Atheistic Scientists 137 Poison in Common Things 137 Manner 141 On the Kneeling Figure in Malvern Priory 141 Comets 142 A Tour Round the World 147 Our Children 150 Morals and Sorrows of Borrowing and Lending 151 Tales from Shakspere—_Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will_ 152 Quaint Old Garden of Our Childhood 155 The W. C. T. U. Born at Chautauqua 156 God’s Ideal of a Man 157 My Own Girl 161 C. L. S. C. Work 161 C. L. S. C. Testimony 162 Local Circles 163 Questions and Answers 164 Outline of C. L. S. C. Studies for December 167 Questions for Further Study 167 C. L. S. C. Round-Table: How England Maintained Her Nationality During the Middle Ages 167 Reasons for the Study of Greek 169 The Ugly Man 169 C. L. S. C. Announcement for 1882-’83 172 Editor’s Outlook 173 Editor’s Note-Book 174 Editor’s Table 176 Books Received 177 Report of Chautauqua Normal Examination—1882 177 New Books for Boys and Girls 178 REQUIRED READING FOR THE _Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for 1882-83_. DECEMBER. HISTORY OF RUSSIA. BY MRS. MARY S. ROBINSON. _CHAPTER IV._ THE HEROIC AGE—GROWTH OF THE RUSSIAN STATE, TO THE DEATH OF IAROSLAF (1054).