knows no indignation nor resentment against any being but itself.

It is so far from being difficult to live in peace with the gentle and the good that it is highly grateful to all that are inclined to peace; for we naturally love those most whose sentiments and dispositions correspond most with our own. But to maintain peace with the churlish and perverse, the irregular and impatient, and those that most contradict and oppose our opinions and desires, is a heroic and glorious attainment. Some preserve the peace of their own breasts, and live in peace with all about them; and some, having no peace themselves, are continually employed in disturbing the peace of others; they are the tormentors of their brethren, and still more the tormentors of their own hearts. There are also some who not only retain their own peace, but make it their business to restore peace to the contentious. After all, the most perfect peace to which we can attain in this miserable life consists rather in meek and patient suffering than in an exemption from adversity; and he that has learned most to suffer will certainly possess the greatest share of peace; he is the conqueror of himself, the lord of the world, the friend of Christ, and the heir of heaven!

JOHN H. VINCENT, Chancellor.

HENRY W. WARREN

JESSE L. HURLBUT

COUNSELORS.

J. M. GIBSON

LYMAN ABBOTT

JAMES H. CARLISLE

WM. C. WILKINSON

KATE F. KIMBALL, Exec. Secy. D. W. HOWELL, Gen'l Secy.

EAST AND WEST.

In the bare midst of Anglesey they show
Two springs which close by one another play;
And, "Thirteen hundred years agone," they say,
"Two saints met often where those waters flow.

One came from Penmon westward, and a glow
Whitened his face from the sun's fronting ray;
Eastward the other, from the dying day,
And he with unsunned face did always go."

Seiriol the Bright, Kybi the Dark! men said.
The seer from the East was then in light,
The seer from the West was then in shade.

Ah! now 'tis changed. In conquering sunshine bright
The man of the bold West now comes arrayed:
He of the mystic East is touched with night.

-Matthew Arnold.

A FIELD FOR FRIENDSHIP IN THE CLASS OF 1910.

"The real foundation of friendship is in the resemblance of habits and in the equality of minds" was a saying of Dante's as applicable in our century as in his. Chautauqua readers find themselves especially convinced of its truth. Who is there of 1910 who does not feel that he has gained the friendship of thousands of people of whose existence he had no notion four years ago? And he has done it through this very resemblance of habits and equality of minds of which the great poet speaks. It is stimulating to

know that there are people all over the round world who not only have the commonplace habits of performing the morning toilet and of consuming three meals a day, but also that of picking up the same volumes for daily reading and of meeting regularly with others of like tastes to talk over the books. The knowledge of a kinship of intellectual interests gives a sense of mental equality more winning in its wholesale democracy than any purely social bond. When classmates meet at Chautauqua or at some other Assembly for graduation there is an instant feeling of comradeship between people who never have seen each other before, because they have common ground of association and common interests. The four years' course furnishes a wealth of topics for discussion, the experiences of Circles a multitude of subjects for comparison. There are Circles that have come to know other Circles through correspondence, and their members meet and confirm acquaintanceships on Recognition Day. Lifelong friendships result from such encounters. If for no other reason, it is worth while making a serious effort to go through the Golden Gate for the sake of making the most of such opportunities.

FOR STAR GAZERS.

Mrs. Martha Evans Martin, the author of "The Friendly Stars," which we are all studying with so much pleasure, has suggested some astronomies for supplementary reading. "Among the simpler books which are excellent and reliable," she says, "are Proctor's 'Half Hours with the Stars,' Ball's 'Starland' and Olcott's 'Field Book of the Stars.' These are all mainly elementary and of them Olcott's is the latest and perhaps most useful. Also his book, just published, 'In Starland with a Three-inch Telescope' is excellent for those who have access to a telescope. The most important book, and one which everyone ought to read, is Prof. Simon Newcomb's "The Stars.' It is authoritative, popular, and one of the best for general reading. A good general astronomy is 'An Introduction to Astron

omy' by Prof. Moulton. It is easy, but perhaps rather more to be studied than read. Prof. Jacoby's 'Practical Talks by an Astronomer' is good reading in the form of essays."

Mrs. Martin's own book is authoritative as well as delightful, but those of us who are interested in reading widely will be glad to have the above list.

CHAUTAUQUA AT BATTLE CREEK.

It is common knowledge that the varied activities of the Battle Creek Sanitarium never allow time to hang heavily on the hands of its inmates. A recent addition to the interests of the place has been made by Miss Meddie O. Hamilton, C. L. S. C. Field Secretary, who spent some time at the institution introducing the reading course to cordial listeners. Miss Hamilton spoke in all the buildings, but most frequently in the main hall, whose picture is shown in this Round Table. Her work made appeal from different viewpoints, for besides talks before the classes, she gave chapel and vesper addresses, and also a series of Evenings with Authors in the main parlors before gatherings of patients and their guests.

GRADUATE CIRCLES.

There are no more loyal Chautauquans than the members of the Society of the Hall in the Grove. They have done the work and they know that it is good, and they are eager that others should receive the same benefit that they have enjoyed. The Chautauqua spirit never dies in them.

As years roll on, however, graduates sometimes lose sight of the advantage to be gained by keeping up some sort of regular work in their circles. The benefits of following a definite line are just as far-reaching for the graduate as for the undergraduate, and the same arguments apply. There is added point to them in that graduates have learned the good of not "reading at random" and knowledge born of experience ought to be the most compelling teacher.

There are numerous ways of keeping hand in hand with

Chautauqua after graduation. Many circles go on with the regular course, and find the same stimulus, ever-new interest and added profit in the presentation of different phases of the general four-year themes. A reader recently wrote the Round Table that she had worked with six different classes, and frequent letters declare that their writers "never again will be without the course."

Other circles, wishing to read broadly on some particular topic, take up one of the many special courses offered by the Institution and described at length in the Special Course Handbook. Tastes of all sorts-for religion, economics, history, literature, art, travel, or science-are recognized in these courses, and the prescribed arrangement is definite and practical. If the circle's desires are outside of the lists offered in the Handbook the Service Department is ready to prepare outlines and suggest books on any wished-for topic, or to give all possible help in the make-up of general programs. What is done must be decided by the wishes of the doers; the main thing is to do something definite, and do it regularly.

CLASSICAL TREASURES IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM.

C. L. S. C. visitors to New York always find the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of value as illustrative of one or another feature of their four years' reading. Classical year enthusiasts will be interested in the following paragraphs, clipped from the Museum Bulletin, descriptive of recent accessions and alterations of arrangement:

"In view of the importance of the Boscoreale frescoes acquired by the Museum in 1903, which constitute the only collection of Roman fresco-paintings in the world, except that in the Museum at Naples, it has seemed advisable to exhibit them to better advantage than has been done hitherto. For this reason a small room has been built, just large enough to contain the frescoes of the cubiculum (bedroom) which formerly occupied the center of that gallery. In the construction of this room great care has been taken to copy as far as possible the original chamber, of which photographs had been taken before the removal of the frescoes; thus, the mosaic floor, the arched ceiling, and the moulding running along the top of the walls have been closely studied from these photographs. The new arrangement has also made it possible for the window to be used as such, with the light coming through it."