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1888-02 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

1888/02 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Skin and Baths by C. Fred Pollock M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E.
  • Winter Sports and Pastimes by Maurice Thompson
  • Our Oil Fields by Charles Albert Ashburner M.S., C.E.
  • Sunday Readings – Selected by John H. Vincent
  • Seeds and How They Travel – Part 1 by Byron D. Halsted
  • Our Public School System by Professor W.T. Harris
  • Literatures of the Far East — Part 5 by Justin A. Smith D.D.
  • Scandinavian Literature — Part 1 by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
  • The Homes of Some Southern Authors — Part 1 by C.W. Coleman, Jr.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe at Home by Frances E. Willard

  • Ephphatha by Edward A. Allen
  • Defects in the Education of America Girls by Julia Ward Howe
  • A Ride Across the Balkan Mountains — Concluded by Bishop John F. Hurst LL.D.
  • Rose and Thorn by Jennie Burr
  • Economic Effects of the Saloon – A Symposium of Letters
  • The Rest and Work of Reading by J.M. Buckley, LL.D.
  • Seen and Unseen by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates
  • Life in the Amana Colony by Albert Shaw, Ph.D.
  • The Scotch in America by The Reverend James G. Carnachan LL.D.
  • Outline and Programs for the C.L.S.C.
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings for January
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Paragraphs from New Books
  • Summary of Important News

    • 1888-01 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1888/01 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Drinks by C. Fred Pollock M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E.
  • Municipal Government by James Parton
  • Literatures of the Far East — Part 4 by Justin A. Smith D.D.
  • Sunday Readings – Selected by John H. Vincent
  • Canadian Literature by W.H. Withrow D.D.
  • The Middle Ages — Part 4, Conclusion by Professor George P. Fisher, D.D. LL.D.
  • Home Life of New York Authors — Part 2 by George Parsons Lathrop
  • Pottery and Porcelain by Ida M. Tarbell
  • Unattained by Annetta Darr
  • A Study – The Friendship of Two Birds by Olive Thorne Miller
  • A Ride Across the Balkan Mountains by Bishop John F. Hurst LL.D.
  • The Saloon in Politics — A Symposium of Letters
  • Going to the Grave in China by Maurice Paleologue
  • Winter by Helen A. Beard
  • Octavia Hill and Her Mission by Helen Campbell
  • The Welsh in the United States by H.E. Thomas, DD.
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings for January
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Paragraphs from New Books
  • Summary of Important News

    • 1887-12 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/12 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Digestion and Food by C. Fred Pollock M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E.
  • Home Life of New York Authors — Part 1 by George Parsons Lathrop
  • Sunday Readings — Selected by John H. Vincent
  • Literatures of the Far East — Part 3 by Justin A. Smith D.D.
  • The Middle Ages — Part 3 by Professor George O. Fisher D.D., LL.D.
  • Current English Literature – A Criticism by Eugene Lawrence
  • Electric Lighting by George B. Prescott, Jr.
  • Co-operation by Richard T. Ely Ph.D.
  • Zest by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
  • Hampton’s Work for Two Races by Elaine Goodale
  • The Oyster Industry by Charles Barnard

  • Our Nearest Neighbors in Old England — Part 3 by The Reverend Mark Guy Pearse
  • Jennie Collins by Lilian Whiting
  • The Jews in Paris by Maxime du Camp
  • The Prophet’s Counsel by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates
  • The Manufacture of Illuminating Gas by Dr. Joseph D. Weeks
  • Canadian Cities and Their Characteristics by W.H. Withrow D.D.
  • The Scandanavians in the United States by Albert Shaw
  • Lammenais, 1782-1854 by Professor Charles J. Little, LL.D.
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circiles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • “Neglect Not the Gift That is In Thee” by Mrs. Mary H. Field
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings for December
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News

    • 1887-11 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/11 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Lungs – Breathing and Ventilation by C. Fred Pollack M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E.
  • Literatures of the Far East — Part 2 by Justin A. Smith D.D.
  • Current Literature of England by Eugene Lawrence
  • The Middle Ages — Part 2 by Professor George P. Fisher D.D., LL.D.
  • Sunday Readings – Selected by John H. Vincent
  • Civil Service Reform by W.G. Sumner
  • The Homes of Some New England Authors — Part 2 by William H. Rideing
  • Common Salt – Its Geology and Manufacture by George P. Merrill
  • A November Landscape by E. H. Moore
  • Our Nearest Neighbors in Old Endland — Part 2 by The Reverend Mark Guy Pearse
  • George Borrow by Professor William I. Knapp, Ph.D.
  • Only Some Flies — Part 5 by Mary Treat
  • The Germans in America by Professor Calvin Thomas
  • “Through Nature Up to God” by Mary Lowe Dickinson
  • Pundits Ramabai by Frances E. Willard
  • Australia by C. de Varigny
  • The Use and Abuse of Cold Baths by Titus Munson Coan, M.D.
  • Foreign Relations of the United States by S.N. Clark
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circiles
  • The Assemblies of ’87
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings for November
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Paragraphs from New Books
  • Summary of Important News

    • 1887-10 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/10 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Blood: Waste and Repair by C. Fred Pollock, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E.
  • Literatures of the Far East — Part 1 — by Justin A. Smith, D.D.
  • The Middle Ages — Part 1 — by Professor George P.Fisher, D.D., LL. D.
  • Sunday Readings — Seleted by John H. Vincent
  • Republican Government Under the American Constitution by F.A.P. Barnard, LL.D.
  • The Homes of Some New England Authors — Part 1 — by William H. Rideing
  • Flour-Making in the United States by Albert Shaw
  • Poverty Grass by Annie M. Libby
  • Baby Birds and Their Ways by Olive Thorne Miller
  • What It Is To Be Educated by Professor Henry Drummond, F.R.S.E., F.G.S.
  • The Charities of Washinton by Mrs. Senator H.W. Blair
  • Our Nearest Neighbors in Old England — Part 1 — by The Reverend Mark Guy Pearse
  • Some Experiences in a Newspaper Office by Archie Emerson Palmer
  • The Irish in the United States by John Hall
  • Sunset in the Mountains by Virna Woods
  • The True Culture by J.T. Duryea
  • Chautauqua Recognition Day Addresses
  • The Counselors’ Letters to the Class of ’87
  • The Assemblies of ’87
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings for October
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • Chautauqua Town and Country Club

    • 1887-07 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/07 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Observation of Nature by John Burroughs – 3 pages
  • In and Around Calcutta by Bishop John F. Hurst, L.L.D.
  • Some Commonplace Insects — Part 4 — by Mary Treat
  • Soon by Sally Campbell
  • The Reasons for a Protective Tariff by Professor Robert Ellis Thompson
  • The Garden of the Gods by Charles Frederick Holer
  • The Story of Natural Gas by Joseph D. Weeks
  • Frances Power Cobbe by Frances E. Willard
  • Speculation by Ada Iddings Gale
  • Cable Railways by Charles Ledyard Norton
  • Alaska by W.G. Williams, D.D.
  • Guilds for Working-Women by Helen Campbell
  • Sanitary Needs of Town Houses by Charles F. Wingate
  • Chautauqua as a Summer Resort
  • Chrismon by Edgar L. Wakeman
  • Silk Culture by Ellen Eliot
  • Arbitration and Profits by Arthur Edwards, D.D.
  • The Guardianship of Liberated Convicts by Maxime du Camp – Just short of 2 pages
  • Suggested Programs for the Summer
  • Local Circles
  • The Summer Assemblies
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • Astronomical Notes for July
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News for May
  • Special Notes

  • Chautauqua, 1887

    • 1887-06 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/06 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Pedagogy: A Study in Popular Education — Part 4 — by Chacellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • Civil Engineering by W. Barclay Parsons, Jr.
  • The Rocks Tried by Fire by Charles Barnard
  • Studies of Mountains — Part 9 — by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Sunday Readings — Selected by Chancellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • The Woman’s Hour in Foreign Missions by Flora Best Harris
  • Practical Suggestions on English Composition — Part 5: Professor T. Whiting Bancroft
  • The English Word by Elizabeth P. Allan
  • The Mohammedan College at Aliguhr by Bishop John F. Hurst, L.L.D.
  • Butterflies and Moths — Part 3 — by Mary Treat
  • John Roach by The Reverend George E. Reed, D.D.
  • The Black Hills of Dakota by Coleman E. Bishop
  • Unrestricted Commerce by Professor W.G. Sumner
  • America Minderal Springs by Titus Munson Coan, M.D.
  • Spelling Refordm by Professor F.A. March
  • Pensions and Pensioners by Felecia Hillel
  • Notes on a Trip to the Pacific by Professor J.H. Montgomery
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Order of C.L.S.C. Studies for 1887-’88
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings by June
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • Special Notes
  • Assembly Calendar

  • Chautauqua, 1887

    • 1887-05 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/05 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Pedagogy: A Study in Popular Education — Part 3 — by Chacellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • Architecture as a Profession by Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer
  • A Stellar Paint Brush by Charles Barnard
  • Studies of Mountains — Part 8 — by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Sunday Readings — Selected by Chancellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • Women in the Professions by Julia Ward Howe
  • Common Errors in English — Part 3 – by Edward Everett Hale
  • Practical Suggestions on English Composition — Part 4 — by Professor T. Whiting Bancroft
  • Good Cheer by Luella Clark
  • Animals of the Arctic Region by General A.W. Greely
  • Casper Hauser by G. Valbert – 2-1/4 pages, all text
  • Homes Builded by Women — Part 2 — by Mary A. LIvermore
  • Rich Men in Politics by S.N. Clark
  • Sojourner Truth by Harriet Carter
  • Yesterday by Edgar L. Wakeman
  • The Fruits of California by Byron D. Halsted, Sc.D.
  • The Potter’s Art by Felicia Hillel
  • Slave-Holding Ants — Part 2 — by Henry C. McCook, D.D.
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings by May
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • Special Notes
  • Assembly Calendar

  • Chautauqua, 1887
  • The Chautauqua Fire
  • The Florida Chautauqua

    • 1887-04 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/04 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Pedagogy: A Study in Popular Education — Part 2 — by Chacellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • Electrical Engineering by George B. Prescott, Jr.
  • A Star for a Stove by Charles Bernard
  • Women in Journalism by Ida M. Tarbell
  • Sunday Readings — Selected by Chancellor J.H. Vincent, L.L.D.
  • Studies of Mountains — Part 7: Industries — by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Common Errors in English — Part 2: Provincialisms in English — by Edward Everett Hale
  • Practical Suggestions on English Compision — Part 3: The Number of Words by Professor T. Whiting Bancroft
  • Easter Lilies by Jessie F. O’Donnell
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Resting Place by T.L.F.
  • Homes Builded by Women by Mary A. Livermore
  • Protestant Missions in India by Bishop John F. Hurst L.L.D.
  • Spring Jottings by John Burroughs
  • Sidney Lanier by Thomas Wentworth Higgingson
  • Slave-Holding Ants by Henry McCook, D.D.
  • The Current Literature of Germany by Prof. Calvin Thomas
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings by April
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • C.L.S.C. Graduates – Class of 1886

    • 1887-03 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/03 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • Pedagogy: A Study in Popular Education — Part 1 — by Chacellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • Studies of Mountains — Part 6 — by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Women in the Departments at Washington by Mrs. General John A. Logan
  • Common Errors in English by Edward Everett Hale
  • Practical Suggestions on English Compsotion — Part 2 — by Professor T. Whiting Bancroft
  • The Art Industries by Charles Barnard
  • Sunday Readings — Selected by Chancellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • From Keat’s Grave by Ada Iddings Gale
  • Some PEculiar Insects — Part 2: Beetles — by Ada Iddings Gale
  • Henry M. Stanley by H.K. Carroll, L.L. D.
  • Manners of the True Gentleman — Part 2 – Professor George L. Cary
  • A Day Among the Chicago Philanthropists by Frances E. Willard
  • The Alpine Republic by Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, L.L. D.
  • Sponges and the Sponge Fishery by Richard Rathbun
  • A Regret by Annetta S. Darr
  • Women as Inventors by Ida M. Tarbell
  • A Shakspearean Adventure by Samuel G. Smith, Ph.D
  • Some New England Authors by George Parsons Lathrop
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings by March
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • Meeting of Chautauqua Trustees
  • Chautauqua Teachers’ Reading Union

    • 1887-02 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    1887/02 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • In-Door Employments for Women by Susan Hayes Ward
  • Studies of Mountains — Part 5: Alpine Botany — by Ernest Ingersoll
  • Sunday Readings – Selected by Chancellor J.H. Vincent, L.L. D.
  • Commercial Business by S.S. Packard
  • Rocks as Civilizers by Charles Bernard
  • Practical Suggestions on English Composition by Profressor T. Whiting Bancroft
  • Fruition by Edgar L. Wakeman
  • Bismarck’s Country by Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, L.L.D.
  • The Western Literary Outlook by Maurice Thompson
  • Man in the Home by Frances E. Willard
  • Mineral Waters at Home by Titus Munson Coan, M.D.
  • How Seven Nations Treat Their Insane by Victor Du Bled
  • Samuel Jones Tilden by Charles J. Little, L.L.D.
  • Reflections by Jessie F. O’Donnell
  • Manners of the True Gentleman by Professor George L. Carey
  • Official Etiquette at Washington by Mrs. General John A. Logan
  • How to Grow Old by Edward Everett Hale
  • Outline and Programs
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor’s Outlook
  • Editor’s Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings by February
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Summary of Important News
  • Special Notes
  • The Chautauqua University

    • 1887-01 The Chautauquan Magazine Contents

    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