1887/01 - Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Journalism by George Parsons Lathrop
  • The Universal Color Maker by Charles Bernard
  • Sunday Readings - Selected by Chancellor J.H. Vincent, LL D
  • Out-of-Door Employments for Women by Helen Campbell
  • Studies of Mountains -- Part 4 -- by Ernest Ingersoll
  • In Hopeful Admonition by Ada Iddings Gale
  • The Age of Caricature by Frank Beard
  • Claimants at the Doors of Congress by S.N. Clark
  • Government Secret Service by Ben Perley Poore
  • Among Insects by Mary Treat
  • Superfluous Women by Mary A. Livermore
  • The Midwinter Harvest by Charles Ledyard Norton
  • How The Chautauquan Is Made - Illustrated
  • Mars Hill and the Oldest Athens by Bishop John F. Hurst, LL. D
  • "Drink Deep the Spirit of the Quiet Hills" by F.W.B.
  • Paul Hamilton Hayne by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Popular Education in England - Second Paper - by Chancellor J. H. Vincent, LL.D
  • Editor's Outlook
  • Editor's Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings by January
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • Chautauqua Teachers' Reading Union
  • Special Notes
  • Our University Page