THE CHAUTAUQUAN. _A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._ VOL. IV. DECEMBER, 1883. No. 3. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. _President_—Lewis Miller, Akron, Ohio. _Superintendent of Instruction_—Rev. J. H. Vincent, D.D., New Haven, Conn. _Counselors_—Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D.; Rev. J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D. _Office Secretary_—Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J. _General Secretary_—Albert M. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa. Contents Transcriber’s Note: This table of contents of this periodical was created for the HTML version to aid the reader. REQUIRED READING FOR DECEMBER German History III.—The Franks and Merovingians 129 Extracts from German Literature Walther von der Vogelweide 132 Hans Sachs 133 Martin Luther 134 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 134 Readings in Physical Science III.—Rivers and Glaciers 135 Sunday Readings [_December 2_] 137 [_December 9_] 138 [_December 16_] 138 [_December 23_] 139 [_December 30_] 139 Political Economy III.—Exchange 140 Readings in Art III.—Modern Sculpture 142 Selections from American Literature Dr. Horace Bushnell 145 Dr. Noah Porter 146 Washington Irving 146 James Kirke Paulding 147 Returning 148 Education of the Negro Population 148 Man of Learning, Tell Me Something 150 Hibernation 150 Zenobia 152 Character Building 153 The Recreations of the Paris Workman 153 A Russian Novelist 154 A Lay of a Cracked Fiddle 155 Blue Laws 156 A Remnant of Summer 156 The Life of a Planet 157 Disraeli’s London 157 Temperature 158