Chapter I: The Secret of the Alcohol Habit (7)

P. 110.—“Lygdamis,” lygˈda-mis; “Aristogiton,” a-risˈto-giˌton; “Harmodius,” har-moˈdi-us.

P. 111.—“Sigeion,” or Sigeum, si-geiˈon. A promontory of Asia Minor at the entrance to the Hellespont.

“Lampsacene,” lampˈsa-ce-ne. So called from Lampsacus, a city of Asia Minor on the coast of the Hellespont.

P. 112.—“Phaleron,” pha-leˈron. The most easterly of the harbors of Athens. “Cleomenes,” cle-omˈe-nes.

P. 116.—“Diences,” di-enˈces.

P. 118.—“Iacchus,” i-acˈchus. A name given to Bacchus in the Eleusinian Mysteries. On the sixth day of the festival occurred this procession.

“Æacidæ,” æ-acˈi-dæ. The descendants of Æacus, among whom were Peleus, Achilles and Pyrrhus.

P. 119.—“Ægaleos,” æ-gaˈle-os.

P. 120.—“Psyttalea,” psytˈta-leˌa.

“Munychia,” mu-nychˈi-a. Artemis, or Diana, had a temple on a hill called Munychia, in the peninsula of Piræus.

P. 122.—“Ecclesia,” ec-clēˈsi-a. The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

“Dicastery,” dī-castˈe-ry. The assembly of the jurymen: a court of justice.

P. 125.—“Timocreon,” ti-moˈcre-on. A lyric poet of Rhodes.

P. 127.—“Eion,” e-iˈon; “Strymon,” stryˈmon.

“Cyclades,” cycˈla-des. A group of islands in the Ægean Sea. So called because they lay in a circle around Delos, the most important of them.

P. 130.—“Mounychia,” written, also, Munychia. One of the three harbors of the Piræus.

“Sounion,” souˈni-on, also written Sunium. The promontory at the southern extremity of Attica.

P. 133.—“Sybota,” sybˈo-ta. A number of small islands off the coast of Epirus, opposite Corcyra.

P. 138.—“Clazomenæ,” cla-zomˈe-næ. A city of Asia Minor. See map.

P. 140.—“Andocides,” an-docˈi-des. (B. C. 467-393?) One of the ten Attic orators.

“Adonia,” a-doˈni-a. An annual festival held in honor of Adonis, a beautiful youth loved by Venus, who was killed by a wound received while on the chase.

P. 141.—“Theramenes,” the-ramˈe-nes; “Critias,” critˈi-as.

P. 142.—“Dracontides,” dra-conˈti-des.

P. 143.—“Anytus,” anˈy-tus; “Meletus,” me-leˈtus; “Lycon,” lyˈcon.

“Argimisæ,” arˈgi-miˌsæ. Three small islands opposite Mytilene in Lesbos. The Athenians defeated the Lacedæmonians there in B. C. 406.

P. 154.—“Cardouchian,” car-douˈchi-an. See map, p. 64, of Preparatory Greek Course.

P. 155.—“Cheirisophos,” chei-risˈo-phos; “Taochi,” taˈo-chi. See same map as preceding.

P. 158.—“Orchomenians,” orˌchom-eˈni-ans. Inhabitants of Orchomenus, a city of Arcadia.

P. 160.—“Itonian,” i-toˈni-an. A name of Athene, derived from the town of Iton, in Thessaly, where she had a temple.

P. 165.—“Polibius,” po-lĭbˈ-us. (B. C. 204?-122?) Greek historian.

P. 184.—“Kurdistan,” koor-dis-tänˈ; “Gangamela,” ganˈga-meˌla.

P. 188.—“Bessos,” besˈos. The satrap of Bachia who put Darius to death, in B. C. 330, and assumed the title of king.

NOTES ON REQUIRED READINGS IN “THE CHAUTAUQUAN.”

WHY WE SPEAK ENGLISH.

P. 2, c. 2.—“Erse,” erish. A Celtic language, properly called the Gælic, but by the Scotch Highlanders called Erse.

“Bengali,” ben-galˈee. The dialect spoken in Bengal.

“Brahmans,” brähˈmans. The priests who officiated in the Hindoo ceremonials. The devotees and worshipers sometimes received this name.

“Vedas,” vēˈdas. “Punctilio,” punc-tĭlˈyo. Exactness in forms, conduct or ceremony.

P. 3, c. 1.—“De Chésy,” deh shaˈzeˈ. (1773-1832.) He was an orientalist of some renown.

“Bopp.” (1791-1867.) A German professor of oriental languages in the University of Berlin during most of his life.

“Grimm.” (1785-1863.) A German philologist and voluminous writer.

“Joorkistan,” joor-kis-tanˈ.

“Hindoo Kosh.” Also spelled Kush, Koosh, or Kusch. A range of mountains in Central Asia.

“Oxus,” oxˈus. Called also the Amoo, the Gihon, or Jehoon.

P. 3, c. 2.—“Lithuanian,” lithˈu-āˌni-an.

P. 4, c. 2.—“Mæso-Goths.” Mœsia, or Mysia, was a country of Europe occupying about the same territory as do Servia and Bulgaria to-day. It was occupied by the Goths in the fourth century. They were called Mæso or Mœso-Goths.

“Ulphilas,” or Ulfilas, ŭlˈfi-las. (310-381.) The family of Ulfilas were Christians supposed to have been carried away by the Goths. In 341 he became the bishop of these people and soon induced a number of them to leave their warlike life to settle a colony in Mœsia. Here he cultivated the arts of peace, doing much to civilize the people. He introduced an alphabet of twenty-four letters, and translated all of the Bible except the book of Kings.

HOME STUDIES IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.

P. 5, c. 1.—“Cabalistic,” căbˈa-lisˈtĭc. Anything consisting of symbols which have a hidden meaning is called cabalistic.

“Berzelius,” ber-zeeˈlĭ-us. (1779-1848.) A Swedish chemist.

P. 5, c. 2.—“Faraday,” fărˈa-da. (1791-1867.) An English chemist and natural philosopher.

“Cracow.” The former capital of Poland. The “beds” referred to are the Wieliczha (we-litchˈka) salt mines a few miles from the city.

“Davy,” dāˈvĭ. Sir Humphrey. (1778-1829.) An English chemist of whom it has been said that “since the days of Sir Isaac Newton the history of British science has recorded no discoveries of equal importance with those of Sir Humphrey Davy.”

P. 6, c. 1.—“Cavendish.” (1730-1810.) An English chemist and mathematician. The discoverer of hydrogen, of the composition of water, and the founder of pneumatic chemistry.

“Priestly,” preestˈle, Joseph. (1783-1804.) An English chemist and theologian.

“Black.” (1728-1799.) A chemist and physician of Edinburgh. His chief researches were set forth in his experiments on “Magnesia, Quicklime and other Alkaline Substances.” He also originated the theory of latent heat.

“Rutherford,” rŭthˈer-ford. (1749-1819.) A Scottish physician and botanist.

“Eudiometer,” eūˈdi-omˌe-ter. An instrument for measuring the amount of oxygen contained in a given bulk of elastic fluid.

“Drummond Light.” So called from Thomas Drummond. (1797-1840.) A British naval officer, the inventor of the light.

P. 6, c. 2.—“Iridium,” ĭ-rĭdˈi-ŭm. One of the metallic elements.

P. 7, c. 1.—“Fluorine,” flūˈor-ĭne.

“Monsieur Goffart,” mo-seerˈ gofˈfärˌ.

“Silos,” sīˈlos. A subterranean pit for keeping grain.

“Carbonic Anhydride,” car-bŏnˈic an-hyˈdride. The term _anhydride_ means that the substance to which it is applied is derived from an acid by the removal of the water. That is, in this case _carbonic anhydride_ is carbonic acid minus the water.

P. 7, c. 2.—“Terra-firma.” The Latin for firm land. “Manganese,” mănˌga-nēseˈ. “Catalysis,” ca-tălˈy-sis. A dissolution into parts.

P. 8, c. 2.—“Pneumatic trough,” pneū-matˈic. A trough used for experiments with gases.

STUDIES IN KITCHEN SCIENCE AND ART.

P. 8, c. 1.—“Solanum Tuberosum,” sō-lāˈnum tū-be-roˈsum. A night-shade bearing tubers.

“Solanaceæ,” sōˈla-nāˈce-æ. The family of night-shades.

“Belladonna,” bĕlˌla-dŏnˈna. Deadly night-shade. The name means “fine lady.” So called because formerly used as a cosmetic.

“Hyoscyamus,” hīˈos-ciˌa-mus. Henbane.

“Stramonium,” stra-mōˈni-um. Commonly called Jamestown weed, or thorn apple.

P. 8, c. 2.—“Protein,” prōˈteĭn.

“Carb-hydrates.” Compounds of carbon and water.

P. 10, c. 1—“A la crème,” ä lä crām. With cream.

“Julienne,” zhüˈle-en; “Parisienne,” pä-rēˈze-ĕnˈ. Parisian.

“A la Français,” ä lä fränˈsāˈ. In the French fashion.

“A la Provençale,” ä lä prōˌvānˈsälˌ. In the provincial style.

“A la Barigoule,” bäˈre-goolˈ.

P. 10, c. 2.—“Maitre d’hotel,” matrˌdō-telˈ. Literally the head master of the hotel.

“Polonaise,” pōˌlo-nazˈ. Polish.

P. 11, c. 1.—“Purée,” puˈrāˌ. Soup.

“Potage Parmentier,” pōˈtäg pär-monˈte-ā. Parmentier’s soup.

GLIMPSES OF ANCIENT GREEK LIFE.

P. 13, c. 1.—“Daphnis and Chloe,” daphˈnis, klō.

P. 13, c. 2.—“Tiryns,” tiˈryns; “Acrocorinthus,” acˌro-co-rinˈthus.

TEMPERANCE TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE.

P. 17, c. 2.—“Condorcet,” konˌdorˈsaˌ. (1743-1794.) French metaphysician.

P. 18, c. 2.—“Rousseau,” rooˈsōˌ. (1670-1741.) A French lyric poet.

“Hasheesh,” hăshˈeesh. A gum-resin in hemp. It is produced by boiling the leaves and flowers of the common hemp with a little butter.

“Absinthe,” ab-sĭntheˈ. Made from brandy flavored with wormwood.

P. 19, c. 1.—“Brisse,” brēs; “soma,” sōˈma; “koumiss,” kouˈmiss.

“Aloe,” ălˈo. A genus of trees belonging to warm climates.

“Cinnabar,” cĭnˈnā-bar. A compound of sulphur and mercury.

“Acetate,” ăçˈe-tāte. A compound formed of acetic acid (the acid which we find diluted in vinegar) and copper.

“Ashantee,” a-shanˈtee. A savage tribe on the west coast of Africa.

“Oaxaca,” wä-häˈkä.

“Chamisso,” shä-misˈo. (1781-1838.) A German naturalist, poet and traveler. His Travels (_Reisen_) are among his important works.

“Dhurra,” durˈra. Indian millet or Guinea corn, cultivated in Asia and southern Europe.

“Belzoni,” bel-zōˈnee. (1778?-1823.) An Italian traveler and explorer.

“Druses.” A people living on Mount Lebanon. They have a religion peculiar to themselves and of which little is known.

P. 19, c. 2.—“Armida,” ar-meeˈdä. Armida is one of the most prominent female characters in Tasso’s “Jerusalem Delivered.” The poet tells us that when the crusaders reached the holy city, Satan held a council to devise some means of distracting the plans of the Christian warriors, and Armida, a very beautiful sorceress, was employed to seduce Rinaldo and other crusaders. Rinaldo was conducted by the sorceress to a remote island, where in her splendid castle, surrounded by delightful gardens and pleasure grounds he quite forgot his vows and the great object to which he had devoted his life.

P. 20, c. 1.—“Bernard,” bĕrˌnärˈ. (1813-1870.)

“Kirschwasser,” keershˈwäs-ser. Cherry water. Made by fermenting the small black cherry.

“Diathesis,” di-ăthˈe-sĭs. The peculiar constitution of a man which predisposes him to a particular disease.

THE CHAUTAUQUA UNIVERSITY.

The Chautauqua University, (projected several years ago), was incorporated by act of the Legislature of the State of New York in the spring of 1883. The section of the act giving its object reads as follows: “The leading object of said corporation shall be to promote liberal and practical education, especially among the masses of the people; to teach the sciences, arts, languages and literature; to prepare its patrons for their several pursuits and professions in life, and to fit them for the duties which devolve upon them as members of society; such instruction to embrace all departments of culture which the board of trustees may deem useful and proper.” In further elucidation of the idea, the Chancellor of the University, Rev. J. H. Vincent, D.D., has said: The design of The Chautauqua University is to aid the following persons in the acquisition of a liberal and practical education: (1) Worthy young people not able to go to college; (2) those who, having begun a college course, have been compelled to abandon it by circumstances beyond their control; (3) a class of more mature men and women who, at the maximum of their mental power, desire to make amends for the educational omissions of the earlier years.

The wisdom of the men who have devised this plan is apparent to any observer. The proportion of those who are able to reap the advantages of a college education is small, and of these there are two distinctly marked classes. First, are those who, from choice and natural taste, with means to gratify that taste, seek a higher education, giving to the pursuit an earnest and untiring devotion. From this class come the scholars, professors and specialists of the hour. Second, are those who are put within the sphere of college training by external influences, and who are carried to the completion of their prescribed duties only under authority. Outside of the small number embraced in these two classes is the vast multitude of our citizens—elderly men, in active life, who look backward with regret to the unimproved opportunities of early days; middle aged men, longing to drink at the fountain of eternal youth which sends forth its delightsome streams through the fields of knowledge; young men, with aspirations and throbbings of conscious power if only opportunity can be found to give their endowments play; boys on farms, behind counters and in shops, who look with half concealed envy at their more fortunate play-fellows of the earlier years, who are in school, academy or college, while for them, daily toil with scanty remuneration is the price of support for daily life; matrons sighing over life’s burdens, and mourning over the fate which has shut to them the doors of education; young women, whose fingers, guided by a gifted brain, might have wrought marvels in art if only they had been taught how; and who long even yet to know—only to know. Of all such the world is full, and they can not go to college. Again must “Mahomet go to the mountain.” As they can not go to the university, say the incorporators of this Chautauqua University, the university shall go to them. We will make a people’s university which shall cover the widest possible scheme of study. We will make it eclectic, so that each seeker for knowledge can work in lines best suited to his own endowments. We will make it possible for the man who has been taken out of his college course before its completion, to finish it to his own satisfaction, in his own way, and in the station where Providence has placed him. We will enter every open door with our fireside college. We will make no restriction as to age or sex. We will make no limitation as to the time occupied in the completion of the work which we demand. We will make a Universal University.

The Chautauqua University thus outlined is as an institution _unique_. Its local habitation is an office in the city of Plainfield, New Jersey. Its name is as given above. New England mountain ranges, the fertile hills and valleys of the Middle States, the prairies, the cañons and ranches of the broad West and the wide-spreading plantations of the South, are its campus. Its dormitories are the homes of the land; its chapel the Church of Christ, in its most catholic spirit and form; its curriculum is as wide and comprehensive as are the fields of knowledge; its text-books are standards, whether in the department of classics, ancient or modern, mathematics or science, art, or the humanities; its chairs are filled by specialists, men of ability in their respective realms; its library is the most magnificent in the wide world, being the aggregate of all the books of all the homes out of which our students shall come, and all public and private libraries to which they have access. Its examinations will be as thorough, rigid, critical and impartial as the severest scholarship can wish. Its diploma will be awarded only after a successful passing of all the examinations prescribed, and will be a well-earned guerdon of conscientious labor—a diploma which will be an honor to its holder, and will command the respect of even the highest of the already established universities.

Such is the non-resident Chautauqua University; a university complete in all its purposes, perfect in its plan of organization, its constituency the largest in the world, its dome the o’erarching blue, its center Chautauqua, the grandest educational outgrowth of the century. The means by which advancement in the Chautauqua University shall be attained is correspondence. This idea, though not entirely new, nor confined exclusively to Chautauqua, is yet recent enough in its American adaptations, to come as a novelty to the majority of those who will become students in this university, and will through university channels achieve a practical realization, which will make Chautauqua the home of its adoption. This correspondence presupposes earnest, unflagging, indefatigable study. The class-room finds its chief work to be the testing of results—the detection of false methods of investigation; the correction of faulty application of principles, and the stimulation to better efforts in the light of better information.

The part thus assigned to the class-room can be performed with equal worth by the correspondence system, and the only proviso for the largest success is in the regular, systematic, daily devotion to study of a fixed portion of time, and such a student, though he may never look into his teacher’s face, may become in the lines which he has chosen as successful and eminent as his more fortunate neighbor, whose privilege it may be to sit day by day in the presence of the same teacher in his distant college class-room. The means by which this correspondence and inter-communication is to be accomplished is the central office of the University at Plainfield, N. J. Students desiring to avail themselves of its privileges, upon the simple stating of the fact by letter addressed to The Chautauqua University, will receive full details of the courses of study, the books required, the essential particulars of the workings of the institution, and all information necessary to matriculation. When the student has been once fully entered in the University course he is put into communication with one or more professors, for the beginning of his work. From that time his progress will depend solely upon the nature of his own efforts. The department professor will furnish directions for study, with instructions how to use the required books, outline memoranda which shall be filled and returned to the professor, and lesson papers for occasional and free interchange, by which an exact record of progress can be obtained.

The office of the University will be in charge of a registrar, part of whose duty shall be to keep an accurate knowledge of the advancement and proficiency of each student, to develop the university spirit among the students, and to bring the different departments into harmonious and concurrent relations.

What we have written will, of necessity, come under the eye of every member of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. To each of you we appeal. Give to this preliminary statement as wide a currency as possible. Representatives of the classes we have described are in every community where the C. L. S. C. exists. Bring this article to the notice of such. Let the Chautauqua spirit, to which you are debtor, through you be communicated to those around you, and thereby aid in the work of a broader and better culture for the nation.

R. S. HOLMES,
Registrar Chautauqua University.

PLAINFIELD, N. J., September, 1884.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene: A Manual for the use of Colleges, Schools, and General Readers. By Jerome Walker, M. D. New York: A. Lovell & Co. 1884.

Practical Work in the School Room. Part I. A Transcript of the Object Lessons on the Human Body Given in Primary Department, Grammar School No. 49, New York City. New York: A. Lovell & Co. 1884.

Harry’s Vacation; or, Philosophy at Home. By William C. Richards, A. M. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1884.

Essentials of English for Schools, Colleges, and Private Study. By Alfred H. Welsh, A. M. Chicago: L. C. Griggs & Co. 1884.

Stories by American Authors. Vol. V. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884.

Echoes from the Valley. By Rob Roy McGregor Parrish. Portland, Oregon. Geo. H. Himes, Printer and Publisher. 1883.

Cookery for Beginners. A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers. By Marion Harland. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co.

A Golden Inheritance. By Reese Rockwell. New York: Phillips & Hunt. 1884.

A Dictionary of Miracles. Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic. By the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1884.

Which: Right or Wrong? By M. L. Moreland. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers. 1883.

A Mother’s Souvenir. By Mrs. H. W. T. Sayers. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford. 1884.

The King’s Men. A Tale of To-morrow. By Robert Grant, John Boyle O’Reilly, J. S. of Dale, and John T. Wheelwright. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884.

College Greek Course in English. By William Cleaver Wilkinson. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884.

Spiritual Life; Its Nature, Urgency, and Crowning Excellence. By Rev. J. H. Potts, A. M. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884.

Christina; or, The Persecuted Family. A Tale of Sorrow and Suffering. By Rev. J. Dillon. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884.

One Little Rebel. By Julia B. Smith. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884.

Centenary Thoughts for the Pew and Pulpit of Methodism, in Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-four. By R. S. Foster, one of the Bishops of the M. E. Church. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884.

Queer Stories for Boys and Girls. By Edward Eggleston. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884.

SPECIAL NOTES.

All business correspondence relating to Chautauqua or the Hotel Athenæum should be addressed to W. A. Duncan, Syracuse, N. Y.

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Members of the C. L. S. C. should remember that Appleton’s “Chemistry,” published by the Providence Lithograph Company is the one used in the Required Readings for 1884-85. Appleton’s “Young Chemist” can not be substituted for it.

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One favor is granted by Professor Hall, of the department of microscopy in the Chautauqua University, to the twenty circles of the C. L. S. C. who make early applications. He will give instruction in microscopy, and will loan twenty boxes, six slides each, of specimens, the circles to procure a thirty dollar instrument, such as he has recommended, and to pay the postage on the slides both ways.

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The C. L. S. C. of the New England Assembly have decided to erect a hall on the hill at the New England Assembly, South Framingham, Mass., corresponding to the Hall of Philosophy at Chautauqua. New England members who desire to contribute to this most worthy enterprise should send their subscriptions to Rev. Webster Woodbury, Foxboro, Mass.; Rev. William Full, South Framingham, Mass.; Rev. M. H. A. Evans, Leominster, Mass.; Rev. George E. Lovejoy, Franklin, Mass.; Rev. B. F. Fullerton, Hopkinton, Mass.; Dr. E. M. White, Boston, Mass.; Rev. N. B. Fisk, Woburn, Mass. Send subscriptions to any member of the committee, but send the cash to the treasurer, Rev. N. B. Fisk, Woburn, Mass.

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_Question._—Do undergraduate members of the C. L. S. C. have to pay an extra fee for the White Seal in connection with each year of the regular course? _Answer._—No.

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Dr. W. C. Wilkinson writes us to state to members of the C. L. S. C. that the whole of pages 168, 169, of “Preparatory Latin Course in English,” condemning Plutarch of carelessness are hereby expunged. The necessary correction will be made in future editions of the book.

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Presidents or secretaries of local circles in Canada are particularly requested to send to Lewis C. Peake, drawer 2559, Toronto, Canada, the name and location of their circle, names of officers, number of members, times of meeting, and any other matters of interest concerning the work of the circle. He will be glad to furnish any quantity of circulars, forms of application for membership, and general information. Now is the time for a grand missionary effort all along the line, and local circles and individual members must lead the way.

POPULAR EDUCATION.

CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE.

_President_—Lewis Miller.

_Superintendent of Instruction_—J. H. Vincent, D.D.

_Counselors_—Lyman Abbott, D.D.; J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; W. C. Wilkinson, D.D.

_Office Secretary_—Miss Kate F. Kimball.

_General Secretary_—A. M. Martin.

THE C. L. S. C.

The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle is a school at home—a school after school—a college for one’s own house, by which he may become acquainted in a general way with the school and college world, into which so many of our young people go, about which their parents know so little, and the benefits of which college people themselves need to recall in their later years.

It is for busy people, who left school years ago, and who desire to pursue some systematic course of instruction.

It is for high school and college graduates, for people who never entered either high school or college, for merchants, mechanics, apprentices, mothers, busy housekeepers, farmer boys, shop girls, and for people of leisure and wealth who do not know what to do with their time. College graduates, ministers, lawyers, physicians, accomplished ladies, are taking the course. They find the required books entertaining and useful, giving them a pleasant review of studies long ago laid aside. Several of our members are over eighty years of age. Very few are under eighteen.

The C. L. S. C. Course requires about forty minutes’ time a day for the term of four years. It need not be done every day, although this is a desirable way to carry on the work. The readings are comprehensive, clear, simple, and entertaining. They vary, of course, in interest according to the taste of the reader.

More than sixty thousand names are enrolled in this so-called “People’s University.” Although not a University at all, it has put educational influence, atmosphere and ambition into the homes of the people, which will lead many thousands of youth to seek the education which colleges and universities supply.

It is an easy thing to join the C. L. S. C. No preliminary examination is required; indeed, no examination is required at any time. Members are expected to fill out certain simple memoranda year after year, and forward them to the central office of the C. L. S. C., at Plainfield, N. J. But this is no task at all. A careful reading of the books is all that is necessary in order to graduate.

The following is the distribution of the subjects and books of the regular course through the year:

_October._

Brief History of Greece. (Barnes.)

Preparatory Greek Course in English.

Chautauqua Text-Book, No. 5. Greek History.

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Studies in Kitchen Science and Art.”
“Sunday Readings.”

Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Every-Day Speech.”

_November._

Preparatory Greek Course in English. (Continued.)

Art of Speech. Vol. I.

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Sunday Readings.”

_December._

Preparatory Greek Course in English. (Concluded.)

Cyrus and Alexander.

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Sunday Readings.”

Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Every-Day Speech.”

_January._

College Greek Course in English.

The Character of Jesus. (Bushnell.)

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Studies in Kitchen Science and Art.”
“Sunday Readings.”

_February._

College Greek Course in English.

Beginner’s Hand-Book of Chemistry.

How to Help the Poor.

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“The Circle of the Sciences.”
“Huxley on Science.”
“Home Studies in Chemistry.”
“Sunday Readings.”

Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Household Decoration.”

_March._

College Greek Course in English. (Concluded.)

Beginner’s Hand-Book of Chemistry.

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“The Circle of the Sciences.”
“Home Studies in Chemistry.”
“Talks About Good English.”
“Sunday Readings.”

_April._

Hurst’s History of the Reformation.

Beginner’s Hand-Book of Chemistry.

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“The Circle of the Sciences.”
“Home Studies in Chemistry.”
“Easy Lessons in Animal Biology.”
“Talks about Good English.”
“Studies in Kitchen Science and Art.”
“Sunday Readings.”

Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Self-Discipline.”

_May._

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“Easy Lessons in Animal Biology.”
“Talks About Good English.”
“Sunday Readings.”

_June._

In THE CHAUTAUQUAN:

“Easy Lessons in Animal Biology.”
“Talks About Good English.”
“Sunday Readings.”

Review Full Year’s Course.

INITIATION FEE.

To defray the expenses of correspondence, memoranda, etc., an annual fee of fifty cents is required. This amount should be forwarded to Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., by New York or Philadelphia draft, Postoffice order, or Postal note on Plainfield, N. J. Do not send postage-stamps if you can possibly avoid it.

N. B.—In sending your fee, be sure to state to which class you belong, whether 1885, 1886, 1887, or 1888.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.

Persons desiring to unite with the C. L. S. C. should forward answers to the following questions to DR. J. H. VINCENT, Plainfield, N. J. The class graduating in 1888 should begin the study of the lessons required October, 1884. They _may_ begin as late as January 1, 1885.

1. Give your name in full.

2. Your post-office address, with county and State.

3. Are you married or single?

4. What is your age? Are you between twenty and thirty, or thirty and forty, or forty and fifty, or fifty and sixty, etc.?

5. If married, how many children living under the age of sixteen years?[E]

6. What is your occupation?

7. With what religious denomination are you connected?

ATTENDANCE AT CHAUTAUQUA.

Persons should be present to enjoy the annual meetings at Chautauqua, but attendance there is not necessary to graduation in the C. L. S. C. Persons who have never visited Chautauqua may enjoy the advantages, diploma, and honors of the “Circle.” The _Daily Assembly Herald_ is published on the grounds during the Chautauqua Assembly. Send $1 for the _Daily Herald_ to T. L. FLOOD, Meadville, Pa.

[E] We ask this question to ascertain the possible future intellectual and moral influence of this “Circle” on your homes.

FOR 1884-1885.

The Chautauqua Periodicals.

THE CHAUTAUQUAN.

Vol. V. 1884-1885.

The fifth volume of THE CHAUTAUQUAN begins with the present issue. The magazine has a new and improved make-up. A corps of the ablest writers in the country supply its columns. One-half of the Required Readings of the C. L. S. C. are published in its pages. The Special C. L. S. C. Departments will be more full and entertaining than ever.

Among its contributors are: Richard Grant White, Dr. Felix L. Oswald, Bishop Hurst, Edward Everett Hale, Miss Susan Hayes Ward, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, Mr. Byron D. Halsted, Dr. J. H. Vincent, D. H. Wheeler, D.D., LL.D., Miss Ida M. Tarbell, A.M., Miss Frances E. Willard, Dr. G. W. Clark, Bishop H. W. Warren, LL.D., Mr. A. M. Martin, Mr. C. E. Bishop, Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D., Mrs. Emily J. Bugbee, Rev. C. E. Hall, D.D., Prof. G. Browne Goode, Prof. J. T. Edwards, D.D., Prof. W. G. Williams, A.M.

THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD,

FOR 1884, NOW READY.

Complete sets of the eleventh volume of THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD are now ready. This paper, published in nineteen numbers, in August of this year, on the grounds at the great Chautauqua Assembly, offers a unique and invaluable collection of lectures not to be found elsewhere in print. The present volume contains about eighty lectures, selected from the Chautauqua program for 1884.

AN INVALUABLE COURSE OF LECTURES,

Delivered by Principal A. M. FAIRBAIRN, of England, on Philosophy, also appears in this volume of THE ASSEMBLY HERALD, on the following subjects: “Locke and Berkeley,” “Hume,” “The Mills,” “Positivism,” “Herbert Spencer,” “Science and the Problem of Thought.” This series of lectures is alone worth the price of the volume.

THE YOUTH’S C. L. S. C.

Something New for the Young People.

_A Children’s Daily Paper, Published on the Grounds at Chautauqua in August._

THE YOUTH’S C. L. S. C. is a fresh and entertaining sheet, published in the interests of the Chautauqua Boys and Girls. Volume I. contains twelve numbers. It is printed on heavy paper, and beautifully illustrated from designs by our Special Artist. Its pages are enriched by contributions from

DR. J. H. VINCENT,
PANSY,
MISS MINNIE BARNEY,
REV. B. T. VINCENT,
MISS A. M. STARKWEATHER,
PROF. LUMMIS,
MRS. FRANK BEARD,
WALLACE BRUCE,
MISS M. A. BEMUS.

_The set gives a Picture of the Children’s World at Chautauqua._ Complete sets of Vol. I. now ready. It makes an invaluable and beautiful gift for the children in the Primary Department of the Sunday-school.

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THE YOUTH’S C. L. S. C. .50

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Address, DR. T. L. FLOOD, MEADVILLE, PA.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 8, author’s name changed from “HALSTEAD” to “HALSTED”

Page 9, “cions” changed to “scions” (the selection of scions, with which)

Page 9, “decends” changed to “descends” (and afterward descends to the tubers)

Page 10, “pototoes” changed to “potatoes” (_Parisienne_ potatoes)

Page 12, repeated word “that” removed (in that the voice of his heavenly Father)

Page 15, “repesented” changed to “represented” (are indeed represented in this very way)

Page 15, “analagous” changed to “analogous” (analogous to allegories, fables and parables)

Page 16, “Semetic” changed to “Semitic” (the Aryan and Semitic tongues)

Page 17, “affordng” changed to “affording” (affording evidence of the little nature taught them)

Page 19, “favorate” changed to “favorite” (renouncing their favorite beverage)

Page 25, “gentlemen” changed to “gentleman” (A gentleman told me)

Page 42, “Hawaian” changed to “Hawaiian” (a recent trip to the Hawaiian Islands)

Page 43, “beach” changed to “beech” (maple, beech and elm forest)

Page 54, “anthing” changed to “anything” (it may never earn anything at all)