
I.—Architecture.—Introduction	[204]
Selections from American Literature
Fitz Greene Halleck	[207]
Richard Henry Dana	[208]
William Cullen Bryant	[208]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	[210]
Night	[211]
Eccentric Americans	[211]
The Stork	[214]
Gardening Among the Chinese	[215]
Eight Centuries With Walter Scott	[216]
Astronomy of the Heavens For January	[218]
Work For Women	[219]
Ostrich Hunting	[220]
Christian Missions	[221]
California	[222]
Table-Talk of Napoleon Bonaparte	[224]
Early Flowers	[225]
Botanical Notes	[227]

C. L. S. C. Work	[228]
Outline of C. L. S. C. Readings	[228]
Sunbeams from the Circle	[229]
Local Circles	[230]
C. L. S. C. Round-Table	[233]
Questions and Answers	[234]
Chautauqua Normal Class	[236]
Editor’s Outlook
The Headquarters of the C. L. S. C.	[238]
Evangelists	[239]
The New Time Standards	[240]
Père Hyacinthe	[241]
Editor’s Note-Book	[241]
C. L. S. C. Notes on Required Readings for January	[243]
Notes on Required Readings in “The Chatauquan”	[245]
Talk About Books	[248]

[REQUIRED READING]
FOR THE
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for 1883-4.
JANUARY.

By Rev. W. G. WILLIAMS, A.M.