THE CHAUTAUQUAN. _A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._ VOL. IV. JULY, 1884. No. 10. 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. The White House 557 Sunday Readings [_July 6_] 560 [_July 13_] 560 [_July 20_] 560 [_July 27_] 561 Growth 561 Tenement House Life in New York 561 The Cañons of the Colorado 564 The Courts of Three Presidents 566 Astronomy of the Heavens For July 569 For August 570 For September 570 Rise Higher 571 Landmarks of Boston in Seven Days 572 Vanishing Types 577 The Council of Nice 580 Sonnet on Chillon 582 An Ocean Monarch 582 Eccentric Americans IX.—A Pioneer Eccentric Woman 584 The Imperial College in Peking 587 Eight Centuries with Walter Scott 589 Alaska—Its Missions 592 Our Naval Force 595 The Coming Summer Meetings at Chautauqua 597 Going to Europe 598 C. L. S. C. Work 600 The C. L. S. C. Course for 1884-’85 600 Local Circles 601 C. L. S. C. Testimony 606 Editor’s Outlook 607 Editor’s Note-Book 610 Talk About Books 612 THE WHITE HOUSE. By MRS. PATTIE L. COLLINS.