so late as Solomon, whilst many eminent authorities favor great deal better to select, say three, of the most talented a date earlier than the time of Abraham. Q. What is the place assigned to the late Dean Stanley as a theologian? A. We do not think that Stanley or his warmest admirers have ever claimed any place for him as a theologian. Dean Stanley's place is as a church historian. As such his place is among the very highest. As no other man, perhaps, he succeeded in re-humanizing the Old Testament history. Under the warm touch of his pen the characters and events of the Old Testament are made to live before us again. Q. Is Egypt an independent country? A. Egypt is a dependency of Turkey. and best adapted to teach, and then divide the whole school into three classes, primary, intermediate and adult? Would we not thus avoid many of the cheeks and hindrances that we now experience, and altogether attain better results? A. The above question is one that will enlist the attention of so many readers of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, who are workers in the Sunday-school, that we forbear to answer in detail at present, in the hope that we may receive their views of the question before we sit down to the "Editor's Table" of next month. We shall be glad to include in the answer to this question any real points, pro or con, that may be presented. We do not hesitate to say that there are advantages and disadvantages on both sides, and that, in our opinion, the excess of advantages is largely in favor of the custom that now prevails. Q. Under what circumstances was the name "Great Unknown" first applied? Q. Will the Editor's Table answer the following questions and oblige a reader of THE CHAUTAUQUAN from the first number: (1) When were envelopes first used for letters? (2) When was illuminating gas first used? (3) When was kerosene first used for illuminating purposes? (4) When and where was the first American newspaper published? (5) When were steel and gold pens first used? (6) When were postage stamps first used in the United States? (7) When were the Russian serfs emancipated? period it became the custom to speak of the author as the (8) When was first wood engraving? A. (1) Envelopes first used in 1839. (2) Gas first used in Cornwall, England, 1792; in United States, Boston, 1822. (3) Kerosene for illuminating, 1826. (4) First American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, Foreign and Domestick, Boston, 1690. (5) Steel pens, 1803; gold, 1825. (6) Postage stamps in United States, 1847; in England seven years earlier. (7) Russian serfs emancipated in 1861. (8) Wood engraving dates from about 1423. Q. Can a man be a Christian and at the same time accept the theory of Darwin? A. Christ regarded man as made in the divine image. He taught the doctrine of a personal, omnipresent, superintending God. Darwin teaches that man was made in the image of an oyster. His God is the pantheistic God, impersonal and so confounded and confused with nature that the idea of human responsibility is impossible. It is difficult to see how a mind capable of making distinctions and appreciating differences can accept both. Q. Is it not a fundamental error in our higher educational institutions that too much is attempted? Should they not rather seek to make specialties than to aim at universal scholarship? A. As a rule extremes should be avoided. Doubtless many of our colleges are open to the criticism of attempting too much. They seek to impart a scholarship which would cover almost the entire range of human knowledge. The inevitable result is that when attainments are so spread out they are merely superficial. The fact that God has given gifts to men different in kind and degree, are hints that we are to pursue special lines of investigation. Many 8 man has talent for science or mathematics to whom language-study is an enigma, and vice versa. Again, it is equally true that those who carry the specialist idea to an extreme are just as much in error. Depth sometimes implies corresponding narrowness. Specialty and "hobby" may be synonomous. We think it quite probable that it is a weak point in the German university system that it lays too much stress upon the idea of specialty in knowledge. The attempt to educate the mind in a particular line, ignoring cognate knowledge, is self-thwarting. The laws of mind-development are like those of the body. The muscles of the arm are capable of the highest development when those of the body are developed also. Likewise mental growth must be symmetrical. Q. Is there not a very mistaken idea prevalent concerning the Sunday-school of to-day in having so many classes with a corresponding number of teachers? It seems to me that we have gone to a wild extreme in this respect, a teacher for every half dozen scholars. Would it not be a A. When the "Waverley Novels" were first published the author's name was withheld. During their anonymous Great Unknown. Q. I found recently in a book of history an allusion to the Lion of the North and to the Madman of the North. What characters were referred to? A. The first is a title bestowed upon Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, who was the strong support of the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years' War. The second refers to Charles XII, who was a most rash and impetuous character, often reaching the pitch of madness. A friend writes: The answer No 18, pnblished in the January number of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, would convey, it seems to me, a very poor idea to a person who has been unable to find any other answer than that. A design is first drawn, then the pieces of porphyry, marble or glass are cut and fitted on the design. Next they are transferred to the object which they are to decorate, for example, a table top, and there set in cement. Afterwards the inequalities in the surface are removed by grinding. Finally, the surface is highly polished. Beautiful designs, flowers, portraits, and neary every thing which pencil or brush has produced, have been copied in mosaics. The most delicate shadings are produced by matching the tints of marble, etc., and at a short distance some mosaics look like the finest paintings. A very good example can be seen in Independence Hall, at Philadelphia, Pa. Answer to No. 33: The Great Bronze Door was designed: and modeled in Rome, in 1858, by Randolph Rogers, and cast in bronze in Munich, 1860. It fills the main doorway from the grand portico into the rotunda. Its height is. and cost $28,000. There are two leaves to this door, each nineteen feet, width nine feet. It weighs 20,000 pounds, leaf being divided into eight panels, and there is also an. arched transom panel. Each division contains a scene in alto-relievo. Each panel is finished on the back by a trayed on the door constitute the principal events in the simple star enclosed in a plain moulding. The events por- life of Columbus and the discovery of America. No. 34: Four paintings by Colonel John Trumbull, ordered by Congress in 1817, and the fourth completed in 1824, each costing $8,000. (1) "Declaration of Independence,. July 4, 1776." (2) "Surrender of Burgoyne, October, 1771." (3) Surrender of Cornwallis, October, 1781." (4) "Resignation of General Washington, December 23, 1783." There are also four other paintings: (1) "Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delft-Haven, in Holland, July 21, 1620," by Weir. (2) "Baptism of Pocahontas, 1613," by Chapman. (3) "Discovery of the Mississippi River by DeSoto, May, 1541," by Powell. (4) "Landing of Columbus, October 12, 1492," by Varderlyn. HUMOROUS POETRY." Said Stiggins to his wife, one day, If things go on in this queer way, The dame replied in words discreet, Which is of greater value, prythee, say, The bride or bridegroom?-must the truth be told? Alas, it must! The bride is given away, The bridegroom 's often regularly sold. -“A Conjugal Conundrum" (Punch). "A fool," said Jeanette, "is a creature I hate!" "But hating," quoth John, "is immoral; Besides, my dear girl, its a terrible fate To be found in a family quarrel!" -"Family Quarrels" (J. G. Saxe). "Here, reader, turn your weeping eyes, What's the news?-Why, they say Men dying make their wills-but wives To which she replied, as the donkey she A brace of sinners, for no good, "Ah, yes, a relation-by marriage!" -"My Wife and I" (Anonymous). now! And in a fair white wig look'd wondrous fine. Fifty long miles had those sad rogues With something in their shoes much A nostrum famous in old Popish times crimes: A sort of apostolic salt, Because I can not love thee more-than For keeping souls of sinners sweet, Swans sing before they die 't were no Did certain persons die before they sing. Beneath this verdant hillock lies, Hobbling, with out-stretched hands and —“On a Usurer" (Swift). Damning the souls and bodies of the bending knees; THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS. There is a knack in doing many a thing, peas: Why should they make what all their Pray do not hints from other folks des- "Ods curse it," cried the other,' Yes! I advise you, for there's wisdom As my wife and I, at the window one Never to be superior to a hint- Stood watching a man with a monkey, A cart came by, with a "broth of a boy," Who was driving a stout little donkey. To my wife I then spoke, by way of a joke, "There's a relation of yours in that carriage." "'tis no Are now as soft as any blubber. "Excuse me, Virgin Mary, that I swearAs for Loretto I shall not get there; No! to the Dev'l my sinful soul must For damme if I ha'nt lost every toe. "But, brother sinner, pray explain How 'tis that you are not in pain: What pow'r hath work'd a wonder for your toes: While I, just like a snail am crawling, Now swearing, now on saints devoutly bawling, While not a rascal comes to ease my woes? "How is't that you can like a greyhound * "Humorous Poetry of the English Lan- I'll give you the two Pilgrims and the I took the liberty to boil my peas." guage," Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. Mass. Peas: -Peter Pindar. "WIDE-AWAKE.” lor Comedietta," by the author of "The Story of Honor CHAUTAUQUA BOOK-A-MONTH The January number, brightest of the bright, has come to us fairly overwhelming in its varied budget of excellencies. Few people are aware of the great ability and liberal expenditure which have brought Wide-Awake to its high position. What we would now call especial attention to is, that in addition to all this energy and ability, there has been exercised in its management, from the very first, a conscientious adherence to the highest moral teaching. We notice that the Congregationalist, of Boston, says: "D. Lothrop & Co.'s magazines for young people are not only pure and educational in the best sense, but they are the most popular in the language." We would freely endorse the opinion expressed by this influential religious journal, and at the same time ask particular attention to the WideAwake, which has fortunately been secured as the organ of the Chautauqua Young Folks' Reading Union. Now, then, what does this magazine promise for "our girls and boys?" Girls, now-a-days, read with avidity so much that is written for their brothers as well as for the older members of the family, that it is a trifle hard to set aside anything in this delightful January number before us, as exclusively their own. The same may be said of the reading for boys. However, there is enough richness for all without robbing any. So to begin: "The Hudson to the Neva," by David Ker, is pronounced one of the most brilliant travel serials ever prepared for young folks. "Their Club and Ours," by a boy of fourteen, describes in the most graphic way possible the school life of a merry party of boys and girls. So much for the two serials. Rev. Edward E. Hale has a beautiful opening story, "Asaph Sheafe's Christmas." Amanda B. Harris tells how Christmas cards are made. Six exquisitely illustrated poems follow, linked together. Then jolly short stories by Margaret Eytinge, Sophie May, and others. Rev. E. E. Hale begins a new year with his club of bright boys and girls in his "To-Day Papers." Arthur Gilman initiates his twelve articles on "How to Use the Dictionary." Besides all this, there is a beautiful Christmas Carol by Christina Rosetti. Then comes the Chautauqua Young Folks' Reading Union Supplement, crowded with good things. The Magna Charta Stories, edited by Arthur Gilman, progress splendidly. Amanda B. Harris has the loveliest of out-of-door papers, called "Door Yard Folks." No young citizen can complain of not knowing the laws of our land, if they take the WideAwake, for through this medium Benjamin Vaughan Abbott teaches the most important of our laws. The girls are taught to make the daintiest of things for their rooms, in "Ways to Do Things," so that no girl can fail of lovely surroundings. The "Health and Strength Papers" give timely suggestions as to the building up of that rugged health so much desired for our youth of to-day. Hezekiah Butterworth gives us a charming paper on "Handel, the Father of the Oratorio." Then the "Wise Blackbird" answers the questions proposed by the young subscribers on all subjects that interest them. The postoffice brings in letters that help make young writers who thus learn early to express themselves. But we must stop. This gives a faint impression of the contents of the January number of the Wide-Awake for 1882. As to the February number, we have no time to time to even hint of its contents, which more than make good the promise of its predecessor. Let no one fail to see it. During the year there will appear a long "Roman-Hispano Story," by Rev. Edward E. Hale. "Wild Flower Papers," by Amanda B. Harris. "Illustrated Folk Lore Ballads," valuable as studies in customs | epochs; biographies of the men most famous for their and costumes." "Old Time Cookery and a suit of Homespun" papers, descriptive of early days and ways, written at one of the oldest homesteads in New England. "A Par 1. Many people who cherish strong desires after the reading of useful and improving books find great difficulties in their way. Mothers, with hands busy in family duties, long for a mental culture which will lift their thought and conversation above the range of their household toil; fathers, whose lives have been so occupied with business that they have been unable to obtain an education; parents who see their children advancing in knowledge, and wish that they might, in some measure, keep pace with them, and make the home attractive with the atmosphere of intelligence; young men in the factory, the office, or on the farm, who wish to supplement their earlier studies, or to supply the deficiency of them; young ladies who have finished their school life, but desire still to go forward in the a 'quirement of knowledge; these and many more classes of people have a longing to read good books, and to obtain the benefits which come only from acquaintance with literature. 2. These people often find their aspirations after knowledge checked by circumstances. The field of learning is so vast that they know not which of its many paths to choose. They desire not so much a thorough mastery of any one branch of science, as a general acquaintance with various subjects. They do not have access to large libraries, nor acquaintance with cultured people, so that it is difficult for them to ascertain just what works are adapted to their needs. Their time for reading is limited, and therefore they must, if possible, obtain much in little, and read a few books of moderate size, instead of the extended treatises. They do not possess either the facilities or the time to mark out a course of reading for themselves, and if they read at all to profit, must follow some course selected by another. 3. To meet the wants of many people, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle was originated a few years ago. Its need has been shown by its success, since it now numbers nearly thirty thousand enrolled members. At the suggestion of its founder, another Reading Union has now been instituted as a department of the C. L. S. C.—The Chautauqua Book-a-Month Reading Circle. It aims to supply the needs of a large class of people, who desire a course of reading less extensive than that of the C. L. S. C. Its works are a little more recreative and popular in their style, and chosen rather for reading than close study; and with the design of supplementing the C. L. S. C. for some, and of substituting an easier line of literature for others. 4. The plan of the Chautauqua Book-a-Month Reading Circle is somewhat indicated by its name. It embraces a course of thirty-six volumes, one for each month during three years, in the various departments of literature; so arranged that it may be accomplised by reading twelve to twenty pages each day. There are few people who can not spare the time requisite for such a course of reading, especially if the books chosen are interesting in their subjects, and attractive in their style. 5. The works selected for the course include the history of the most important nations, and a few of the greatest achievements in statesmanship, conquest, and literature; a few choice books of travel in the unfrequented portions of the earth; some works of popular science; the great essays of the greatest essayists; and a small number of the works of fiction, the masterpieces of romance, several of them historical pictures of past ages. A course of reading embracing so wide a range in so small a compass, must necessarily be limited in the number of its selections from any one author, however distinguished; but it is hoped that the works selected may lead many of the readers to seek a closer acquaintance with their writers. 6. To those who unite with the Chautauqua Book-aMonth Reading Circle, a series of outline memoranda is furnished; a sheet for each volume of the course, containing blanks for the reader's report, questions, outlines, and suggestive hints concerning the book; furnishing a guide while reading, a reminder of what has been read, and a report of the work done. This is to be filled up and mailed to the office of the Circle at Plainfield, N. J. Upon the completion of each year's course of reading a certificate will be sent to the reader, signed by the Department Secretary, Rev. J. L. Hurlbut, and the Office Secretary, Miss K. F. Kimball. 7. While "a book a month" is the general plan of the course, it may not be rigidly followed. Students may commence at any time, may read in what order, and at what rate of progress they find convenient, and will receive their certificates for each year's reading as soon as the books are read and the books received. The course may be pursued by readers alone, each by himself, or in groups or "circles," according to the plan of the C. L. S. C. 8. The special works named in the course have been selected with care, and it is desirable to read them as chosen. Yet members who prefer to read other works in the same general lines of study may do so, if the substituted works are as extensive as those appointed. Those who wish to make such substitutions are requested to communicate with the Department Secretary, Rev. J. L. Hurlbut, at the office of the Circle, Plainfield, N. J., inclosing stamp or postal card for answer. All members are invited to address the Superintendent with questions concerning the books, their subjects, or the general plan of the course. 9. The business office of the Circle will be at the same place with that of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Plainfield, N. J. Miss K Kimball, the Secretary of the C. L. S. C, will act as Secretary and Treasurer of the "Book-a-Month Circle," and will receive names for memship, and members' fees. 10. To defray the expenses of correspondence, printing, etc., a fee of fifty cents per annum is required of all who join the Circle. This amount will cover all the expenses of membership, except the books of the course, and will entitle to all its privileges, and to the certificate for each year': reading. It should be remitted to Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., by New York or Philadelphia draft or postoffice order. Do not send postage stamps if it can be avoided. In sending, please to state specifically that it is for membership in the "Book-a-Month," that it may not be mistaken for the C. L. S. C. Members of the C. L. S. C. may take the entire "Book-a-Month" course for the three years by one payment of fifty cents, and upon its completion will receive the "Book-a-Month" seal to their C. L. S. C. diplomas. 11. Persons desiring to unite with the Chautauqua Booka-Month Reading Circle should forward to the office answers to the following questions: (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?* (6) What *We ask this question to ascertain the possible future intellectual and moral influence of this "Circle" on our homes. is your occupation? (7) With what religious denomination are you connected? (8) Do you, after mature deliberation, resolve, if able, to prosecute the three years' course of study presented by the Chautauqua Book-a-Month Reading Circle? 12. The books of the course may be ordered through PHILLIPS & HUNT, 805 Broadway, New York, or WALDEN & STOWE, Cincinnati. In ordering please to state particularly the editions desired, since in most of the works more than one edition is published, one being a cheap pamphlet form, and the other a bound volume for the library. 13. The works selected for reading during the year 1882 are as follows: CHAUTAUQUA BOOK-A-MONTH READING CIRCLE COURSE OF READING FOR 1882. January-"The History of the United States." By T. W. Higginson. $1. [With this is recommended (but not required) the study of Chautauqua Text-Book No. 21, American History." 10 cents.] February-"The Life of George Washington." By Washington Irving. Abridged for popular use. One volume. 12mo. $2.50. March-"The Geologic Story Briefly Told." By Dr. J. D. Dana. $1.40. April-"The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." By 0. W. Holmes. 18mo. $1.50. Illustrated. 12mo. $2. May-"Readings from English History." By J. R. Green. $1.50. [We recommend readers to obtain Macaulay's Essays, complete in three volumes; a valuable and standard work for the library. $3.75.] July-" Eothen: Travels in the East." By A. W. Kinglake. Cheap edition, paper, 10 cents. August" Henry Esmond: [A Story of the Times of Queen Anne]. By W. M. Thackeray. Cheap edition, paper, 15 cents. 12mo edition, cloth, $1.25 September-"The Era of the Protestant Revolution. By F. Seebohn. $1. October "Culture and Religion:" By J. C. Shairp. Cheap edition, paper, 15 cents. Cloth-bound edition, $1.25. edition, $1. November-" Self-Help." By S. M. Smiles. Cloth-bound December-"John Halifax, Gentleman.” By D. M. Craik. Cheap edition, paper, 15 cents. Cloth-bound edition, $1.25. Superintendent: J. H. VINCENT, D. D. Address all correspondence concerning the "Chautauqua Book-a Month Reading Circle" to the Department Secretary, REV. J. L. HURLBUT, Plainfield, N. Š. Send for circulars, report names for membership, and make payments of fees to the Secretary and Treasurer of the C. L. S. C., MISS KATE F. KIMBALL, Plainfield, N. J. Order the books of the course, or inquire concerning them, through PHILLIPS & HUNT, 805 Broadway, New York; or WALDEN & STOWE, Cincinnati and Chicago. CHAUTAUQUA PERIODICALS. From October 1, 1881, in clubs of five or more at one time, we will send THE CHAUTAUQUAN for 1881-82, at $1.35. THE CHAUTAUQUAN for 1881-82, and ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD for season of 1881, $2.25. Full sets of ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD for season of 1881, $1.00. We have received more postage stamps than we will be able to use for the next two years. We therefore must decline to receive any more on subscriptions to THE CHAUTAUQUAN. Send drafts on New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Pittsburgh, or Postoffice Money Order. THE C. L. S. C. President: J. H. Vincent, D. D. Counselors: Lyman Abbott, D. D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D. D.; J. M. Gibson, D. D.; W. C. Wilkinson, D. D. Office Secretary: Miss Kate F. Kimball. General Secretary: Albert M. Martin, A. M. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1881-1882. 1.-AIM. This new organization aims to promote habits of reading and study in nature, art, science, and in secular and sacred literature, in connection with the routine of daily life (especially among those whose educational advantages have been limited), so as to secure to them the college student's general outlook upon the world and life, and to develop the habit of close, connected, persistent thinking. 2.-METHODS. It proposes to encourage individual study in lines and by text-books which shall be indicated; by local circles for mutual help and encouragement in such studies; by summer courses of lectures and "students' sessions" at Chautauqua, and by written reports and examinations. 3. COURSE OF STUDY. The course of study prescribed by the C. L. S. C. shall cover a period of four years. 4. ARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES. Each year's Course of Study will be considered the "First Year" for new pupils, whether it be the first, second, third, or fourth of the four years' course. For example, "the class of 1885," instead of beginning October, 1881, with the same studies which were pursued in 1880-'81 by "the class of 1884," will fall in with "the class of '84," and take for their first year the second year's course of the '84 class. The first year for "the class of 1884" will thus in due time become the fourth year for "the class of 1885." 5. STUDIES FOR 1881-82.* The course for 1881-82 comprises readings in: 1. History. 2. Literature. ence and Philosophy. 4. Art. 5. Religion. The required books for the year are as follows: 3. Sci. 1. HISTORY.-Man's Antiquity and Language. Dr. M. S. Terry (Chautauqua Text-Book.) Price to cents. Outlines of General History. Dr. J. H. Vincent. (Chautauqua Text-Book.) Price, 10 cents. Mosaics of History. Selected by Arthur Gilman, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) Readings from Mickenzie's Nineteenth Century. Books First and Second. (Franklin Square edition.) Price, 15 cents. 2. LITERATURE.-Art of Speech. Part II. "Oratory and Logic" (Dr. L. T. Townsend.) Price, 50 cents. Illustrated History of Ancient Literature, Oriental and Classical. Dr. Quackenbos. Price, $.00. English History and Literature. Chautauqua Library Vol. III. [To be ready in 1882] 3. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.-Popular Readings concerning Mathematics, Political Economy, Geology, Chemistry, Laws of Health, and Mental and Moral Philosophy. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) 4. ART.- Outline Lessons on Art. Miss De Forest. (Chautauqua Text-Book.) Price, 10 cents. A Short History of Art. Miss De Forest. Price, $2. 5. RELIGIOUS.-God in History. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) Religion in Art. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) 6. ADDITIONAL.-(For Students of Class 1882.) Hints for Home Reading, Dr. Lyman Abbott. The Hall in the Grove. Mrs. Alden. (About Chautauqua and the C. L. S. C.) The following is the distribution of the subjects and books through he year: October and November. Man's Antiquity and Language. [Terry. Mosaics of History [Ch.] Mosaics of History. [Ch.] Art of Conversation. [Ch.] Illustrated History of Ancient Literature. [Continued.] Christianity in Art. [Ch.] Readings about Mental Science. [Ch.] Mosaics of History. [Ch.] April. ploma, according to the merit of examinations on these supplemental courses. 8. THE PREPARATORY COURSE. Persons who are too young, or are not sufficiently advanced in their studies, to take the regular C. L. S. C. course, may adopt certain preparatory lessons for the two years. For circulars of the special and preparatory courses, address Dr. J. H. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J. 9.-INITIATION FEE. To defray the expenses of correspondence, monthly reports, 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 or post-office order.) 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 1882, 1883, 1884, or 1885. 10. 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 1885 should begin the studies of the less sons required, October 1881. They may begin as late as January 1, 1882. 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 forts, or forty and fifty, or fifty and sixty, etc.? 5. If married, how many children living under the age of sixteen years? 6. What is your occupation? 7. With what religious denomination are you connected? 8. Do you, after mature deliberation, resolve, if able, to prosecute the tour years' course of study presented by the C. L. S. C.? 9. Do you promise to give an average of three hours a week to the reading and study required by this course? 10. How much more than the time specified do you hope to give to this course of study? Individuals may prosecute the studies of the C. L. S. C. alone, but their efforts will be greatly facilitated by securing a "local circle" of two or more persons, who agree to meet as frequently as possible, read together, converse on subjects of study, arrange for occasional lectures by local talent, organize a library, a museum, a laboratory, All that is necessary for the establishment of such "local circles" is to meet, report organization to Dr. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J., and then prosecute the course of study in such a way as seems most likely to secure the ends contemplated by the C. L. Š. C. etc. 15.-MEMORIAL DAYS. Twelve days are set apart as days of especial interest to every member of the C. L. S. C., and as days of devout prayer for the furtherance of the objects of this society. On these days all members are urgently invited to read the literary and scriptural selections indicated, to collect some facts about the authors whose birthdays are thus commemorated, and to invoke the blessing of our heavenly Father upon this attempt to exalt His word, and to understand and rejoice in His works. The selections to be read on the memorial days are published by Phillips & Hunt, and by Walden & Stowe, in a small volume [Chau-Chautauqua Text-Book No. 7 "Memorial Days.' Price, 10 cents. Mosaics of History. [Ch.] 6. THE WHITE SEAL SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE. Persons who desire to read more extensively in the lines of study for 1881-82 are expected to read, in addition to the "required" books for the year, the following: Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism. By Dr. Ulhorn. History of Germany. By Charlotte M. Yonge. Persons who pursue the "White Seal Course" of each year, in addition to the regular course, will receive at the time of their graduation a white seal to be attached to the regular diploma. |