| | PAGE |
| Preface | [vii] |
| CHAPTER |
| I. | —The Place | [3] |
| II. | —The Founders | [11] |
| III. | —Some Primal Principles | [27] |
| IV. | —The Beginnings | [38] |
| V. | —The Early Development | [63] |
| VI. | —The National Centennial Year | [72] |
| VII. | —A New Name and New Faces | [93] |
| VIII. | —The Chautauqua Reading Circle | [116] |
| IX. | —Chautauqua All the Year | [141] |
| X. | —The School of Languages | [160] |
| XI. | —Hotels, Headquarters, and Handshaking (1880) | [172] |
| XII. | —Democracy and Aristocracy at Chautauqua (1881) | [187] |
| XIII. | —The First Recognition Day (1882) | [196] |
| XIV. | —Some Stories of the C. L. S. C. (1883, 1884) | [209] |
| XV. | —The Chaplain's Leg and Other True Tales (1885-1888) | [224] |
| XVI. | —A New Leaf in Luke's Gospel (1889-1892) | [239] |
| XVII. | —Club Life at Chautauqua (1893-1896) | [253] |
| XVIII. | —Rounding out the Old Century (1897-1900) | [271] |
| XIX. | —Opening the New Century (1901-1904) | [283] |
| XX. | —President Roosevelt at Chautauqua (1905-1908) | [295] |
| XXI. | —The Pageant of the Past (1909-1912) | [308] |
| XXII. | —War Clouds and War Drums (1913-1916) | [321] |
| XXIII. | —War and Its Aftermath (1917-1920) | [338] |
| XXIV. | —Chautauqua's Elder Daughters | [361] |
| XXV. | —Younger Daughters of Chautauqua | [385] |
| | Appendix | [395] |
| | Index | [421] |