[Transcriber's Note: Bold text is surrounded by =equal signs= and italic text is surrounded by _underscores_.] THE CHAUTAUQUAN. _A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._ VOL. IV. JANUARY, 1884. NO. 4. 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. _Transcriber's Note: This table of contents of this periodical was created for the HTML version to aid the reader._ Contents REQUIRED READING German History 189 Extracts from German Literature 193 Readings in Physical Science IV.—The Sea 196 SUNDAY READINGS [January 6]—On Spiritual Christianity 198 [January 13] 199 [January 20] 200 [January 27] 200 Political Economy IV. Distribution 202 Readings in Art I.—Architecture.—Introduction 204 Selections from American Literature Fitz Greene Halleck 207 Richard Henry Dana 208 William Cullen Bryant 208 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 210 Night 211 Eccentric Americans 211 The Stork 214 Gardening Among the Chinese 215 Eight Centuries With Walter Scott 216 Astronomy of the Heavens For January 218 Work For Women 219 Ostrich Hunting 220 Christian Missions 221 California 222 Table-Talk of Napoleon Bonaparte 224 Early Flowers 225 Botanical Notes 227