President—Lewis Miller, Akron, Ohio.
Superintendent of Instruction—Rev. J. H. Vincent, D.D., New Haven, Conn.
Counselors—Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D.; Rev. J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D.
Office Secretary—Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J.
General Secretary—Albert M. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Contents
Transcriber’s Note: This table of contents of this periodical was created for the HTML version to aid the reader.
| [REQUIRED READING FOR DECEMBER] | |
| German History | |
| III.—The Franks and Merovingians | [129] |
| Extracts from German Literature | |
| Walther von der Vogelweide | [132] |
| Hans Sachs | [133] |
| Martin Luther | [134] |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | [134] |
| Readings in Physical Science | |
| III.—Rivers and Glaciers | [135] |
| Sunday Readings | |
| [December 2] | [137] |
| [December 9] | [138] |
| [December 16] | [138] |
| [December 23] | [139] |
| [December 30] | [139] |
| Political Economy | |
| III.—Exchange | [140] |
| Readings in Art | |
| III.—Modern Sculpture | [142] |
| Selections from American Literature | |
| Dr. Horace Bushnell | [145] |
| Dr. Noah Porter | [146] |
| Washington Irving | [146] |
| James Kirke Paulding | [147] |
| Returning | [148] |
| Education of the Negro Population | [148] |
| Man of Learning, Tell Me Something | [150] |
| Hibernation | [150] |
| Zenobia | [152] |
| Character Building | [153] |
| The Recreations of the Paris Workman | [153] |
| A Russian Novelist | [154] |
| A Lay of a Cracked Fiddle | [155] |
| Blue Laws | [156] |
| A Remnant of Summer | [156] |
| The Life of a Planet | [157] |
| Disraeli’s London | [157] |
| Temperature | [158] |
| Skating and Skaters | [159] |
| Book Knowledge and Manners | [161] |
| Under the Autumn Skies | [161] |
| Eight Centuries with Walter Scott | [162] |
| Plant Nutrition | [164] |
| C. L. S. C. Work | [165] |
| Outline of C. L. S. C. Readings | [166] |
| A Reunion at Milwaukee | [166] |
| A C. L. S. C. Experience | [167] |
| The C. L. S. C. in Toronto | [167] |
| Sunbeams from the Circle | [167] |
| Local Circles | [169] |
| C. L. S. C. Round-Table | [171] |
| Questions and Answers | [172] |
| Popular Education | [175] |
| Chautauqua Normal Course, Season of 1884 | [176] |
| Editor’s Outlook | [178] |
| Editor’s Note-Book | [180] |
| Astronomy of the Heavens for December | [183] |
| C. L. S. C. Notes on Required Readings for December | [183] |
| Books Received | [187] |
| Intermediate Normal Class | [188] |
