THE CHAUTAUQUAN. _MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._ VOL. IV. MARCH, 1884. No. 6. 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 MARCH Readings from French History I.—An Outline of French History 315 II.—The French People 317 III.—Charlemagne 317 IV.—The Battle of Crécy and Siege of Calais 318 V.—Joan of Arc 319 VI.—Henry of Navarre 320 VII.—The Court of Louis XIV 324 VIII.—French Literature 326 Commercial Law II.—Notes and Bills 327 Sunday Readings [_March 2_] 328 [_March 9_] 329 [_March 16_] 329 [_March 23_] 330 [_March 30_] 330 Readings in Art 330 Selections from American Literature John Lothrop Motley 333 George Bancroft 334 William H. Prescott 335 United States History 336 Helen’s Tower 338 Mendelssohn’s Grave and Humboldt’s Home 339 Flotsam! (1492.) 341 The Sea as an Aquarium 341 My Years 343 Eight Centuries with Walter Scott 343 Astronomy of the Heavens for March 346 The Fir Tree 347 Ardent Spirits 347 Eccentric Americans V.—A Methodist Don Quixote 348 Hyacinth Bulbs 351